There have been two changes in the executive suite of Antrim Energy Inc.
Dwayne Warkentin has become the chief operating officer of Antrim. He previously held the position of vice-president of operations.
Keith Skipper, who had been executive vice-president since July 2000, has left the company.
Antrim (TSX:AEN; AIM:AEY) is a Calgary-based firm involved in the exploration, production and sale of oil and gas assets.
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) says John Tapics, president and CEO, has resigned his position to pursue other business opportunities.
The CEO duties are being assumed on an interim basis by chairman Maury Parsons, assisted by Dale McMaster who has been appointed COO for the corporation, and CFO David Erickson, who has assumed additional senior executive responsibilities.
The AESO is the provincial electricity system operator.
J.P. Desrochers is the new chief operating officer of Western Pump Solutions Ltd.
Desrochers' most recent position was as vice-president of marketing for Canadian Energy Services Company.
Western Pump, an affiliate of Calgary-based Global Link Data Solutions Ltd., offers dewatering services to the coalbed methane industry.
FabJob.com has appointed Mike de Jonge to the new position of vice-president of sales. He will oversee sales to bookstores, other retailers and libraries throughout North America.
Calgary-based FabJob.com is a publisher of books and e-books on how to break into a dream career.
Patrice Best, a former senior executive of Sherritt International, has been appointed president and CEO of Luscar Energy Partnership, which is owned by Sherritt and the Ontario Teacher's pension plan.
Best, who joined Edmonton-based Luscar in March as executive vice- president of the coal producer, succeeds chief executive Dennis Maschmeyer, who has stepped down having reached retirement age.
The board of directors of United Farmers of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd. (UFA) has named Dallas Thorsteinson as its new president and CEO. Thorsteinson, who is UFA's vice-president of farm supply division, will take over the reins on March 25.
He succeeds Geoff Southwood, who has retired.
- with files from The Canadian Press
