North West Upgrading has appointed Brian Cook as VP of supply chain management. Cook joins North West with more than 35 years of experience as a supply chain executive.
North West is a Calgary-based, privately owned company building an independent heavy-oil upgrader in Sturgeon County. North West anticipates startup of the first phase in 2011.
The Alberta government has announced who will chair the province's two new energy regulators that replace the Energy and Utilities Board.
Willie Grieve has been named to head the Alberta Utilities Commission, while Dan McFadyen will chair the Energy Resources Conservation Board. Both begin their new jobs Feb. 1.
Grieve is currently VP of regulatory affairs for Telus (TSX:T), and McFadyen is deputy minister of Alberta Energy.
Legislation was passed in December to separate the EUB into the two new regulatory bodies.
The AUC is responsible for the distribution and sale of electricity and natural gas, and for applications for new or upgraded electricity transmission lines. The ERCB's focus is exclusively on development of Alberta's oil and gas resources.
Brian Cebryk has resigned as CFO and a director of Marksmen Resources Ltd. (TSXV:MA) to pursue new endeavours. Cebryk will be available to the company on a consulting basis to assist in the 2007 audit and yearend financial statements. Marksmen is a junior oil and gas company based in Calgary.
Susan Gallacher has resigned her position as VP of DirectCash Income Fund (TSX: DCI.UN) to become president and CEO of DirectCash Bank. The fund has hired Todd Schneider to fill the newly created position of COO, taking over some of the duties that Gallacher filled. Schneider most recently held high-level posts for DHL Express Canada. With headquarters in Calgary, DirectCash is a branded ATM provider in Canada with a network of over 5,500 terminals. The DirectCash Bank is a privately held Canadian chartered bank that was incorporated Oct. 3, 2007. The fund holds no ownership interest in the bank.
Ray Daniels has joined Enerplus Resources Fund (TSX: ERF.UN, NYSE: ERF) as oilsands VP. For the past 23 years, he has held various positions with Conoco UK Ltd., most recently with ConocoPhillips Canada as VP of Surmont development. Enerplus is an oil and natural gas income fund.
Resin Systems Inc. (TSX:RS) says CFO and corporate secretary Rob Schaefer is resigning from RS to join a Canadian power generation company. He will continue as CFO until March to ensure a smooth transition period at the Calgary company.
RS is a developer of advanced material products for large-scale industrial markets, replacing products made of wood, concrete and steel.
Kurt Lennarson has resigned as the VP of sales of Wood Composite Technologies Inc. (TSXV:WCT) to pursue other opportunities.
Dennis Collins, the VP of sales for Wood Composite's operating subsidiary Millennium Decking Inc., will assist in filling Lennarson's former role.
Wood Composite is an Edmonton-based junior industrial company producing alternative composite building materials.
Joseph Bronneberg has resigned as CFO of TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI) to accept another employment opportunity. Luis Santos Jr., CFO Asia for TVI, is acting as interim CFO until a replacement is found. Santos, a CPA, has been with the company since early 2004.
TVI Pacific is a Calgary-based mining company focused on precious and base metals in the Philippines and other Asian countries.
Imperial Oil Ltd. (TSX:IMO) has appointed Bruce March, previously with U.S. parent firm ExxonMobil, as the Canadian firm's president, replacing Tim Hearn who has given up that title but remains as chairman and CEO. March was also elected as an Imperial Oil director.
Imperial Oil is one of Canada's largest producers of crude oil and natural gas. It is also the country's largest petroleum refiner and has a coast-to-coast supply network that includes close to 2,000 service stations.
Peyto Energy Trust (TSX:PEY.UN) has promoted Kathy Turgeon, CA, to CFO of Peyto Exploration & Development Corp., the administrator of the trust. Turgeon had been the VP of finance since 2006. Peyto is a natural gas-weighted energy trust. Its head office is in Calgary.
Diversified Industries Ltd. (TSXV:DVS) of Red Deer has made two executive appointments: Tomas Marshall becomes CFO of Diversified and Gary Mahura becomes VP of sales and operations for CFR Chemicals Inc., a company Diversified owns jointly with 321 Cathedral Ltd.
Marshall, who replaces Bernard Beauchesne, brings 10 years of manufacturing accounting and four years of importing and wholesaling accounting to DVS. Mahura brings more than 15 years of sales and management experience.
CFR is a supplier of both commodity and specialty chemical products, primarily to the oil and gas industry. Diversified is seeking to acquire unique and innovative technologies.
Decision Dynamics Technology Ltd. (TSXV: DDY), a provider of operations management software for the energy industry, has appointed Doug Strahm as executive VP of sales and operations in the U.S. Strahm will be located in DDY's Houston office.
Prior to joining DDY, Strahm was the director of business development for Siemens - New Energy Associates.
Decision Dynamics' head office is located in Calgary.
Enmax Corp. has hired Dave Rehn as executive VP of generation. He comes with 30 years of experience in the U.S. power industry.
Calgary-based Enmax provides electricity, natural gas, renewable energy and value-added services to more than 500,000 customer accounts in Alberta through its subsidiary companies.
Pengrowth Management Ltd. has made a change to its senior team. Leslie Kende has been appointed to the position of VP of new ventures. Most recently, Kende held the position of VP and a director of acquisitions and divestitures at Tristone Capital.
Pengrowth Management is a privately owned and operated Calgary firm overseeing Pengrowth Corp. and Pengrowth Energy Trust (TSX:PGF.UN, NYSE:PGH).
XS Cargo Income Fund (TSX:XSC.UN) says CFO and director Jeff Rootman will be leaving Jan. 22 to join a private company in Edmonton. Butch Agnew recently joined XS with a view to taking over the role of CFO in due course. Agnew previously was employed with AON Insurance.
In 2005, the Edmonton-based fund acquired a 51-per- cent indirect interest in XS Cargo LP, which operates 40 closeout retail stores across Canada.
Fairway Divorce Solutions Ltd., an alternative divorce services firm, has named Cameron Herold, former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, to the newly established position of executive VP of corporate development. Launched in 2006, Fairway Divorce is based in Calgary.
Synenco Energy Inc. (TSX: SYN) has made Todd Newton its new president and CEO. Mike Supple, Synenco's founder and former CEO, will remain as non-executive chairman of the board.
This change of command follows a plan set out by Synenco in December 2005, when Supple agreed to serve as CEO for a two-year period. At that time, Newton was appointed president and COO, having served as executive VP and CFO since June 2004.
Synenco is a Calgary-based company that, with a 60-per-cent interest, is the managing partner of the Northern Lights Partnership and operator of the Northern Lights oilsands project.
Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. (TSX:CLL) has promoted Grant Ukrainetz to the position of VP of corporate development. Ukrainetz was previously company treasurer.
Connacher is a Calgary-based integrated oil company engaged in oilsands development activity as well as conventional crude oil and natural gas exploration, production and refining.
Len Perry has been promoted to VP and GM of CTV Calgary. Perry was most recently director of news and public affairs at the television station. Perry succeeds Pat McDougall, who has retired. CTV Calgary, wholly owned by Canada's largest private broadcaster, CTV, offers news, sports, information and entertainment programming.
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