Five executives have been appointed to the leadership team of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. They are:
John Furlong, CEO; Terry Wright, senior vice-president, Olympic planning; Cathy Priestner Allinger, senior vice-president of sport; Jeff Chan, senior VP of human resources; John McLaughlin, ice-president and comptroller; and Steve Matheson, senior vice-president of venue development.
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Vancouver has appointed Thomas Bailey to the post of vice-president of business development.
Bailey has been an investment banker for more than 10 years. He joins the company (ANP-TSX, ANPI-NASDAQ) from Credit Suisse First Boston and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he was a senior banker in the two firms’ health care investment banking groups.
Angiotech is a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on drug-coated medical devices and biomaterials.
PMI Ventures Ltd. has appointed Douglas MacQuarrie as CEO. He replaces Laurie Sadler, who has resigned from the Vancouver-based company (PMV-TSXV).
Previously, MacQuarrie was the firm’s vice-president of exploration. He has worked in the mineral exploration sector since 1970 and in gold exploration in West Africa since 1993.
Vancouver-based Dynasty Gold Corp. has appointed Phoebe Wang as chief financial officer of its operations in China.
Wang, who will be based in Dynasty’s Beijing office, most recently was chief financial officer for Parmalat China.
Dynasty (DYG-TSXV) is a junior resource company focused on acquiring, exploring and developing gold prospects in China.
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| Karen Peterson Ivanick |
Karen Peterson Ivanick has been elected president of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA).
Peterson Ivanick, an accountant and co-owner of retail business Anatomic Adornments Inc., has played a key role in the renaissance of Granville Street and the entertainment district.
She succeeds Kathi Thompson, community investment manager for Terasen, Inc. Thompson will serve as the board’s past- president.
The DVBIA represents 8,000 businesses within the 90-block central downtown Vancouver area.
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