Imax Corp. (TSX:IMX, Nasdaq:IMAX) has named Edward MacNeil as interim CFO. He succeeds Frank Joyce, who had informed the company several months ago of his desire to pursue other opportunities and has resigned to become CFO of another public company.
MacNeil has been part of Imax's finance team for 12 years, most recently as VP for finance, tax and special projects. Imax is an entertainment technology company headquartered jointly in Toronto and New York.
Zarlink Semiconductor (TSX, NYSE:ZL) of Ottawa has named Warner Andrews as vice-president of strategic marketing and business development. Andrews most recently owned and operated 290 Ventures, a consulting firm that counted Zarlink's optical products group among its clients.
Zarlink Semiconductor provides communications technology solutions.
Robert Jackson has been named president of Tiomin Resources Inc. (TSX:TIO), with Jean-Charles Potvin remaining as chairman and CEO. Jackson brings 30 years of experience in the mining and investment banking industries, most recently as executive VP of corporate development at Jaguar Mining Inc.
Tiomin develops mineral properties in Kenya and Peru. Its head office is in Toronto.
CanWest MediaWorks has appointed Troy Reeb to the newly created position of VP of news operations for Global News and CH News. Reeb will be based in Toronto.
Reeb had been Global News Washington bureau chief since 2004.
CanWest MediaWorks operates 10 big-city daily papers. The company is 74-per-cent owned by CanWest Global Communications Corp. (TSX:CGS.SV) and 26 per cent by the CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund (TSX:CWM.UN).
Cambridge-based ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX:ATA) has launched a reorganization of its automation systems group. As part of that initiative, Jim Sheldon has been appointed to the new role of president of ASG North America.
Sheldon joined ATS in late 2003 with 25 years of manufacturing experience. ATS Automation Tooling designs and produces turn-key automated manufacturing and test systems, which are used primarily by multinational corporations operating in a variety of industries.
ARISE Technologies Corp. of Kitchener has named Bruce West as CFO and executive VP of business processes. West, a CA, has 25 years of business experience in financial, operating and senior executive roles.
ARISE is dedicated to accelerating the use of solar energy in mainstream North American markets. It trades on the TSX Venture Exchange as APV.
Queenston Mining Inc. (TSX:QMI) has appointed John Francis as chief financial officer.
Francis, an accountant, has more than 25 years of financial management experience with public mining companies. Francis also acts as VP and CFO of Jaguar Nickel Inc. Queenston explores for gold in Cadillac, Que., and Kirkland Lake. It is also exploring a large mineral property in Mexico. Its head office is in Toronto.
BluMont Capital Inc. (TSXV:BCC) has made three additions to its executive team. Conor Bill and Peter Chodos join BluMont as managing directors and James Wanstall as executive VP for national sales. Bill has more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of finance, Chodos 25 years and Wanstall 20 years.
Toronto-based BluMont provides alternative investment products to Canadian investors. BluMont is 46.2-per-cent owned by Toronto-based Integrated Asset Management Corp. (TSXV:IAM).
James Farley, QC, has joined McCarthy Tétrault as senior counsel following a 17-year career as the supervising judge of the commercial court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Farley will will work with McCarthy Tétrault's business law, bankruptcy and restructuring, and litigation groups on a firm-wide basis, including north-south initiatives. McCarthy Tétrault has close to 700 lawyers in all Canadian financial centres, as well as London, England.
Entertainment One Income Fund (TSX: EOF.UN) says Chris Jamieson has ceased to be the CFO of the fund and its affiliates. Jamieson was CFO from the time of Entertainment One's initial public offering in November 2003, as ROW Entertainment Income Fund.
Entertainment One is in the process of hiring a new CFO.
The fund is a wholesale distributor of DVDs, CDs, video games and accessories. Its head office is in Brampton.
Xenos Group Inc. (TSX: XNS) has named George Kypreos as vice-president of finance and CFO. He brings more than 10 years of financial management experience, most recently as VP and CFO of SAMSys Technologies Inc.
Xenos is a business data and document services company. Its head office is in Richmond Hill.
DuPont (NYSE:DD) has named William White president of DuPont Canada, succeeding Douglas Muzyka, who was named president of DuPont Greater China and DuPont China Holding Co. Ltd. last month.
White, 54, has held a variety of global business unit leadership roles since he joined the company 32 years ago. He was most recently director of business improvement at the company's headquarters in Wilmington, Del.
DuPont Canada is a diversified science company offering a wide range of products and services.
Berkshire-TWC Financial Group Inc. has named Robert Levis as CEO. He was most recently senior VP of investment banking and corporate development. Levis joined Berkshire in November 2003.
Berkshire-TWC Financial Group Inc., consisting of Berkshire Securities Inc., Berkshire Investment Group Inc. and Berkshire Insurance Services Inc., is an independent privately owned financial planning and wealth management organization.
QGX Ltd. (TSX:QGX) has made several management changes as the company shifts from exploration to development.
President and CEO David Anderson becomes executive chairman while Paul Zweng moves from COO to president and CEO.
Meanwhile, George Putnam has been hired as CFO. His predecessor, Mark Wayne, remains as a financial and legal adviser, and serves as a director.
Putnam brings international finance and business experience to QGX, gained from a long career with BHP (now BHP-Billiton) and GE/Utah International. QGX is headquartered in Waterdown and has been exploring for mineral deposits in Mongolia since 1994.
Nakina Systems Inc., a provider of network management solutions to large network operators worldwide, has appointed Marco Pagani as the company's new president and CEO.
In a planned transition, he will replace David Vicary, a co-founder of Nakina who had previously announced his intent to relinquish the post before year end.
Pagani's appointment follows two years of involvement with Nakina, first as an executive consultant to the board and, since April 2006, as chairman of the board. The company's headquarters are in Ottawa.
CML Healthcare Inc. and CML Healthcare Income Fund (TSX:CLC.UN) report that Dr. John Mull has retired as CEO of CML Healthcare Inc. and that Paul Bristow has been appointed as his successor.
Bristow was formerly president and COO of CML Healthcare, which he joined in 1998.
The fund is an unincorporated open-ended trust that owns CML Healthcare Inc., which provides laboratory testing services in Ontario and medical imaging services across Canada. Its head office is in Mississauga.
David Charnock has been named CFO of Golden China Resources Corp. (TSXV:AUC).
Charnock is currently executive VP of the Kingsway Group's Toronto-based North American operating subsidiary and has been closely involved in the establishment of Golden China by the Kingsway Group and in its current planned business combination with Michelago Ltd.
Golden China is focused on exploration and development, operations and merchant banking in the Chinese precious metal industry. Its head office is in Toronto.
Larry Andrews, president of Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX:DND), has been appointed CEO. Dr. John Mull has retired as CEO, but remains chairman.
Andrews has more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, most recently as founder and president of the Health Alliance Group.
Cipher is a drug development company whose head office is in Mississauga.
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