Manulife Financial Corp. has announced two senior appointments.
Paul Rooney becomes senior executive vice-president and general manager for Canada, and Robert Cook becomes senior executive VP and general manager for Asia. Both appointments take effect early in 2007.
Rooney joined Manulife in 1986 and held various actuarial positions in the corporate and U.S. divisions prior to joining the Canadian division in 1998. Cook joined Manulife in 1978 and has held management positions in various divisions.
Manulife (TSX, NYSE: MFC) is a Canadian-based financial services group. Its head office is in Toronto.
Siemens Canada Ltd. has named Guenther Scholz as president and chief executive officer. Scholz was most recently executive VP of Siemens' power transmission group.
Siemens Canada has its head office in Mississauga and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG of Munich, Germany.
Robert Howald has been named acting president and CEO of Canada Lands Co. Ltd.
He is currently the acting VP of the eastern region real estate section of Canada Lands as well as senior VP of Queens Quay West Land Corp.
Canada Lands is a federal Crown corporation that oversees the disposition of surplus federal real properties and the holding of other properties. Its head office is in Toronto.
Paul Ski has been named to the new post of president of CHUM Radio. He joined CHUM in 1972 and was previously executive VP for radio at CHUM Ltd.
CHUM Ltd. owns and operates a number of radio stations, TV stations and specialty channels. Its head office is in Toronto.
BluMont Capital Inc. (TSXV:BCC) has promoted Stephen Kangas to CEO. He has been with the company since January 2004 and has been president since December 2005.
Toronto-based BluMont Capital provides alternative investment products to Canadian investors. BluMont is 61.4-per-cent owned by Integrated Asset Management Corp.
3M Canada has promoted Bill Boyce, a 25-year company veteran, as regional director for Alberta and the Northwest Territories with a focus on opportunities in the oil and gas industry.
3M is a diversified technology company with global head office in St. Paul, Minn. 3M Canada's head office and original manufacturing site is in London.
Bennett Environmental Inc. (TSX:BEV, AMEX:BEL) has appointed Jack Shaw as its new CEO.
Shaw has held executive positions with Laidlaw, Philip Services and Mosaic Chemical.
Bennett provides high-temperature treatment services for the remediation of contaminated soil throughout Canada and the U.S. Its head office is in Oakville.
Stuart Mitchell has joined the Farber Financial Group as a partner following 22 years as a partner at two international chartered accounting firms.
The Farber Financial Group provides services and advice in forensic accounting, insolvency, turnarounds, crisis management, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. Its head office is in Toronto.
Arius Research Inc. (TSX:ARI) has hired Warren Whitehead as CFO, succeeding Catherine Auld who has been interim CFO and continues to consult during the transition phase. Whitehead, a CMA, was most recently CFO of Labopharm Inc.
David Young, the founder of Arius and its president and chief scientific officer since inception, is now president and CEO.
Arius is a biotech company focused on cancer therapies. Its head office is in Toronto.
Electronics manufacturer Celestica Inc. (TSX, NYSE:CLS) has promoted Craig Muhlhauser to president and CEO, succeeding Stephen Delaney.
Muhlhauser was previously Celestica's president. He joined the company in May 2005.
Celestica operates a global manufacturing network. Its head office is in Toronto.
GeneNews Ltd. (TSX:GEN), formerly ChondroGene Ltd., has appointed Roman Zastawny as VP of biomarker development. Zastawny has worked at a number of medical device and biotech companies.
GeneNews is focused on the application of functional genomics for early disease diagnosis and intervention. Its head office is in Toronto.
Aur Resources Inc. (TSX:AUR) has named Ed Guimaraes executive VP of finance and CFO.
Guimaraes, a chartered accountant, has been with Aur since 1995 and was most recently vice-president and controller.
Aur is an international mining company with its head office in Toronto.
Medipattern Corp. (TSXV:MKI), a Toronto-based developer of diagnosis software, has appointed Janet Sterritt to the position of VP of sales and marketing.
Sterritt served in several key roles with iCAD during the last 13 years, most recently as VP of women's health.
Duluth Metals Ltd. (TSX:DM) has named John Francis as CFO and Mara Strazdins as director of corporate communications.
Francis is a CA with more than 25 years of experience in the mining and natural resource sectors. Strazdins, a geologist, worked as a corporate communications specialist with CHF Investor Relations.
Duluth Metals was founded to develop copper, nickel and platinum group metal deposits in North America. Its head office is in Toronto.
redCity Search Co. (TSXV:RDC), a local Internet search-engine company, has appointed Mahmoud Al-Daccak as chief technology officer.
Al-Daccak was most recently CTO for Maximum Throughput Inc.
redCity's head office is in Toronto.
Route1 Inc. (TSXV:ROI) has appointed Rene McIver to the newly created position of chief information security officer and promoted Yamian Quintero to chief scientist and director of applied research.
Prior to joining Route1, McIver was technologies director for Bioscrypt Inc.
Quintero was previously senior cryptographic developer with Kasten Chase Applied Research.
Route1 provides secure, identity-managed computing solutions. The company's head office is in Toronto.
Sirit Inc. (TSX:SI), a provider of radio frequency identification reader technology, has appointed Bruce Roesner its CTO and VP of engineering.
Roesner is the author of numerous publications and presentations on high-technology electronics.
Sirit's head office is in Toronto.
Vicwest Income Fund (TSX:VIC.UN) says that Robert Skull, its president and CEO, is on a leave of absence to recover from an illness. In the interim, fund chairman Bryan Held will assist the management team.
The fund's Vicwest business unit manufactures metal roofing, siding and other metal building products. Head office is in Oakville.
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