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CFO Moves Canada – week ending June 14, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Silver Bear Resources Plc Q-Gold Resources Ltd. Pasinex Resources Limited
Khiron Life Sciences Corp.

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Silver Bear Resources Plc [TORONTO] (TSX: SBR) announced the appointment of Mikhail Ilyin as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Ilyin first joined Silver Bear as a Group Finance Controller on February 28, 2019. Mr. Ilyin has extensive experience as a financial executive and senior audit consultant. Mr. Ilyin joined the Company from United Cable Group where he was Head of Finance Control.

Q-Gold Resources Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: QGR) announced that Deborah Battiston, a former Chief Financial Officer of the Company, has been re-appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Battiston has over 25 years of experience that includes public companies, mergers & acquisitions as well as tax and financing.  Battiston replaces Stephen Woodhead, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Pasinex Resources Limited [TORONTO] (CSE: PSE) announced that Wendy Kaufman, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, has advised the Company that she will resign from the organization to pursue another opportunity.

Khiron Life Sciences Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: KHRN, OTCQB: KHRNF) announced the appointment of Wendy Kaufman as CFO, effective July 2, 2019. Kaufman served most recently as CFO at Pasinex Resources Limited.  Ms. Kaufman has significant experience with Latin American operations, gained during her tenure as CFO at Primero Mining Corporation, and previously in her role as Vice President, Finance and Treasury at Inmet Mining Corporation, among other executive management positions. Kaufman will be replacing Darren Collins who has concurrently resigned his position as CFO to pursue other interests.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending June 7, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Peeks Social Ltd. enCore Energy Corp. MUST Capital Inc.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust Jourdan Resources Inc. Far Resources Ltd
Leonovus Inc.

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Granite Real Estate Investment Trust [TORONTO] (TSX: GRT.UN, NYSE: GRP.U) announced that Ilias Konstantopoulos, Granite’s Chief Financial Officer, has left Granite to pursue other opportunities. Teresa Neto has been as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Granite, effective July 8, 2019. Neto has over 13 years of real estate experience and has held previous CFO positions at publicly-traded real estate investment trusts in Canada, most recently at Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust and prior to that at Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT.

Peeks Social Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: PEEK, OTCQB: PKSLF) announced the appointment of Gaetano Di Pietro as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). From 2013 to present, Gaetano has been an independent consultant.  Previously, Gaetano was the Director of Finance at Arclin.  Gaetano has also worked and consulted at KPMG, CIBC, BMO, Citi, Capital One, Shoppers Drug Mart and Sears Canada.

enCore Energy Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: EU) announced, that effective June 1, 2019, that it has appointed Greg Hayes as Chief Financial Officer. Hayes also serves as Chief Financial Officer of Golden Predator Mining Corp. and Taku Gold Corp. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer for Golden Predator Mining Corp. and Northern Tiger Resources Inc. and as the Chief Financial Officer of Shear Minerals Ltd. Hayes is replacing departing CFO, Scott Davis.

MUST Capital Inc. [Toronto] (TSX-V: MUST.H) announced that Cale Thomas has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, replacing Kyle Appleby who has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Thomas has 12 years of experience as a director and an officer in Canadian and U.S. venture companies, holding positions currently as CFO of Carl Data Solutions Inc., and formerly in various positions with Rise Gold Corp. and Eagle Hill Exploration Inc. among others.

Jourdan Resources Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: JOR) announced that Deborah Battiston was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, following the resignation of Stephen Woodhead.

Far Resources Ltd [VANCOUVER] (CSE: FAT, OTC: FRRSF) announced that it has appointed Eddy Yu as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. For the past several years, Mr. Yu has been providing financial management and reporting services to publicly-traded companies listed in the TSX Venture Exchange.

Leonovus Inc. [OTTAWA] (TSX-V: LTV, OTC: LVNSF) announced the appointment of George Pretli as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Pretli takes over from Chris Benk and will work on a part-time basis. Mr. Pretli recently retired as full-time Chief Financial Officer of Intouch Insight Inc.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 31, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

AltaGas Ltd. Enerflex Ltd. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund
HEXO Corp Eagle Energy Inc. Cannabis One Holdings Inc.
Universal mCloud Corp. 1933 Industries Inc. Bunker Hill Mining Corporation
Founders Advantage Capital Corp. Reservoir Capital Corp. Sunniva Inc.

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AltaGas Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX: ALA) announced the appointment of D. James Harbilas as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 10, 2019. Mr. Harbilas will be joining AltaGas from Enerflex Ltd., where he has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for over 11 years. Prior to his leadership role at Enerflex Ltd., he also served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Fortis Alberta Inc. AltaGas also announced that Tim Watson, the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company. Mr. Watson will remain in his current role until June 9, 2019.

Enerflex Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX: EFX) announced that D. James Harbilas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), will resign effective June 7, 2019 to pursue another opportunity. Ben Park, Enerflex’s Vice President, Corporate Controller, has been appointed interim CFO.

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund [VANCOUVER] (TSX: BPF.UN) and Boston Pizza International Inc. announced that Michael E. Harbinson joined BPI as its Chief Financial Officer.  Harbinson will also be appointed a Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Boston Pizza GP Inc., the managing general partner of Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership, administrator of the Fund, effective July 1, 2019 when Robert Kirincic, the Vice President, Finance of Treliving Management Services Ltd. (an affiliate of BPI), who has been serving as a Director and the Vice President, Finance of Boston Pizza GP Inc. on an interim basis, will step down.  The role of Chief Financial Officer at BPI has been vacant since December 31, 2018. Harbinson is a seasoned finance professional with over 15 years of experience in progressively senior finance roles at two other large Canadian restaurant operators and has extensive experience working in franchise systems.

HEXO Corp [GATINEAU, Quebec] (TSX: HEXO; NYSE-A: HEXO) announced the appointment of Michael Monahan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Monahan served as CFO of Nutrisystem prior to its sale in March 2019. Before that, he was CFO of PetroChoice Holdings.

Eagle Energy Inc. [CALGARY] (TSX: EGL) announced that Brenda Galonski, Vice President, Finance and Controller of Eagle, will succeed Kelly Tomyn as Eagle’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Eagle, Ms. Galonski was the Vice President Finance and CFO of Coda Petroleum Inc., which Eagle acquired in 2015. Ms. Galonski initially assumed the role as Eagle’s Controller and later became its Vice-President, Finance.

Cannabis One Holdings Inc. [VANCOUVER and DENVER] (CSE: CBIS) announced that Theresa Mohan, currently Vice President of Finance with Cannabis One, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Cannabis One’s current interim CFO, Ryan Atkins, will resign from his current role. Atkins will transition into the role of General Counsel for the Company, following Ms. Mohan’s interim CFO appointment.

Universal mCloud Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: MCLD, OTCQB: MCLDF) announced the appointment of Chantal Schutz to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective upon the upcoming filing of the Company’s annual financial statements. Schutz brings over 20 years of financial and operating experience to the Company, having held leadership roles in both private and publicly traded companies of varying sizes and sectors. Ms. Schutz began her career articling for both KPMG and PwC, and most recently held the role of Chief Executive Officer at Vancouver-based NYCE Sensors. She currently sits on the board of Clean Seed Capital Group (CSX.V) and NYCE Sensors.

1933 Industries Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: TGIF, OTCQX: TGIFF) announced the appointment of Steve Radusch as named Chief Financial Officer, taking over the position from Ryan Maarschalk. Radusch most recently served as CFO for a licensed cannabis company in Nevada. Mr. Radusch was the CFO of a start-up technology company. He has also served as acting CFO/Controller for divisions in both a $100+ billion Fortune 10 company and a $7 billion Fortune 500 company. Mr. Radusch’s appointment as CFO is effective June 17th, 2019.

Bunker Hill Mining Corporation [TORONTO] (CSE: BNKR) announced that effective Julio Di Girolomo is succeeded by Wayne Parsons as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Founders Advantage Capital Corp. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: FCF) announced that Robin Burpee has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Burpee has served as Controller of the Corporation since September, 2017. Prior to joining FAC, she worked at a major international accounting firm as a team member in the assurance group and spent several years preparing financial reporting for an international TSX listed company.

Reservoir Capital Corp. [Vancouver] (CSE: REO) announced the appointment of Bill Tsang as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Sunniva Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: SNN,  OTCQB: SNNVF) announced the appointment of David Lyle as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 3, 2019, who will be based in California.  Mr. Lyle previously served as CFO at Maxwell Technologies, Inc. Maxwell was recently acquired by Tesla, Inc.  Mr. Lyle will be taking over for David Negus, Sunniva’s current CFO, who will transition to supporting the Company in a consulting role commencing at the end of June 2019.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 24, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Canopy Growth Corporation Mitel Toromont Industries Ltd.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Liberty Health Sciences Inc. Avricore Health Inc.
GreenSpace Brands Detour Gold Corporation Excellon Resources Inc.

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Mike Lee

Canopy Growth Corporation [SMITHS FALLS, ON] (TSX: WEED, NYSE: CGC) announced the appointment of Mike Lee to its executive leadership team in the acting role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective June 1, 2019. Mike’s permanent role as CFO will commence upon receiving Health Canada security clearance required for all Officers and Directors of the Company. Lee worked for companies such as E. & J. Gallo Winery, PepsiCo, and recently Constellation Brands, where he served as Senior Vice President & CFO for their Wine & Spirits Division. Most recently, Mike has served in the role of Executive Vice President, Finance at Canopy Growth Corporation. Lee replaces Tim Saunders, who will continue to serve the executive team and Board of Directors of Canopy Growth as a strategic advisor.

Mitel [OTTAWA] announced the retirement of Chief Financial Officer Steve Spooner. Vanessa Kanu, Senior Vice President of Finance, will take over as Spooner’s successor, continuing her 15-year career with Mitel.

Toromont Industries Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX: TIH) announced that Paul R. Jewer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has advised Toromont that he intends to retire within two years.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited [TORONTO] (TSX: FFH, FFH.U) announced that, David Bonham, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fairfax, recently passed away. Fairfax has appointed John Varnell, Vice President, Corporate Development, to serve as Chief Financial Officer of Fairfax on an interim basis.  Mr. Varnell previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Fairfax on two occasions, as well as the Chief Financial Officer of Northbridge Financial Corporation and Fairfax India Holdings Corporation.

Liberty Health Sciences Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: LHS, OTCQX: LHSIF) announced that Sheri Cholodofsky has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, subject to Florida Department of Health approval. Cholodofsky replaces Jeff Chan, Liberty’s Vice President, Finance who served as interim Chief Financial Officer following the previously announced resignation of Rene Gulliver as Chief Financial Officer effective April 14, 2019. Chan will resume his duties at Liberty as Vice President, Finance and will work closely with Cholodofsky during this transition period. Cholodofsky began her career in public accounting with global accounting firm BDO and then continued to hold the senior finance and accounting role for 14 years with Creative Staffing. In 2009 Cholodofsky joined Miami Air International where she worked for nine years in the aviation industry.

Avricore Health Inc. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: AVCR, OTCBB: AVCR) added Kevin Strong as Chief Financial Officer. Strong has over 11 years of experience as a senior regional manager in the finance sector, as well as over 11 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer.  His sector experience includes mining, insurance and oil & gas.  Additionally, Kevin had served in management for the Winnipeg Stock Exchange (WSE) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V). Strong is replacing Zula Kropivintski, Avicore’s outgoing CFO.

GreenSpace Brands [TORONTO] (TSX-V: JTR) announced that Stuart Pasternak has been hired as CFO of GreenSpace Brands. During his 30 year career, Mr. Pasternak has held senior finance and operations positions in both public and private companies of all sizes, including holding the titles of CFO, VP Business Development and Interim General Manager over the last 10 years of his career. Pasternak replace Cindy Leung, interim CFO.

Detour Gold Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: DGC) announced the appointment of Jaco Crouse to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective June 24, 2019. Most recently, he was Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Triple Flag Mining Finance Ltd. Prior to joining Triple Flag, he served as Vice President Business Planning and Optimization at Barrick Gold Corporation. Crouse started his career in mining in 2002 by joining Xstrata Alloys. He also fulfilled the role of Asset Manager at Glencore following its merger with Xstrata in 2013 and was responsible for integrating their nickel marketing offices.

Excellon Resources Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: EXN, OTC: EXLLF) announced the resignation of Rupy Dhadwar from his position of Chief Financial Officer. Ronald Mariño, Vice President Finance, will serve as interim CFO.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 17, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

TransAlta Corporation Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. Urbanimmersive Inc.
Toromont Industries Ltd. Atlas Engineered Products Cliffside Capital Ltd.
Walton Big Lake Development L.P. Walton Westphalia Development Corporation

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TransAlta Corporation [CALGARY] (TSX: TA, NYSE: TAC) announced the promotion of Todd Stack to Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Stack served as Managing Director and Corporate Controller of the Company since February 2017. Since joining the Company in 1990, Stack has acted as the Company’s Treasurer, Corporate Controller, as well as a member of the corporate development team reviewing greenfield and acquisition opportunities. Prior to joining the finance team at TransAlta, Stack held a number of roles in the engineering team, including design, operations and project management. Stack replaces Christophe Dehout, who will be leaving the Company to pursue new opportunities.

Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. [OTTAWA] (TSX-V: TBP, OTCQB: TBPMF) announced the retirement of Bernard Lessard as Chief Financial Officer and the appointment of Sabino Di Paola as his replacement.

Urbanimmersive Inc. [LAVAL, Quebec] (TSX-V: UI, OTC PINK: UBMRF) announced the appointment of Simon Bédard as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 3, 2019. Over the years, Mr. Bédard held various senior positions including Vice-President Finance of a mid-size private company in the environmental service industry as well as senior positions held in large advisory firms (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Ernst & Young LLP) and in investment banking (Desjardins Securities Inc.). Before joining Urbanimmersive, Bédard was Chief Financial Officer of the public company ATW Tech Inc. since 2015. Bédard is also a Board member of Urbanimmersive since 2018 acting as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Bédard will remain on Urbanimmersive Board of Directors but will leave his role of the Chairman of the Audit Committee to a new member to be appointed. Bédard replace Martin Thibault, a co-founder of Urbanimmersive, who was acting as interim CFO since 2015. Martin Thibault will remain with the Company as Chief Marketing Officer effective June 4, 2019.

Toromont Industries Ltd. [TORONTO] announced that Paul R. Jewer (Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Toromont) has advised Toromont that he intends to retire within two years.

Atlas Engineered Products [NANAIMO, BC] (TSX-V: AEP; OTC: APEUF) announced the resignation of William (Bill) Woods as CFO.  AEP has appointed Melissa MacRae to serve as the Company’s Interim CFO. MacRae has been with Atlas Building Systems, an AEP Company, since 2012, and has acted as AEP’s Group Controller since the Company went public in November 2017.

Cliffside Capital Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: CEP) announced the appointment of Praveen Gupta as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary effective as of June 20, 2019, the date of Cliffside’s annual general meeting of shareholders (“AGM”).  Mr. Gupta will replace Yazdi Bharucha, who will be retiring from the position, however will remain as an advisor to the Board of Directors. Gupta is the Chief Financial Officer of CCMI. Prior to joining CCMI, he worked at Citibank in Canada (Citi) for nearly twelve years, most recently, as Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup Finance Canada.

Walton Big Lake Development L.P. [CALGARY] (the “Partnership”) announced that Neil Narfason has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of its general partner, Walton Big Lake Development Corporation (the “GP”). Mr. Narfason is also the Chief Financial Officer of Walton Global Investments Ltd. (“WGI”), having served in that capacity since January 2, 2019. Before joining the Walton Group of Companies, Narfason was a Partner of Ernst & Young LLP for the past 15 years and prior thereto, he was a Partner with Deloitte LLP. The Partnership also announced that Michael Maier has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the GP. Mr. Maier will continue to serve as Executive Vice-President of WGI.

Walton Westphalia Development Corporation [CALGARY] announced that Neil Narfason has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Corporation. Narfason is also the Chief Financial Officer of Walton Global Investments Ltd. (“WGI”), having served in that capacity since January 2, 2019. Before joining the Walton Group of Companies (“Walton”), Mr. Narfason was a Partner of Ernst & Young LLP for the past 15 years and prior thereto, he was a Partner with Deloitte LLP. The Corporation also announced that Michael Maier has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Corporation. Mr. Maier will continue to serve as Executive Vice-President of WGI.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 10, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Roots Exco Technologies Limited McEwen Mining Inc.
Savaria Corporation Wajax Corporation Tervita Corporation
ATW Tech Inc. IntelGenx Technologies Corp. Tree of Knowledge International Corp.
Arkadia Capital Corp.

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Roots [TORONTO] (TSX: ROOT) announced that Chief Financial Officer, Jim Rudyk, has resigned to pursue an opportunity at a private, family-owned food services company. Rudyk’s last day at Roots will be August 9, 2019.

Exco Technologies Limited [MARKHAM, Ontario] (TSX: XTC) announced that Matthew Posno has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President Finance. Matthew was previously chief accountant with Exco before leaving in 2007. Since that time, Matthew has demonstrated continued leadership, providing financial advisory services at the executive level as well as holding the capacity of CFO at various firms. This appointment fills the vacancy created by the departure of Drew Knight, who is leaving Exco to pursue other interests after four years of service.

McEwen Mining Inc. [TORONTO] (NYSE: MUX, TSX: MUX) announced that Meri Verli will be joining as the new Chief Financial Officer, replacing Andrew Elinesky. Verli held several management roles in the gold mining sector, including most recently as the CFO of PPX Mining Corp since October 2017, Senior VP Finance and Treasury at Kirkland Lake Gold until July 2017 and VP Finance at Lake Shore Gold for 9 years.

Savaria Corporation [LAVAL, Quebec] (TSX: SIS) announced that, after 17 years of collaboration and loyal services, Jean-Marie Bourassa is stepping down as Chief Financial Officer effective May 22, 2019 after Savaria’s annual shareholders’ meeting and will remain as member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Savaria also announced the nomination of Mauro Ferrara as Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation effective accordingly.

Wajax Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: WJX) announced that Stuart Auld will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from Darren Yawrosky. Auld joined Wajax’s senior leadership team in 2014 and was most recently the Corporation’s Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Information Systems. In addition to his new role, Mr. Auld will retain responsibility for the Corporation’s information systems. Prior to joining Wajax, Mr. Auld’s career included 30 years of senior finance experience at companies including the Hudson’s Bay Company and Canadian Tire Corporation.

Tervita Corporation [CALGARY] (TSX: TEV) announced the appointment of Rob Dawson as Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development and Linda Dietsche as Chief Financial Officer, Dawson is currently Tervita’s Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since March of 2017. Dietsche was most recently Chief Financial Officer for Newalta and brings more than 20 years of financial experience and extensive knowledge of the waste and environmental services sectors.

ATW Tech Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX-V: ATW) announced the appointment of Denis LP Archambault as interim Chief Financial Officer (‘CFO’) of ATW Tech. Archambault will combine his new role to his role of Executive Vice President and General Manager of the VoxTel division. The change will be effective on May 30, 2019. Archambault brings over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, primarily within Teleglobe and TATA Communications. Mr. Archambault has held several senior positions over the years including Vice-President for Teleglobe and TATA Communications, CFO of Excel Canada, a subsidiary of Teleglobe and interim CFO for many companies as a partner at Modelcom. Archambault will succeed Simon Bédard who has served as the Company’ CFO.

IntelGenx Technologies Corp. [SAINT LAURENT, Quebec] (TSX-V: IGX, OTCQX: IGXT) announced that it appointed André Godin to the position of President in addition to his current position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Before joining IntelGenx in 2015, he was Interim CEO and CFO of Neptune Technologies and Bioresources Inc. He started with Neptune in 2003 as Vice President, Administration and Finance and was named its CFO in 2008. Prior to joining Neptune, he was President of a dietary supplement company and Corporate Controller for an OTC pharmaceutical products company

Tree of Knowledge International Corp. [TORONTO] (CSE: TOKI; OTC PINK: TOKIF) announced that it has appointed Spence Walker to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Arkadia Capital Corp. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: AKC.H) announced that it has appointed Kalvie Legat as the Chief Financial Officer. Legat also is the Chief Financial Officer of eBuyNow eCommerce Ltd. Previously, he worked for 14 years in corporate finance and institutional sales. Most recently, Mr. Legat was with Integral Wealth Securities Limited, Jennings Capital Inc., and MGI Securities Inc. in their respective Calgary offices.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 3, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Freshii Inc. Colabor Group Inc. The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
Erdene Resource Development Corp. Certarus Ltd. HEXO Corp.
Spirit Banner Capital Corp. Yongsheng Capital Inc. Avcorp Industries Inc.
LAURION Mineral Exploration Inc. WELL Health Technologies Corp.

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Freshii Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: FRII) announced that Craig De Pratto, Chief Financial Officer, has advised the Company that he will resign from the organization to pursue another opportunity. De Pratto joined Freshii in 2014. De Pratto will remain with Freshii until May 10th to assist with an orderly transition.

Colabor Group Inc. [BOUCHERVILLE, Québec] (TSX: GCL) announced the appointment of Pierre Gagné to the position of Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 27, 2019. Gagné has over 30 years of experience in finance and held Chief Financial Officer positions at large private and public companies such as FLS Transportation Services Limited, GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. and Cogeco Inc/Cogeco Cable Inc.

The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) [TORONTO] announced that Kathy Jenkins has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. She succeeds Michel Paradis who previously announced his forthcoming retirement. Jenkins was formerly Managing Director of Corporate Finance at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Previously, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Global Wealth Management and Insurance at Scotiabank; Senior Vice President of Finance at Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, and Vice President of Retail, Wealth and Infrastructure Finance at CIBC.

Erdne Resource Development Corp. [HALIFAX, Nova Scotia] (TSX: ERD) announced the appointment of Robert Jenkins as its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Robert’s appointment coincides with the retirement of Kenneth MacDonald, who has served as Erdene’s CFO since inception. Jenkins joined Erdene as Vice President Business Strategy in 2018. Bob began his career with Deloitte LLP and from 2010 to 2017 he held a series of progressive finance roles with Brookfield Asset Management.

Clint Warkentin

Certarus Ltd. [CALGARY] announced the appointment of Clint Warkentin as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Certarus, he spent nine years with ATCO in progressively more senior roles including VP Treasurer, VP Finance & Risk, and Senior Financial Officer. Earlier in his career, Clint held senior positions at TD Securities, Superior Plus, and a renewable power company.

HEXO Corp. [GATINEAU, Quebec] (TSX: HEXO; NYSE-A: HEXO) announced that the nomination of Steve Burwash, Vice-President, Strategic Finance, as interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Ed Chaplin.

Spirit Banner Capital Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: SBCC.P) announced that effective Peter Schloo will be assuming the role of chief financial officer. Jing Peng has tendered his resignation as chief financial officer of the Corporation as a result of changes in circumstances relating to other business interests. Schloo has over 7 years of progressive experience across various industries including Mining, Insurance, Financial Institutions and Real Estate covering Assurance, Operations, Corporate and Business Development roles.

Yongsheng Capital Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: YSC) announced that Chief Financial Officer Jin Kuang has left the Company to pursue other interests. Hilda Sung will assume the role of interim CFO until a permanent successor to Mr. Kuang is appointed.

Avcorp Industries Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: AVP) announced that Ed Merlo will be leaving to pursue other endeavors. The Company’s Corporate Controller Amish Patel has been designated by the board of directors as the authorized signatory for certification of interim and annual financial statements.

LAURION Mineral Exploration Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: LME, OTCPINK: LMEFF) announced the appointment of Miles Nagamatsu as the new Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation. Nagamatsu served as the Chief Financial Officer of numerous public and private companies, primarily in the mineral exploration and investment management sectors. Douglas Bolton resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.

WELL Health Technologies Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: WELL) announced the appointment of Eva Fong as its Chief Financial Officer (‘CFO’). Fong will assume the CFO role from Brian Levinkind, who is transitioning to the position of Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Fong was previously the Senior Vice President of M&A and Business Transformation at WELL. She has held leadership positions in various high-tech companies including PayPal, TIO Networks, SAP, and 360networks.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending April 26, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Inventronics Limited Leviathan Cannabis Group Inc. Aurania Resources Ltd.
Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. RYU Apparel Inc. Defense Metals Corp.
WeedMD Inc.

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Inventronics Limited [CALGARY] (TSX-V: IVX) announced that Garth Wilson, who has been working a shortened work-week since August 2018, resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation. Mr. Wilson will continue to perform regular monthly accounting activities for the Corporation on a contract basis.

Leviathan Cannabis Group Inc. [Toronto] (CSE: EPIC) announced it has appointed Jayne Beckwith as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Beckwith currently serves as Leviathan’s Chief Communications Officer.  Beckwith replaces Martin J. Doane as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Doane will continue in his role as Leviathan’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board.

Aurania Resources Ltd. [Toronto] (TSX-V: ARU, OTCQB: AUIAF) announce the appointment of Tony Wood as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Wood’s executive experience includes oversight of finance and operations, strategic planning and organizational development of various publicly-traded exploration and development companies. Wood has been consulting for the Company on a part-time basis since January 2019.

Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. [LA PRAIRIE, QC] announced that Michel Perron has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He has practiced has a sole practitioner from 1979 to 2005, and since 2005 has been acting as president of a private consulting firm. Mr. Perron has been involved for thirty years with various public companies working in the field of mineral exploration as an external auditor, director, officer or consultant. Perron succeeds Denis Tremblay as CFO.

RYU Apparel Inc.[VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: RYU.V, OTCQB: RYPPF) announced that Pedro Villa, left his position of CFO and Secretary, and remains as a consultant for the transition period. The company also announced that appointment of Brett Pawson, as interim Chief Financial Officer and interim Corporate Secretary, effective April 24th, 2019, for the transition period. Mr. Pawson has been the SVP of Retail and Operations since March 2017 and previously the VP of Retail beginning March 2015.

Defense Metals Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: DEFN, OTCQB: DFMTF) announced Ryan Cheung will be resuming the role of Chief Financial Officer. Richard Grayston is retiring from the CFO role. Cheung is owner of MCPA services. Cheung has been providing accounting, management, securities regulatory compliance services to private and public-listed companies. Mr. Cheung also serves as an officer and/or director of a number of public-listed companies.

WeedMD Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: WMD, OTCQX: WDDMF) announced the appointment of Nichola Thompson to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Thompson previously worked at Discovery Air, Deloitte & Touche and Siemens Canada. She joined WeedMD in January 2018.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending April 19, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Western Copper and Gold Corporation MOBI724 Global Solutions Inc. Stornoway Diamond Corporation

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Western Copper and Gold Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX: WRN; NYSE American: WRN) announced that Julien Francois has resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) for Western effective April 30, 2019. Varun Prasad, Senior Accountant for Western will act as interim CFO, effective May 1, 2019.

MOBI724 Global Solutions Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX-V: MOS) (OTCQB:MOBIF) announced that Rachel Girard, the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities and Allan Rosenhek, presently a Board Member of MOBI724, will assume the position of interim CFO. Mr. Rosenhek, co-founder of Mobi724, has served as an executive in Bell Mobility Investments, Telus, and Glentel among others.

Stornoway Diamond Corporation [LONGUEUIL, Québec] (TSX: SWY) announced the appointment of Dino Rambidis as Chief Financial Officer of Stornoway, replacing Orin Baranowsky, who has decided to step down from his current role. Prior to joining Stornoway, Rambidis served as Senior Vice-President, Corporate Finance at Fiera Capital, Vice President, Finance and Operations at PSP Investments, and Senior Director, Finance at TAL Global Asset Management.

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.