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Cardiome Pharma Corp. (TSX:COM, Nasdaq:CRME) has promoted Don McAfee to the position of chief scientific officer. McAfee joined Cardiome in 2004 as vice-president of new product development and was most recently VP of research.
Alan Ezrin, who had been acting as CSO on a consulting basis, will continue with Cardiome as a consultant.
Cardiome has also appointed Karim Lalji to the position of senior VP of commercial affairs. Lalji was previously VP of business strategy at Sepracor, Inc.
Cardiome is a cardiovascular drug-development firm with two clinical drug programs underway. Its corporate office is in Vancouver.
Boston Pizza International Inc. has promoted Joanne Forrester to the position of VP of marketing, corporate services based out of its head office in Richmond.
Forrester has been a member of Boston Pizza's marketing department for the past eight years.
The company has more than 265 restaurants across Canada.
Michael Worthington has joined Thunderbird Energy Corp. (TSXV:TBD) as VP of operations. He brings a wide range of experience in the oil and natural gas sector.
Thunderbird is a Vancouver-based oil and gas company.
Intrawest ULC has made two executive promotions in the Intrawest mountain resorts division.
Dave Brownlie becomes chief operating officer of Intrawest Mountain Resorts, Canada; while David Barry becomes COO of Intrawest Mountain Resorts, United States/helicopter operations.
Intrawest and its affiliates have interests in 10 resorts around North America. The company is headquartered in Vancouver.
Kenneth Galbraith has joined Ventures West, a private venture-capital company, as venture partner. He will be based in the Vancouver office.
Galbraith comes with 19 years of experience acting as an executive, director, investor and advisor to companies in the biotech, medical device, pharma and health-care sectors.
Founded in 1968, Ventures West is focused on early-stage technology companies.
Tom Labodi has joined Think Profits.com, an Internet marketing and web development firm based in Vancouver.
Tom has been involved in the sales profession for mo re than 25 years, spanning many generations of technology.
Think Profits.com was founded in 1997.
Minco Silver Corp. (TSX:MSV) has appointed Timothy Marlow as VP of operations for Minco. He comes with more than 35 years of experience as senior mining engineer and executive in a global setting.
Marlow will be responsible for the exploration and development of Minco's Fuwan silver project.
Minco acquires and develops silver projects in China. Its head office is in Vancouver.
Donna Wichers has accepted the position of senior VP of Energy Metals Corp. (TSX:EMC, NYSE:EMU), based out of Casper, Wyo.
Previously Wichers served as the general manager of in-situ recovery ops and reclamation for Pathfinder Mines and Cogema Mining in Wyoming.
Vancouver-based Energy Metals is focused on advancing its uranium properties in the U.S. toward production.
Avcorp Industries Inc. (TSX:AVP) is hiring Mark van Rooij as its new CEO effective April 1.
Van Rooij is currently executive VP of Stork Fokker in the Netherlands.
Avcorp designs and builds major airframe structures for aircraft companies at its Delta facility.
Michael Levy has retired as president and a director of Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (TSX:PTQ) due to health issues in the face of an increasing workload.
John Cook of Sydney, Australia, has been appointed interim president while the company searches for a permanent replacement.
Levy helped guide the company through its transition from a junior exploration company to an emerging gold producer. It is based in Vancouver.
Caorda Solutions has appointed Lorne Neil its VP of sales and marketing, and senior partner. He brings more than 15 years of sales, marketing and management experience from several large technology companies.
Based in Victoria since 2003, Caorda provides website design, application and database development, and hosting services.
JER Envirotech International Corp. (TSXV:JER) has a new president and CEO.
Edward Trueman follows Raphael Diego, JER's co-founder, who will move into a technical advisory role with the company.
The executive change comes as the company shifts from the development of wood-plastic composite compounds and panel boards to the commercialization of these products.
Prior to his promotion, Trueman served as JER's VP of sales and marketing.
With headquarters in Vancouver, JER produces environmentally friendly alternative products for applications in the automotive, construction and transport industries.
Soho Resources Corp. (TSXV:SOH) has appointed Hall Stewart as VP of exploration. He brings more than 20 years of experience in mineral exploration and resource development, with a focus on Mexico.
Soho is a Vancouver-based junior miner exploring a poly-metallic project in Mexico.
Catalyst Paper (TSX:CTL), which is cutting 350 jobs in a $21.2-million restructuring program to improve the company's finances, says David Smales, currently VP of strategy, will become acting VP of finance and CFO on March 29.
President and CEO Russel Horner and CFO Ralph Leverton announced in January they would be leaving the company following Catalyst's March 28 annual meeting.
The resignations came a few months after New York-based investor Third Avenue brought its share holdings to just under 38 per cent.
The Vancouver-based company is a pulp and paper producer with five mills on the south coast of British Columbia.
- with files from The Canadian Press (E-mail notices and photos at least two weeks before publication date to news@businessedge.ca)
