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Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TSX:ANP, Nasdaq: ANPI), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, has appointed Chris Dennis its senior VP of sales and marketing.
Prior to joining Angiotech, Dennis was global president of Johnson & Johnson’s OrthoNeutrogena company.
Angiotech’s corporate office is in Vancouver.
Los Andes Copper Ltd. (TSXV:LA) has appointed Roger Moss as president and a director. Moss comes with 14 years of international experience in the mineral exploration industry.
Los Andes is a Vancouver-based junior mining company.
Bluerock Resources Ltd. (TSXV:BRD) has appointed Simon Anderson as CFO. He is a chartered accountant with more than 19 years of experience in the financial markets.
Anderson replaces Judy Davies, who has resigned.
Bluerock is a uranium exploration company based in Vancouver.
Southwestern Resources Corp. (TSX:SWG) has promoted Giovanni Susin to the position of VP of finance and CFO, effective May 1. Susin replaces Parkash Athwal, who is leaving for personal reasons after 13 years with the company.
Susin also becomes CFO of Superior Diamonds Inc. (TSXV:SUP) effective May 1, again replacing Athwal, who will be consulting to both companies on a part-time basis.
Susin has been Southwestern’s controller since 2000, and Superior’s controller since the company’s inception in 2002.
Southwestern is a Vancouver-based mineral exploration company focused on gold, silver and base-metals properties in China and Peru.
Superior is a Vancouver exploration company searching for diamonds in the Canadian Shield.
Charles Chebry has been named Kaminak Gold Corp.’s new CFO, replacing John Williamson who will remain on the board.
Vancouver-based Kaminak (TSXV:KAM) is devoted to metallic mineral exploration in Canada.
Oro Silver Resources Ltd. (TSXV:OSR) has named Herve Thiboutot as VP of exploration and development. Thiboutot is a geological engineer who has worked for Placer Dome and more recently with Goldcorp.
Oro Silver develops silver deposits in the Western Hemisphere. Its corporate office is in Vancouver.
NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (TSXV:NKW) says Ray Castelli will assume the role of CEO of NaiKun Wind Development Inc., in addition to his current role as president. He will also be appointed senior VP of group and all subsidiary companies.
NaiKun Wind Development, which is engaged in wind-energy development in the Haida field off the coast of B.C., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vancouver-based NaiKun Wind Energy Group.
Western Uranium Corp. (TSXV:WUC) has appointed John Rice as VP of exploration. He replaces Victor Calloway, who assumes the position of chief geologist.
Prior to joining Western, Rice provided geological consulting services for 10 years.
Western is a mineral exploration company with a focus on uranium. Its head office is in Vancouver, while its executive management team is based in Reno.
Canfor CEO Jim Shepherd is quitting the top jobs at Canada’s largest softwood producer.
Shepherd’s resignation follows an announcement by B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison and the founding families of the forestry company that they would vote together for a mutually agreed slate of directors at the AGM and against a proposed shareholder rights plan. The group collectively owns or controls 52 per cent of Canfor’s common stock.
Shepherd became the president and CEO of Canfor (TSX:CFP) in April 2004 following the takeover of Slocan Forest Products Ltd., at which he was chief executive.
Shepherd will remain with Vancouver-based Canfor until its annual meeting May 4.
Scott Edmonds has become WebTech Wireless Inc.’s new CFO. Most recently, he served as VP and CFO at QuIC Financial Technologies.
Juliet Jones, the CFO since January 2005, will continue to work with WebTech on a consulting basis for special projects.
WebTech (TSXV:WEW) is a global provider of location-based and fleet telematics services. Its head office is in Burnaby.
SYMC Resources Ltd. (TSXV:SY) has appointed Len de Melt as the company’s new chairman and to the positions of president and CEO on an interim basis.
He takes over the helm at the invitation of Herbert McMaster, who continues with SYMC as VP with responsibility for SYMC’s Port Alberni operations.
De Melt was previously executive chairman of Grenville Gold Corp., and a director and COO of International PBX.
SYMC, focused on mineral properties on Vancouver Island, is based in Port Alberni.
Chris Lee has joined Fronteer Development Group (TSX, Amex:FRG) and Aurora Energy Resources Inc. (TSX:AXU) as chief geoscientist. He was previously a principal consultant with SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.
Fronteer has promoted Ian Cunningham Dunlop to VP of exploration. Dunlop previously held the position of exploration manger for Canada and Turkey.
Lee and Dunlop fill positions vacated by Rick Valenta, who has returned home to Australia.
Vancouver-based Fronteer has a portfolio of mining projects in Turkey, Mexico and Yukon. Aurora, which is focused on the Central Mineral Belt of coastal Labrador, was incorporated in 2005 to hold the uranium exploration assets of Fronteer and Altius Resources Inc.
Infowave Software Inc. (TSX:IW), a provider of field-service automation and enterprise mobile applications, has appointed Leonard Cox as its new CFO.
Cox was most recently the CFO, VP of operations and corporate secretary of Protox Therapeutics Inc.
Infowave’s head office is in Burnaby.
Protox Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV:PRX) says David Swetlow has joined the company as VP of finance and operations.
Swetlow comes from Sxip Identity where he served as VP of finance.
Protox is advancing protein-toxin treatments for cancer and other proliferative diseases. Its head office is in Vancouver.
Stuart Ross has resigned as CFO, secretary and a director of Tagish Lake Gold Corp. (TSXV:TLG).
Richmond-based Tagish explores for and develops gold-silver mineral deposits in the Yukon.
Plutonic Power Corp. (TSXV:PCC) has appointed Bruce Ripley, P. Eng., as executive VP of operations. Ripley was formerly VP of engineering at BC Hydro.
Plutonic Power is an emerging renewable energy producer in British Columbia with 22 proposed run-of-river projects. Its head office is in Vancouver.
Julie Frizzo has joined the Studiothink team as account executive.
Frizzo comes from the corporate communications department at Trinity Western University.
Surrey-based Studiothink is a full-service creative agency that specializes in the manufacturing industry.
Heather McCarthy has joined the Vancouver office of David Aplin Recruiting as a senior consultant in accounting recruitment.
Most recently she was a recruiter with Ajilon Finance.
Founded in 1975, David Aplin Recruiting is a full-service search firm with offices across Canada.
Jay Hutton is no longer president or a director of Voice Mobility International, Inc. (TSX:VMY), a Vancouver-based provider of carrier grade enhanced-messaging applications.
The company has consolidated the role of president under CEO Randy Buchamer.
Mike Thompson has been named associate VP of business development at Royal Roads University as part of a plan to build on alliances with major organizations across the country, including the Department of National Defence.
Thompson was most recently with the faculty of management and has overseen consulting projects for MBA learners since 2002.
– with files from The Canadian Press
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