Ford of Canada has named David Mondragon as its new president and chief executive. The veteran Ford executive replaces Barry Engle, who left to head a new unit of global farm equipment maker CNH Global NV. During 23 years with Ford, Mondragon held a variety of roles in sales and marketing, most recently as general manager for the southwest region, Ford's largest U.S. sales region. The change in management comes as Ford and the industry as a whole face a number of challenges. Ford Canada employs about 10,000 people and has assembly plants in Oakville and St. Thomas, and parts operations elsewhere.
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MI Developments Inc. (TSX:MIM.A) has named vice-chairman Dennis Mills interim CEO. Mills, a member of the company's board since 2004, is also a former VP of Magna International Inc. He replaces John Simonetti, who announced plans to leave the company last month. MI Developments is a land-development company spun off from autoparts manufacturer Magna International (TSX:MG.A).
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Strongco Income Fund (TSX: SQP.UN) says that Robin MacLean, its president and CEO since August 2005, is leaving the fund. He is being replaced by Robert Dryburgh, a CA. Dryburgh has held senior management and executive positions in a number of public and private corporations in Canada and the U.S. Strongco sells, rents and services mobile industrial equipment to various sectors. Its head office is in Mississauga.
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InStorage Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:IS.UN) has named David Dinniwell, CA, as its CFO. Dinniwell brings extensive experience in the real estate business and North American capital markets. The REIT is an unincorporated open-ended real estate investment trust that invests primarily in self-storage properties and ancillary businesses throughout Canada. Its head office is in Toronto.
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Sabina Silver Corp. (TSXV:SBB) has added two new members to its management team. John Wakeford, P.Geo, and Elaine Bennett, CGA, will join Sabina at its Vancouver office as senior VP of corporate development, and VP of finance/CFO, respectively. Previously both were part of the management team at Miramar Mining until its recent takeover by Newmont. Current CFO Duncan Caldwell, who will step down once his successor is up to speed, and Bennett will spearhead the transition of all finance, accounting and reporting functions of the company to Vancouver.
Caldwell will remain a director. Sabina is a mineral exploration and development company focused on the Hackett River silver-zinc project in Nunavut. Its current head office is in London.
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Nevoro Inc. (TSX:NVR) says that Mel Klohn has been appointed executive VP for exploration. He has 40 years' experience in mineral exploration, discovery and research. Nevoro is an exploration and development company focused on precious and base metals in the western U.S. Its head office is in Toronto.
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Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TSX:GUY) has named Carmelo Marrelli, CA, as its new CFO. Marrelli is a partner with Marrelli & Drake Corporate Services. He also serves as CFO of several other public junior mining companies. Guyana is an exploration company primarily focused on gold deposits in the Guiana Shield of South America. Its head office is in Toronto.
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Coronation Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CMV) also has appointed Carmelo Marrelli, CA, as its new CFO. Coronation explores for copper-nickel-platinum group metal-ore bodies in northern Canada. Marrelli also has become CFO of Aranka Gold Inc. (TSXV:ARK). The two companies' head offices are in Toronto.
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Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX:RDL) has hired Chris Koeneman as VP of worldwide sales. Koeneman was most recently VP of worldwide sales for Colubris Networks. Nancy Orr, a CA and a member of the board, has been appointed interim CFO replacing Thomas Hearne, who resigned to pursue other career opportunities. Redline provides wireless broadband and infrastructure products. Its head office is in Markham.
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AireSurf Networks Holdings Inc. (CNQ:AIRE) has appointed Bryan Moir as CEO. Moir has founded several companies and held a number of senior positions in the technology industry over the past 25 years. AireSurf is a researcher and developer of wireless digital communication amplifiers for access points and routers. Its head office is in Markham.
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Jean Nortier has been appointed president and CEO, as well as a director of Uranium One Inc. (TSX:UUU). Nortier previously acted as CFO, executive VP of corporate development and most recently as interim chief executive of the Uranium One Group. In addition, Robert van Niekerk has been appointed executive VP of technical services. Succeeding van Niekerk, UUU has appointed Eben Swanepoel as senior VP for Africa and Europe. Swanepoel brings more than 25 years of experience in mining operations in southern Africa. Uranium One is a Toronto-based corporation engaged through subsidiaries and joint ventures in the acquisition and development of properties for the production of uranium in Kazakhstan, South Africa, the U.S., Australia and Canada.
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Siemens Canada Ltd. has named Joris Myny as VP of industry automation and drive technologies. Myny began his career with Siemens in 1990 and was most recently VP of sales integration for Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. Siemens Canada has its head office in Mississauga. It is a subsidiary of Siemens AG, a diversified international company in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and health-care sectors.
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* Nav Canada has appointed Brian Aitken as VP of finance, CFO and treasurer. Aitken has been acting in the role since July and replaces William Fenton, who retired at the end of August. Aitken joined Nav Canada, the country's civil air navigation services provider, in 2002. Nav Canada is a private-sector, non-share capital corporation financed through publicly traded debt.
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Bob Muckle has been named VP of business development at Telemerge. Muckle brings wide knowledge of the videoconferencing marketplace, the company said. Telemerge provides wide-area network, web conferencing and other services to government and corporate organizations. It is privately held and has its head office in Richmond Hill.
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Retailer Golf Town says that its
recently acquired corporate merchandise services division, Accolade Reaction Promotion Group Inc., has
appointed Tom Lappala as executive VP of sales. He was formerly national sales manager at Trimark Sportswear Group. Golf Town was founded in 1999 and has its head office in Markham. It was acquired by OMERS Capital Partners in September 2007.
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Social media and networking platform provider Filemobile has appointed Marc Milgrom as president. Prior to joining Filemobile, he held several senior positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Filemobile’s head
office is in Toronto.
- with files from The Canadian Press (For more Moving On listings, please visit www.businessedge.ca. E-mail notices and photos at least two weeks before publication date to murdoch@businessedge.ca)
