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CFO Moves Canada – week ending April 12, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Wajax Corporation Badger Daylighting Ltd. Coro Mining Corp.
Upco International Inc. Rapid Dose Therapeutics Corp. GLG Life Tech Corporation
Zenabis Global Inc.

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Wajax Corporation [TORONTO] announced the resignation of Darren Yaworsky, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Yaworsky will remain with the Corporation until the release of its 2019 first quarter financial results.

Badger Daylighting Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX: BAD) announced the appointment of Darren Yaworsky as its Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective June 3, 2019. Darren joins the Company from Wajax Corporation, where he was Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO. Darren has held a series of progressively senior corporate finance, treasury, accounting and tax roles at Enbridge Inc., Canadian Pacific Railway and Wajax Corporation. His early career was in capital markets, corporate finance, risk management and operations at two major Canadian banks. Darren succeeds Gerald (Jerry) Schiefelbein whom, as previously announced in December 2018, has elected to retire.

Coro Mining Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: COP) announced the appointment of Leonardo Araya Muñoz as the new CFO of the Company replacing Armando Véliz. Mr Araya has worked across a range of industries in senior finance and corporate finance management and board positions, notably as the head of finance for South America at SGS prior to joining Coro.

Upco International Inc. [Vancouver] (CSE: UPCO, OTCQB: UCCPF) announced that it has appointed Gert-Jan Geels as the Chief Financial Officer. Geels was a private banker at Delta Lloyd Bank from 1996 to 1999. From 1999 to 2012 he was an asset manager at Eureffect Asset Management. Geels is the CEO of Bullfinch Ltd. Mr. Geels also served as a compliance officer for one of the largest Dutch precious metal traders.

Rapid Dose Therapeutics Corp. [BURLINGTON, ON] (CSE: DOSE), announced that Ian Fodie has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Fodie replaces Lino Fera, as part of the planned transition process. Most recently, Fodie acted as the CFO of Green Growth Brands Ltd. His experience also includes CFO of First Bauxite Corporation and Lithium Americas Corp., President & CEO of Oriental Minerals Inc. (now Woulfe Mining Corp.), and CFO of Longview Capital Partners Inc. (now Resinco Capital Partners Inc.).

GLG Life Tech Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX: GLG) announced its appointment of Eric Finnsson as its new Chief Financial Officer. Finnsson brings a wealth of over 30 years of international finance experience to GLG, including over 25 years with KPMG in Canada, Europe, and China. Finnsson was an audit partner with KPMG in China during his 14 years in China.

Zenabis Global Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: ZENA) announced the appointment of Michael Smyth as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective May 14, 2019. Most recently, Smyth provided management advisory services to various companies including as interim CFO at a BC greenhouse grower.  Previously, he reported to the Chief Executive Officer of global fund manager Lionhart Canada Limited in Toronto.  In his career, Mr. Smyth has worked as Treasurer for Bell Canada in Montreal and played a key role on the financial risk advisory team at KPMG. Smyth’s appointment will be effective on May 14, 2019, and he will take over from current CFO, John Hoekstra, who will be returning to his position as Bevo Farms Ltd.’s Chief Financial Officer at that time.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending April 5, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

dentalcorp Northcliff Resources Ltd. Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
Duncan Park Holdings Corporation

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dentalcorp [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Robert Masson as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 8. Prior to joining dentalcorp, Robert served as Sleep Country’s Chief Financial Officer. He has further held a number of senior leadership positions at global companies, including IBM Canada, Ernst & Young, Deloitte and Sappi. Robert will take over from Tom Weber.

Northcliff Resources Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: NCF) announced that Andrew Ing has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), replacing Mark Peters who has resigned from his role with the Company to pursue other opportunities. Ing previously held positions with professional services firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu.

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: NDM; NYSE American: NAK) announced that Mark Peters has joined Northern Dynasty as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), replacing Marchand Snyman who has resigned from his role with the Company. Peters is an experienced Chief Financial Officer, having served as CFO for Hunter Dickinson Services Inc. (“HDI”) since 2016 and a TSX Venture-listed company since 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Peters led the tax department for the HDI group of companies. Before joining HDI in 2007, Mr. Peters worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the both the audit and tax groups.

Duncan Park Holdings Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX-V: DPH) announced that John W. Langmuir has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company. Mr. Langmuir, currently a consultant, previously served as controller of Dundee Energy Limited Partnership (2011-2018) and as president of Langmuir Business Services Inc. (2002-2010) He has also had chief financial officer experience. Langmuir’s appointment coincides with the retirement of Harold J. Doran who had served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 2005.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 29, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.
M32 Connect ECN Capital Corp. Auryn Resources Inc.
Viridium Pacific Group Ltd. Harvest One Cannabis Inc. Torq Resources Inc.
Metallic Minerals Corp. Nass Valley Gateway Ltd. Dealnet Capital Corp.

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Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust [NEW GLASGOW, NS] (TSX: CRR.UN) announced that Clinton Keay is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective May 15, 2019. Keay is currently Executive Vice President IT and Transformation for Sobeys Inc. Mr. Keay joined Sobeys in 1989 and held a number of progressively senior finance roles before being appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer in 2002, Executive Vice President Finance for Empire Company Limited in 2014, and Interim Chief Financial Officer at Sobeys Inc. (July 2016-April 2017), before assuming his current role. Keay fills the position currently held by Glenn Hynes who was appointed Crombie’s Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) in November 2018, as part of Crombie’s leadership renewal.

Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated [HALIFAX] announced that Teresa Fortney, Clearwater’s Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, plans to depart Clearwater to pursue other opportunities closer to her family in Ontario. In the interim, Ms. Fortney will continue to serve as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer to ensure a smooth transition.

Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: ZZZ) announced that Robert Masson, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, has advised the Company that he will resign from the organization to pursue another opportunity. Masson will remain with Sleep Country until May 7th to assist with an orderly transition.

M32 Connect [MONTREAL] announced that Meryam Smires has been appointed Chief Financial Officer.

ECN Capital Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX: ECN) announced the retirement of Grier Colter as Chief Financial Officer. The Company also announced the appointment and promotion of Michael Lepore, SVP, Controller, to the position of Chief Financial Officer.

Auryn Resources Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: AUG, NYSE American: AUG) announced the appointment of Stacy Rowa as Chief Financial Officer and the resignation of Peter Rees as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective April 1, 2019. Prior to joining Auryn, Rowa held finance roles with Elgin Mining Inc., before it was acquired by Mandalay Resources Inc. in 2014, and Aura Minerals Inc. She began her career with KPMG LLP’s mining practice.

Viridium Pacific Group Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: VIR, OTC Pink: VIRFF) announced the appointment of Kamini Hitkari to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Hitkari joins Viridium from Aurora Cannabis where she was the Vice President of Strategic Finance. Previously, Ms. Hitkari was with HSBC Bank Canada for over ten years at its head office in Vancouver, where she was most recently a Director of Finance for one of HSBC’s lines of business. She began her career with KPMG (Victoria) and subsequently moved to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Vancouver). Ms. Hitkari will succeed Winnie Wong, who has served as Viridium’s Chief Financial Officer since 2018 and will remain as the Corporate Secretary of the Company and a strategic advisor to the Company during the transition period.

Harvest One Cannabis Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: HVT; OTCQX: HRVOF) announced that its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), Lisa Dea, has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Chris Podolsky has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer until a permanent replacement is found. Mr. Podolsky has over 30 years of senior finance leadership experience in both public and private organizations, including Gemini Corporation, Focus Corporation (acquired by WSP Canada) and WorleyParsons Canada. Mr. Podolsky has previously acted in an advisory capacity to Harvest One.

Torq Resources Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: TORQ) announced the appointment of Stacy Rowa as Chief Financial Officer and the resignation of Peter Rees as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective April 1, 2019. Mr. Rees is resigning to pursue a new opportunity. Rowa has been with the Company since 2016 serving as Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Torq, Ms. Rowa held finance roles with Elgin Mining Inc., before it was acquired by Mandalay Resources Inc. in 2014, and Aura Minerals Inc. She began her career with KPMG LLP’s mining practice.

Metallic Minerals Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: MMG; US OTC: MMNGF) announced that Tim Thiessen has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for an interim period. Thiessen was previously CFO of Metallic Minerals from September 2016 to September 2018. Thiessen is replacing Mathew Lee who has stepped down in order to concentrate on his CFO roles with other listed companies. Thiessen’s experience includes holding the position of Chief Financial Officer for a number of companies including Aurcana Corporation, SnipGold Corp., and Group Ten Metals Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Thiessen spent 7 years as Vice President of Finance for TSX-listed Endeavour Financial.

Nass Valley Gateway Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: NVG) announced the appointment of Michal Semler as Chief Financial Officer.  He is currently the CFO of ABL.  Mr. Semler also worked with Pro-Thotics Technologies and its affiliates. Prior to working for Pro-Thotics, Semler was the CFO of Cause Capital Inc. He was the Senior Vice President at Momentum Worldwide until 2011. He graduated from Ithaca College of Ithaca, NY, USA with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Dealnet Capital Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: DLS) announced that it has appointed Michael Koshan to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company.  Mr. Koshan has resigned from the Board of Directors. Mr. Koshan has served as Treasurer of the Company since 2016, before being appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer in November of last year. Mr. Koshan was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in May 2018.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 22, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Encana Corporation Synaptive Medical Freehold Royalties Ltd.
Liht Cannabis Corp. Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. CellCube Energy Storage Systems Inc.

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Encana Corporation [CALGARY] (NYSE, TSX: ECA) announced the appointment of Corey D. Code as Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2019. Sherri A. Brillon, who has served as Encana’s CFO since 2009, will be retiring at the end of May 2019. Code joined Encana in 1999 and has served in numerous positions of increasing responsibility within the organization. He most recently served as Vice-President, Investor Relations and Strategy, and in other leadership positions as Treasurer and Vice-President, Portfolio Management.

Synaptive Medical [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Sandra Clarke as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Synaptive Medical, Ms. Clarke ran finance and operations, including all aspects of strategic decision support, at Architect and was appointed to Chief Financial Officer in 2015. Prior to her time at Architech, Ms. Clarke served as a Principal at SOLV Consulting. During her time there, she was appointed Chief Financial Officer to The Second Cup. Earlier in her career, she worked as Chief Financial Officer of The Canadian Press. After graduation, Ms. Clarke held numerous finance positions at Grand & Toy, Manpower and Bell Canada.

Freehold Royalties Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX: FRU) announced the resignation of Darren Gunderson, Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer and the appointment of Alan Withey as Interim Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Withey served as Chief Financial Officer from 2008 through 2014 and Chief Executive Officer from 2014 through 2019 of Trident Exploration Corp.

Liht Cannabis Corp. [KELOWNA, BC] (CSE: LIHT, OTCQX: LIHTF) announced that the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Hanspaul Pannu, has been appointed as President and Nilda Rivera has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. The effective date of change will be April 1, 2019. Rivera is the former VP of Finance and Corporate Secretary of Aurora Cannabis Inc. Prior to joining Aurora, she had 5 years of CFO experience with TSXV companies and 15 years of Corporate Secretary experience with TSX and TSXV companies.

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. [OAKVILLE, ON] (TSX: CPH) announced that Stephen Lemieux, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Cipher has resigned to pursue other career opportunities. Mr. Lemieux will leave the Company on March 29, 2019. The Company has named Nadine Jutlah as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Jutlah has been a senior finance executive at Cipher for over two years leading the Company’s finance team. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Jutlah worked at Ernst & Young LLP for 13 years holding positions with increasing responsibilities, departing as a senior manager.

CellCube Energy Storage Systems Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: CUBE, OTCQB: CECBF) announced the resignation of Chris Hopkins as Chief Financial Officer of CellCube. Replacing Chris Hopkins, will be a team lead by John Dyer, who has over 30 years of financial management experience including chief financial officer roles in both private and public companies, controller roles and public practice accounting.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 15, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Dentons Chorus Aviation Inc. Exchange Income Corporation
Invictus MD Strategies Corp. Titanium Transportation Group Inc. Lift & Co. Corp.
Empower Clinics Inc.

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Andrea Nicholls

Dentons [Montréal] welcomes Andrea Nicholls to the Firm as Canada Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Andrea led the finance operations and financial reporting at Triton Digital, Inc. Andrea comes to Dentons with significant professional services experience, having spent the first 13 years of her career in public accounting at PwC Montreal, as a Senior Manager in the Assurance practice.

Chorus Aviation Inc. [HALIFAX] (TSX: CHR) announced the appointment of Gary Osborne as Chief Financial Officer. Osborne is currently the Vice President, Finance and Business Services at Jazz, and will succeed Jolene Mahody.  Mr. Osborne has been with the company 14 years. Over the next several months Ms. Mahody will work with Mr. Osborne to ensure a smooth transition to his new role which is effective May 8, 2019.

Exchange Income Corporation [WINNIPEG] (TSX: EIF) announced the appointment of Darryl Bergman as Chief Financial Officer, who will join EIC in April, 2019. Bergman joins EIC from Northland Power Inc., where he was Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer. Richard Wowryk, Corporate Controller at EIC, will act as interim Chief Financial Officer until Mr. Bergman joins EIC.

Invictus MD Strategies Corp. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: GENE; OTCQX: IVITF) announced the appointment of Harbir Toor as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) on March 7, 2019, to succeed Dylan Easterbrook. Ms. Toor most recently served as Vice President, Finance of a private, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. Prior to that, Ms. Toor held various senior finance positions including Interim Finance Director of a not-for-profit organization and Corporate Controller of a public pharmaceutical company.

Titanium Transportation Group Inc. [BOLTON, Ontario] (TSX-V: TTR) announced Kasia Malz has resigned as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 15, 2019. Alex Fu, Titanium’s Director of Finance, has been appointed by the Company’s board of directors as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Lift & Co. Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: LIFT) announced the appointment of Kasia Malz to the position of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective March 18, 2019. Malz will succeed Craig Hudson. Most recently and over the past five years, Ms. Malz was Chief Financial Officer at Titanium Transportation Group Inc. Prior to Titanium, Ms. Malz was a manager at Williams & Partners Chartered Accountants LLP since 2006.

Empower Clinics Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: EPW) announced the appointment of Mathew Lee as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 8, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

The Supreme Cannabis Company, Inc. Western Copper and Gold Corporation Major Drilling Group International Inc.
Kinross Gold Corporation Eguana Technologies Inc.

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The Supreme Cannabis Company, Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: FIRE, OTCQX: SPRWF) announced that the Company has appointed Nikhil Handa as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Current Chief Financial Officer, Dimitre Naoumov, will become the Company’s Vice President, Finance. Most recently Handa was the VP of Finance at Well.ca. Over the course of his career, Mr. Handa also held a variety of senior finance and operational roles at Restaurant Brands International. Additionally, he was a key member of the mergers and acquisition group of RBC Capital Markets.

Western Copper and Gold Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX: WRN; NYSE American: WRN) announced that Julien François, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, has resigned to pursue other opportunities.  He will be leaving the Company effective April 30, 2019.

Major Drilling Group International Inc. [MONCTON, New Brunswick] (TSX: MDI) announced the appointment of Ian Ross as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).  David Balser, current CFO, will step down from his position but will continue to serve as a senior advisor to the leadership team through a transition period. Mr. Ross joined Major Drilling in 2011 and was the Company’s Corporate Controller.

Kinross Gold Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) announced the appointment of Andrea S. Freeborough as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2019, to replace Tony S. Giardini, who will be leaving the Company by mutual agreement to pursue new opportunities. Freeborough first joined Kinross in 2009 as Vice-President, Corporate Controller. In 2013, she took on additional responsibility as Vice-President, Finance. In 2017, she took on the role of Vice-President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development.

Eguana Technologies Inc. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: EGT, OTCQB: EGTYF) announced the appointment of Sonja Kuehnle as Chief Financial Officer. As well as working in the Calgary offices of KPMG LLP, she served in several finance and accounting positions within Western Canada’s oil and gas industry. Most recently, Ms. Kuehnle worked as Financial Controller for Edmonton based Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. As previously announced, Greg Pollard, the former Interim Chief Financial Officer of Eguana, will remain with the Company to ensure a proper transition of duties and responsibilities has been completed.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 1, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Vinzan International Inc. Tower One Wireless Corp. Menē Inc.
MYM Nutraceuticals Inc. Pinetree Capital Ltd. SpeakEasy Cannabis Club Ltd.
National Access Cannabis Corp.

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Donald Stewart

Vinzan International Inc. [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Donald Stewart as Chief Financial Officer. From 2007-2019, Stewart was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley Canada. Prior to that he was a Director at BMO Capital Markets.

Tower One Wireless Corp. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: TO, OTCQB: TOWTF) announced it appointed Santiago F. Rossi to the position of Chief Financial Officer (‘CFO’). Rossi’s relevant telecommunication experience includes the role of CFO at Emerging Markets Communications, now Global Eagle Entertainment, for seven years.. He joined EMC in 2006 as Corporate Controller. Additionally, Rossi was with Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc., now Century Link, as Corporate Finance Manager. Rossi will succeed Abbey Abdiye, who will be taking the role of Chief Accounting Officer.

Menē Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: MENE) announced that Robert Lee has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Steve Fray, Menē’s current Chief Financial Officer and Director of the Board, has resigned his positions. Lee has acted as Controller of Menē. Prior to joining Menē, Robert was Financial Controller of Goldmoney Inc. He has also held marketing analyst roles at Mercedes-Benz Canada and Ontario Lottery Gaming Corporation (OLG).

MYM Nutraceuticals Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: MYM, OTCBB: MYMMF) announced that Mark Forster once again becomes the company’s Chief Financial Officer, taking over for former CFO, Craig Lennox. Forster’s prior CFO experience includes Oracle Energy Corp. and Teletouch Services Inc.

Pinetree Capital Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX: PNP) announced that Susan Fox, Pinetree’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) since May 2016, has resigned as CFO and as an officer of the Company.  The company also announced the appointment of John Bouffard as its CFO. Bouffard has been a contractor for Pinetree since January 1st, 2019, providing accounting and finance services.  He began his career with BDO Canada.

SpeakEasy Cannabis Club Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: EASY) announced the addition of David Cross as its newly appointed Chief Financial Officer. Cross is currently a partner at Cross Davis & Company LLP Chartered Professional Accountants. Mr. Cross has over 21 years of accounting experience and has been a partner of Cross Davis for over 8 years.

National Access Cannabis Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: META) announced the appointment of Michael Cosic as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Current CFO Michael Best will remain with NAC and has been appointed Chief Accounting Officer. Cosic joins NAC from DLT Labs Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Cosic was the Chair of the Audit Committee of Vancouver’s Eastern Platinum Limited. Prior to mid 2016, he held the position of Vice President of Finance at BridgePoint Financial Services Inc. and Lithium Americas Corporation.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending February 22, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Liberty Health Sciences Inc. YANGAROO Inc. Champion Bear Resources Ltd.
Leviathan Cannabis Group Inc. Detour Gold Corporation Intouch Insight Ltd.

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Liberty Health Sciences Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: LHS, OTCQX: LHSIF) announced the resignation of Rene Gulliver, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective April 14, 2019.  Mr. Gulliver will be replaced by Scott Meyers, currently the Company’s Director of Finance, who shall serve in the role of interim Chief Financial Officer.

YANGAROO Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: YOO, OTC: YOOIF) announced that it has appointed Dom Kizek as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Kizek began his career at KPMG. Most recently, he was the Corporate Controller at a TSX listed mining company. Kizek succeeds Michael Galloro, who has resigned from his role as Chief Financial Officer.

Champion Bear Resources Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: CBA) announced the appointment of Jason Hastie as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.   Hastie is an independent consultant and has significant experience in providing a wide range of companies with financial and accounting services. He is also the founder of TenjaGo.

Leviathan Cannabis Group Inc. [Toronto] (CSE: EPIC) announced the departure of Cheryl Sarnavka as Chief Financial Officer. The Board appointed Martin J. Doane as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Doane currently serves as Leviathan’s Chief Executive Officer and is a member of the Board.

Detour Gold Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: DGC) announced that James Mavor, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned and will be leaving the Company on April 15, 2019.

Intouch Insight Ltd. [OTTAWA] (TSX-V: INX, OTCQB: INXSF) announced that it appointed Cathy Smith as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining, she held senior leadership roles with AirVM Inc., BTI Systems Inc., Fusebill Inc., Protus IP Solutions Inc. and most recently Telepin Software Systems Inc.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending February 15, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Gravitas Financial Inc. CannTrust Holdings Inc. Block X Capital Corp.
Carl Data Solutions Inc. Bonterra Resources Inc. FIGR, Inc.
Fire & Flower

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Gravitas Financial Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: GFI) announced that Rebecca Ong has been named Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Rebecca will replace Carmelo Marrelli, who has acted as interim Chief Financial Officer of Gravitas since September 2018.

CannTrust Holdings Inc. [VAUGHAN, ON] (TSX: TRST) announced that it has appointed Greg Guyatt as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) effective February 19, 2019. Greg comes to CannTrust from GreenSpace Brands Inc. where he served as CFO.

Block X Capital Corp. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: BXXX) announced the appointment of Alexander Helmel as Chief Financial Officer. In connection with such appointments, Rahim Rajwani stepped down as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Helmel brings over 14 years of experience working with capital markets and over 20 years in the technology sector.

Carl Data Solutions Inc. [Vancouver] (CSE: CRL, OTCQB: CDTAF) announced that Cale Thomas has been appointed as CFO of the company. Thomas replaces Alastair Brownlow who has served as CFO since June 21, 2017, and has remained as Controller. Thomas has over 12 years of experience as a director and an officer in Canadian and U.S. venture companies, and was a director and CFO of Carl Data during its early years.

Bonterra Resources Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: BTR, OTCQX: BTR) announced the appointment of James Fairbairn as Chief Financial Officer. Fairbain was previously Chief Financial Officer of Metanor Resources Inc., prior to its acquisition by Bonterra and is well acquainted with the operations of the Company.

FIGR, Inc. [TORONTO] announced the senior-level appointments of Michael Devon, as Chief Financial Officer. Devon joins FIGR from the Gesco Group of Companies, where he served as their Chief Financial Officer for four years. He has held positions at both large public and mid-sized private business, including Alfresh Beverages Canada as Chief Financial Officer, Molson Canada as Vice President Financial Operations, and Maple Leaf Foods as their Vice President Finance, Business Transformation and Risk Management.

Nadia Vattovaz

Fire & Flower [EDMONTON] announced Nadia Vattovaz has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Vattovaz was the Vice-President of Finance and Procurement for Holt Renfrew Company Ltd. Previously, Ms. Vattovaz was the Vice-President, Finance Shared Services and Systems and Associate Vice President , Retail Finance for Canadian Tire; Vice President of Finance for Bento Sushi; Senior Director, Finance for Maple Leaf Foods; and CFO of Azcar Technologies.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending February 8, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Trueblu Westport Fuel Systems Inc. Acasta Enterprises Inc.
COIN Hodl Inc. Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. Zonetail Inc.
Acceleware Ltd. Getty Copper Inc.

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Mario Settino

Trueblu [VERONA, Italy, MILANO and MONTREAL] announced the appointment of Mario Settino as Executive VP of Corporate Development and CFO. Most recently he was CFO of BioAmber and previously President of Peds Legwear. Before this he held senior executive positions at Miranda Technologies /Grass Valley, Loblaws, Bombardier and LGS, (an IBM company).

Westport Fuel Systems Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: WRPT, NASDAQ: WPRT) announced that Michael Willis has resigned as its Chief Financial Officer. Jim MacCallum, Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Controller, has been named Acting Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. MacCallum has led the corporate accounting and treasury functions since joining Westport in 2014. Prior to that he held finance leadership roles at Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc., Absolute Software and Cisco Systems.

Acasta Enterprises Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: AEF) announced the appointment of Paul Bozoki as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bozoki has over 10 years as serving as Chief Financial Officer of various public companies listed on the TSX and TSXV.  Bozoki replaces Michael Murphy as CFO.

COIN Hodl Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: COIN) announced the resignation of Daniel Crandall as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The Company is pleased to announce that Aamer Siddiqui will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Siddiqui is a Manager of Financial Reporting at Marrelli Support Services Inc.

Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. [TORONTO] (CSE: GLH, OTCQB: GLDFF) announced the appointment of Karyn O. Barsa as its new Chief Financial Officer. The Company’s outgoing CFO, Craig Eastwood, is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Ms. Barsa’s experience includes service as a Director, CEO, CFO and COO for multi-million and billion-dollar privately held and public companies across consumer products, financial services and other industries, including Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Performance Sports Group Ltd., Coyuchi, Inc., Investors’ Circle, Smith & Hawken, Ltd. and Patagonia Inc.

Zonetail Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: ZONE) announced the appointment of Robert D.B. Suttie as the new Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Suttie is Vice President of Marrelli Support Services, serves as Chief Financial Officer or director on a number of other Canadian publicly listed companies including some listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, and Canadian Securities Exchange. Mr. Suttie will succeed Dan Crandall who has left his role as senior manager of Marrelli Support Services.

Acceleware Ltd. [CALGARY] announced the appointment of Brian LeBlanc as Chief Financial Officer. Brian’s background features extensive experience in the oil and gas and energy services industries, as well as chemical processing, manufacturing, and wholesale/retail distribution and for the past 17 years, he has been operating an independent accounting consulting practice.

Getty Copper Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: GTC) announced the appointment of Meryl R Tellis as new Chief Financial Officer. From 1979 to 2016, Meryl was a manager and director of taxation at a large forest company in BC. Meryl also chaired the tax committee for the Forest Products Association of Canada. Meryl Tellis is replacing interim CFO Shaheem Aziz Ali.