Cott Corp. (TSX:BCB, NYSE:COT) has restructured its senior management. Two new business units are being created and two new executives have been added to the senior management team. Four centralized functions - people, supply and manufacturing, finance, and legal and corporate development - will support the business units, Cott said in a release.
John Dennehy will be president of the North American business unit and Wynn Willard of the international. Dennehy was most recently senior vice-president of sales and marketing for North America and has been with Cott since 1991.
Willard has extensive experience in the consumer packaged-goods industry and was most recently CEO of the New World Pasta Co.
Among the global functions, Abilio Gonzales has been named chief people officer. He was most recently a general manager in human resources for Microsoft Corp.
Mark Halperin, previously general counsel and corporate secretary, becomes chief legal and corporate development officer.
Among other promotions, Jason Nichol, who developed Cott's business with Wal-Mart, moves from vice-president for Wal-Mart business development to senior VP for Wal-Mart.
Nick Whitley is promoted to managing director of Cott U.K. and Kerry Morgan, director of corporate communications, is promoted to VP for corporate communications.
As a result of these changes, said Cott, three senior executives are leaving the company: Mark Benadiba, executive vice-president of North American operations; Colin Walker, senior VP of corporate resources; and Andrew Murfin, managing director of the U.K. and Europe.
Cott Corp. is one of the world's largest non-alcoholic beverage companies with operations in more than 60 countries. Its corporate office is in Toronto.
Jovian Capital Corp. (TSXV:JVN) says that its wholly owned subsidiary MGI Securities Inc. has appointed Lewis Reford as president and chief executive officer.
Reford replaces Mark Arthur as CEO, allowing Arthur to devote his full time to Jovian.
Reford has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry.
Established in 2000, MGI is a full-service investment dealer firm with head office in Toronto. MGI is a management and holding company with interests in a variety of financial service firms.
Glen Stalter has been appointed the first executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Olympus Canada.
The Markham-based company, which offers imaging sales and support services, has just been launched to directly serve Canadian clients in the medical, surgical, scientific and industrial markets.
Olympus Canada is a subsidiary of Olympus America, a global healthcare and photography company.
Mosaid Technologies Inc. (TSX:MSD) has made two senior management appointments.
Peter Gillingham will take the new position of VP and chief technology officer. He has been VP and general manager of the intellectual property division.
Michael Kaskowitz will hold the new position of senior VP of semi-conductor intellectual property. He brings 25 years of technology and management experience.
Mosaid develops and licenses intellectual property and supplies memory test and analysis systems. Its head office is in Ottawa.
Darryl Edwards has been named president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region of Nortel (TSX, NYSE:NT).
Edwards replaces Steve Pusey, executive VP of Nortel and president of Nortel EMEA, who is leaving the company to become chief technology officer of Vodafone Group PLC.
Edwards has been with Nortel for 14 years, most recently as president for northern Europe, the Middle East and NETAS, Nortel's joint venture in Turkey.
Telecommunications giant Nortel has its head office in Brampton.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (TSX:SC) has appointed Jurgen Schreiber as its president and COO.
Schreiber joins Toronto-based Shoppers from his recent post as CEO of health and beauty Europe for A.S. Watson.
Schreiber will assume his new position in September when he has moved from Europe.
Twin Mining Corp. (TSX:TWG) has appointed Bill Baird as interim CEO.
Baird has been an independent consultant to, and has held senior positions in, public and private companies involved in mining and land management.
Twin Mining has gold and diamond properties in Canada and gold properties in the United States. Its head office is in Toronto.
Danier Leather Inc. (TSX:DL) says that Bryan Tatoff, its senior VP, CFO and secretary, will resign effective Sept. 15 to take a job with a non-competitive private company. A search is under way for a successor.
Danier sells leather and suede clothing and accessories. Its head office is in Toronto.
NSP Pharma Corp. (TSXV:NSP) of Pickering says that Henry Evans has resigned as secretary of NSP and executive VP of Naturale Science Pharma Inc. NSPI did not renew the consulting agreement for Philip Antunes, its COO.
NSP is in the skin- and health-care products industry.
InterOil Corp. (TSX:IOL, AMEX:IOC) says that Tom Donovan left at the end of his contract as CFO, choosing to move back to the U.S. The search for a replacement is under way.
InterOil has oil operations in Papua New Guinea and offices in Toronto.
Lakeport Brewing Income Fund (TSX:TFR.UN) has promoted Karen Trudell to CFO. She is a CA and has been with Lakeport since 2002.
Lakeport, of Hamilton, produces beer for the Ontario take-home market.
Luxell Technologies Inc. (TSX:LUX) says that Tom Wallace has resigned as its CFO to pursue other interests but has agreed to be available as an adviser.
Tony Mbadiwe will assume the role of interim CFO. He has 20 years of career experience in both industry and public accounting.
Luxell designs, manufactures and licenses flat-panel display technologies for defence and avionics industries. Its head office is in Mississauga.
Golden China Resources Corp. (TSXV:AUC) says Robert Babensee is leaving his post as part-time CFO. His duties have been temporarily transferred within the organization.
Golden China is focused on exploration and development, operations, and merchant banking in the Chinese precious metal industry.
Former Manchu Wok CEO Mike Craig is to join Rasoee The Indian Kitchen as CEO.
With a 10-year history in Greater Toronto, Rasoee says it intends to expand its quick-service Indian restaurant chain in North America.
Edward Brouwer has been named vice-president and chief information officer of CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.
He brings more than 15 years of experience in various facets of the newspaper business, most recently as VP and CIO of Metroland.
CanWest MediaWorks publishes 10 metropolitan daily newspapers and 23 smaller community daily, weekly and bi-weekly publications.
It is 74 per cent indirectly owned by CanWest Global Communications Corp., (TSX:CGS.SV, CGS.NV, NYSE:CWG) and 26 per cent indirectly owned by the CanWest Media Works Income Fund (TSX:CWM.UN).
CanWest MediaWorks' corporate office is in Don Mills.
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