A private-sector executive has been named head of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).
Jean-Rene Halde takes over as president on June 20. He has previously been chief executive at Irwin Toy Ltd., Livingston Group Inc., Culinar Inc., Atlantique Video and Sound Inc., and Metro-Richelieu Inc.
The BDC is a financial institution wholly owned by the federal government, delivering financial, investment and consulting services to Canadian small businesses.
The Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) has appointed Bob Tait president and chief executive officer.
Tait brings more than 17 years of investor relations experience in a number of industries. He most recently led the investor relations team at Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.
CIRI has more than 700 members in chapters in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.
The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (TSX:DSG, NASDAQ:DSGX), has made changes to its management team.
Chris Jones has been appointed executive vice'-president for solutions and markets, and Mark Weisberger executive vice-president for field operations.
The company also said Bruce Gordon, executive VP for operations, will be leaving Descartes.
Jones was most recently senior VP in Aberdeen Group's value chain research division.
Weisberger was most recently responsible for building the sales and business development organizations at Sychron Inc.
Descartes, of Waterloo, provides on-demand technology and services for distribution- and logistics'-sensitive organizations.
Cash Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:CHX) of Toronto has named Basil Botha president and CEO. Outgoing president Bill Clarke becomes chairman.
Botha brings more than 20 years of coal mining and marketing experience.
Cash Minerals is an emerging energy resource company with coal assets and uranium exploration properties in the Yukon.
Transition Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:TTH) has appointed Elie Farah as CFO and vice-president for corporate development. He comes from Boehringer Ingelheim, an international pharmaceutical company.
Transition is a biopharm that develops therapeutics for widespread illness. Its head office is in Toronto.
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Ryerson University has appointed Ken Jones, founder and director of the centre for the study of commercial activity (CSCA), as dean of business effective July. The CSCA, based at Ryerson, is slated to become part of the faculty of business.
Celestica Inc. (NYSE:CLS, TSX:CLS.SV), has appointed Craig Muhlhauser as Celestica's president and executive vice-president of worldwide sales and business development.
Muhlhauser was most recently president and CEO of Exide Technologies.
Marvin MaGee, Celestica's former head of worldwide business development, has been named executive VP for worldwide operations.
Celestica, of Toronto, provides electronics manufacturing services, with operations in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Candax Energy Inc.
has appointed Christopher Hopkins as CFO. He has 18 years of experience in financial management, strategic planning, M&A, corporate finance, and financial and management reporting.
Candax Energy Inc. is an international energy company with its head office in Toronto.
Ken Norris has been named operations vice-president by Orezone Resources Inc. (TSX, AMEX:OZN).
Norris has more than 19 years of mining industry experience in both open-pit and underground operations.
Based in Ottawa, Orezone is an emerging gold producer.
Innovative Water and Sewer Systems Inc. (TSXV:IWS) has named Dan Mathieson as vice-president of marketing. Mathieson will operate from offices in Stratford.
Prior to joining IWSSI, he was under contract with the Ontario Clean Water Agency and provided client services in the midwestern Ontario region.
IWSSI designs and implements wastewater management systems.
Castillian Resources Corp. has named geophysicist John Buckle as president and CEO. He brings 30 years of varied mineral exploration experience to Castillian, which is focused on acquiring, exploring and developing deposits in Latin America. Castillian (TSXV:CT) has its corporate office in Toronto.
Financial Models Co. Inc. has announced that Normand Boulanger, president of parent company SS&C Technologies Inc., has been appointed president and chief executive.
SS&C recently bought the Toronto-based software company, which caters to the financial services industry.
Financial Models' former president and CEO, Stamos Katotakis, stepped down May 6.
Shares in FMC are no longer listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. SS&C stock trades on Nasdaq as SSNC.
TrackPower, Inc. (OTCBB:TPWR) has appointed Edward Tracy as president and CEO.
Tracy is the CEO of the Tracy Group, a casino management and development company, and has more than 20 years of experience in the gaming and hospitality industry. TrackPower owns 50 per cent of Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y.
Wealth-management company CI Fund Management Inc. (TSX:CIX) has made several executive appointments.
Stephen MacPhail has been named president and chief operating officer. He was previously executive vice-president and chief operating officer.
Douglas Jamieson has been appointed senior vice-president and chief financial officer of CI, retaining the CFO and senior VP positions in wholly owned subsidiary CI Mutual Funds Inc.
David Pauli has been appointed executive vice'-president and chief operating officer of CI Mutual Funds Inc. His previous position was executive vice-president of fund operations.
Tony Issa has been promoted to executive vice'-president and chief technology officer of CI Mutual Funds and Assante Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of CI.
Steven Donald has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Assante. He was previously senior vice-president and chief financial officer.
CI Fund Management Inc. is based in Toronto and has about $68.3 billion in fee-earning assets.
Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSX:RPI.UN) has named Enzio Di Gennaro as CFO. He is an accountant with more than 10 years of senior financial experience in varied industries.
Richards Packaging is a full-service packaging distributor targeting small- and medium-sized North American businesses.
Beyond 20/20 Inc. has appointed Clarke Bruce as CEO. The software industry veteran joins Beyond 20/20 from Soliton, which he co-founded in 1993. He succeeds Robert McCrae, who has served as CEO since 2003 and continues as chairman and chief technology officer.
Beyond 20/20 has also made a recent change to its sales organization, promoting Steve Desjardins to director of sales.
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