Porsche Cars Canada Ltd. says president and CEO Christian Marti has left, due to "a difference of opinion on the strategic direction of the company.”

Michael Bartsch, executive VP & COO of Porsche Cars North America of Atlanta, will be interim president and CEO of Porsche Canada until a successor is named. Porsche Canada was founded April 1 as a direct subsidiary of Porsche AG. Its head office is in Mississauga.

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Scotiabank (TSX, NYSE:BNS) has named Sabi Marwah as vice-chairman and COO. Marwah joined the bank's finance department in 1979. He was most recently vice-chairman and chief administrative officer. Brian Porter, previously executive VP and chief risk officer, has been named group head of risk and treasury. Stephen Hart, previously senior VP and head of credit risk, has been named to the new role of executive VP and chief credit officer.

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Location intelligence solutions company DMTI Spatial has named George Staikos as president of DMTI Canada. Staikos joined DMTI Spatial early in 2006 as VP of sales and marketing. Privately held DMTI Spatial has its head office in Markham.

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Jeff O'Neill has resigned as CEO of the Priszm Income Fund (TSX: QSR .UN), operating 459 KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants in seven provinces. His departure was attributed to personal reasons. He had been CEO since April. Vaughan-based Priszm said its board has begun a search for a successor, and in the meantime the senior management team will assume provisional leadership responsibilities.

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Noront Resources Ltd. (TSXV: NOT), under pressure from Rosseau Asset Management Ltd., has agreed to a board shakeup. Following a recent agreement, CEO Richard Nemis will "stand down" and be given the title chairman emeritus for life. Rosseau, a Toronto-based hedge fund operator which owns about nine per cent of Noront's common stock and Noront say they "have agreed to a jointly determined single slate of directors.”

Noront, which explores for base and precious metals, has its head office in Toronto.

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Second Cup Royalty Income Fund (SCU.UN) says that Stephen Devito has resigned as CFO of the fund; secretary and CFO of Second Cup GP Inc.; and CFO of The Second Cup Ltd. James Anas, executive vice-chairman of the Second Cup Coffee Co. Inc.

and director of GP Inc., has been appointed as the interim CFO of the fund and Second Cup, and secretary and CFO of GP Inc. The fund holds, through an indirect wholly owned limited partnership, the Canadian trademarks and other intellectual property and associated rights used in connection with the operation of Second Cup cafés in Canada. Its head office is in Mississauga.

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TeraGo Networks Inc. (TSX:TGO) says that Scott Browne has been appointed CFO of the company. Browne worked most recently at Bell Canada and BCE for three years, where his roles included VP for new ventures and VP of VoIP business and financial performance. TeraGo Networks is a business broadband provider. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of TeraGo Inc. TeraGo is based in Thornhill.

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Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd. (TSX:SZ) says that president and CEO Richard Knowles is leaving the company. He is being replaced as CEO by Glenn Inamoto, who also carries the title of chief investment officer of Sceptre, which has $8.1 billion in assets under supervision. Inamoto has been with Sceptre since 1999, working as senior Canadian equity portfolio manager. David Pennycook becomes president and continues as head of institutional marketing and servicing, while CFO David Morris adds the functions of COO. Sceptre has its head office in Toronto.

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EnGlobe Corp. (TSX:EG) says that CFO Aline Bélanger has left to pursue other opportunities. Mario Saucier is EnGlobe's new CFO. He was previously senior VP and chief accounting officer of Quebecor World. EnGlobe is an international integrated environmental services company with head office in Burlington.

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Jiminex Inc. (TSXV: JIM.P) has named David Chan as its CFO. Chan has been providing accounting services to Jiminex on a consulting basis. It is expected that he will continue on a part-time basis and that the duties for which he will receive consulting fees will include matters related to the CFO role. Jiminex is a capital pool company evaluating assets or businesses with a view to completing a qualifying transaction. Its head office is in Pass Lake, Ont.

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GlobeStar Mining Corp. (TSX:GMI) has appointed David Brace as CEO. Brace's most recent position was as senior executive of Aur Resources Inc. before its acquisition by Teck Cominco. GlobeStar is a mining and exploration company with head office in Toronto.

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Harte Gold Corp. (TSXV:HRT) has appointed Milton Klyman, CA, as chief financial officer. Klyman is also the chairman, founder and former president of Harte and replaces Paul Ankcorn, who has resigned as CFO. Toronto-based Harte is a gold-mining and development company focused on the Abitibi gold belt.

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Richmond Minerals Inc. has named Ian Shaw as CFO. Shaw has been a chartered accountant since 1969 and was most recently managing director of Shaw & Associates. Richmond is a base- and precious-metal miner and explorer in Northern Ontario and Quebec. It has its head office Toronto and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange as RMD.

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BMV Holdings has appointed former Bell Mobility president Alek Krstajic as CEO to lead its introduction of wireless services in Ontario and Quebec in 2009. BMV plans to build a wireless network in both provinces. BMV was created in July following its purchase in Industry Canada's wireless spectrum auction of PCS G Band covering almost 19 million Canadians in the Windsor to Quebec City corridor.

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Former New Brunswick premier Bernard Lord has been named president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA). The industry association has its office in Ottawa. Lord was most recently senior counsel at the McCarthy Tetrault law firm.

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Eurogas Corp. (TSXV:EUG) has hired Joanne Ferstman as executive VP and CFO, replacing Andrew Constantinidis. Ferstman has been executive VP and CFO for Dundee Corp. and DundeeWealth Inc. Executive VP and COO Bruce Sherley has resigned from EUG; he and his team will become full-time employees of Dundee Resources Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dundee Corp. Toronto-based Eurogas indirectly owns a 24.6-per-cent interest in the Castor Underground Gas Storage project located off the east coast of Spain.

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Retirement lifestyle consultants Life's Next Steps has named Chris Armstrong as its new CEO. Armstrong most recently worked as an executive vice-president for TD Ameritrade in New Jersey. Life's Next Steps has offices in Orlando, Fla., and Toronto.

- with files from The Canadian Press (E-mail notices and photos at least two weeks before publication date to murdoch@businessedge.ca)