Timminco Ltd. (TSX:TIM) has named Robert Dietrich as vice-president of finance and chief financial officer. Dietrich, an accountant, was most recently CFO of MKS Inc.
Timminco produces and markets alloys. Its head office is in Toronto.
Aurogin Resources Ltd. (TSXV:AUQ) has hired Neil Gow as VP of exploration. Gow most recently worked as an independent exploration consultant associated with Roscoe Postle Associates Inc.
Aurogin Resources Ltd. is an emerging gold producer focused on the Americas. Its head office is in Toronto.
Mustang Minerals Corp. (TSXV:MUM) says Ken Lapierre is leaving as VP of exploration. He will continue as a director.
Mustang has also appointed accountant Alex Falconer as CFO. For the past seven years he was the CFO of Plasma Environmental Technologies Inc.
Based in Toronto, Mustang explores for nickel-copper-platinum group metals in Ontario and Manitoba.
Novadaq Technologies Inc. (TSX:NDQ), a Mississauga developer of medical imaging systems for the operating room, has hired John Snisarenko as VP and general manager of its ophthalmology business.
He was most recently VP and business unit head for ophthalmics at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
Brian Awrey has been appointed VP of finance at OFI Income Fund (TSX:OFB.UN), a producer of fibreglass insulation products.
Awrey, an accountant, was most recently VP of finance and administration for the Canadian operations of Fleishman-Hillard International Communications.
OFI's head office is in Ottawa.
Metallica Resources Inc. (TSX:MR) has appointed Troy Fierro to the position of VP of operations. He was previously VP of mining operations for Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.
Metallica Resources is an emerging gold and silver producer focused on the Americas. Its head office is in Toronto.
Daniel Ardila has been appointed VP of finance and CFO of Algoma Steel Inc. Ardila is an accountant who has 17 years of experience in senior executive positions and public accounting.
Algoma Steel Inc. is an integrated steel producer headquartered in Sault Ste. Marie.
Telehop Communications Inc. (TSXV:HOP) has named John Ng as CFO.
Ng, an accountant, was most recently director of finance for a private conglomerate of online media companies.
Telehop is an alternative telecom provider to the residential and business markets. Its head office is in Toronto.
Dene Rogers has been named acting president of Sears Canada Inc. (TSX:SCC) effective May 9, following the departure of outgoing president and CEO Brent Hollister.
Rogers has been executive VP for restructuring and business improvement at Sears Holdings since October 2005.
Sears Holdings Corp. announced April 6 that it had secured the minority shareholder support necessary to take Sears Canada from a publicly traded company to a private company.
Sears Canada is a multi-channel retailer across Canada. Its head office is in Toronto.
Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. (TSX:CTR.NV, CTR) has named Mike Arnett as the president of Canadian Tire Retail, replacing Mark Foote.
Arnett has worked at Canadian Tire since 1990.
Canadian Tire, which has its head office in Toronto, operates more than 1,100 stores, gas bars and carwashes across Canada.
Cygnal Technologies Corp. (TSX:CYN) says that Todd Rutherford, president and general manager of the network solutions group, is leaving to pursue other interests. Jos Wintermans, president and CEO of Cygnal, will assume his duties on an interim basis.
Cygnal designs, installs and manages wired and wireless communications networks. Its head office is in Markham.
Energy Savings (TSX:SIF.UN), a Toronto-based marketer of fixed-price natural gas and electricity contracts, has announced two management resignations.
Chris Gaffney, a VP and one of the senior members of the company's legal department, and Dave Ellis, the chief operations officer, were both nearing the end of five-year contracts.
Energy Savings conducts business in five Canadian provinces, Illinois and New York.
Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K) has appointed Geoffrey Gold as senior VP and chief legal officer. Gold joins Kinross from Placer Dome, where he was most recently VP and associate general counsel.
This appointment follows the retirement of executive VP John Ivany, who had been with Kinross since 1995.
Kinross, of Toronto, is the third-largest primary gold producer in North America and the seventh largest in the world.
Nissan Canada has made three new executive appointments.
Simon Thomas, currently director of sales operations at Nissan in the U.K., will become VP of sales and marketing.
Ian Forsyth moves from his role as director of marketing into the new position of director of corporate and product planning.
Corporate manager of marketing communications Wendy Durward is promoted to the new position of director of marketing communications.
Dietmar Wendt will join Nortel (TSX:NT) as president of global services effective May 1.
Wendt comes from IBM in Shanghai, where he is currently VP of Asia Pacific information technology services transformation.
Nortel also named Lauren Flaherty as chief marketing officer, effective May 1. Flaherty most recently served as IBM's VP of worldwide marketing for small and medium business.
Brampton-based Nortel is a major telecommunications company.
Spectral Diagnostics Inc. (TSX:SDI), a developer of rapid diagnostic technologies, has appointed Robert Verhagen as VP of business development.
Verhagen has more than 15 years of business development experience in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries.
Spectral's head office is in Toronto.
The Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario has appointed William Greenhalgh as its CEO.
Greenhalgh brings a business background to the association, which is based in Toronto.
Denis Martineau has been appointed senior VP of sales and business development at Camilion Solutions. Martineau previously was senior VP of sales and marketing for EISI.
Camilion provides product management, online sales and underwriting solutions for the insurance industry. The privately held company has offices in Toronto and New York.
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