Morguard Corp.'s chief financial officer, Bart Munn, has resigned to join a real estate investment trust.
Don Turple, currently CFO at Tri-White Corp., will replace Munn on an interim basis, Morguard said.
Morguard (TSX:MRC) manages commercial and residential real estate assets. Its head office is in Mississauga.
DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc.
has appointed Stephen Rose as its vice-president, general counsel and secretary.
He has served as assistant general counsel and assistant secretary since 1992. Meanwhile, DaimlerChrysler Services Canada has appointed Franz-Josef Reiner as its president and CEO. Reiner joined Mercedes-Benz Finance Germany in 1992.
DaimlerChrysler Services Canada Inc. provides brand-specific financing for automotive dealers' inventories and their retail consumers.
Both DaimlerChrysler companies are headquartered in Windsor.
Sun Microsystems Inc. has appointed Andy Canham as president of Sun Microsystems of Canada.
Canham was most recently vice-president for Western Canada at Hewlett Packard Canada.
Canham's predecessor, Stéphane Boisvert, has been appointed senior VP of the global client solutions organization. He remains chairman of Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc.
Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems Inc., is headquartered in Markham.
Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc. has named Ian Collins as vice-president of operations.
He was most recently president of FibreWired Hamilton.
Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Toronto Hydro Corp., provides data services in Toronto to more than 400 commercial addresses.
Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc. and Hydro One Telecom Inc. also appointed Michael Andreola as vice-president of enterprise sales for the two organizations' consolidated sales group. Andreola was most recently with Bell Conferencing Inc.
Hydro One Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hydro One Inc., provides data services throughout Ontario and to Montreal and the U.S.
MDS Inc. (TSX:MDS, NYSE:MDZ), has named Kenneth Horton as executive VP for corporate development and general counsel. He was most recently vice-president for acquisitions and ventures and general counsel for a unit of Perkin Elmer Inc.
MDS is a global life-sciences company with corporate headquarters in Toronto.
Macquarie Power Income Fund (TSX:MPT.UN) has named Gregory Smith as its CEO. His appointment is effective Dec. 5.
Based in Toronto, the fund is an unincorporated limited-purpose trust managed by Macquarie Power Management Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. and a member of the Macquarie group, which is headquartered in Australia.
Cash Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:CHX) has chosen its coal-marketing consultant for the position of VP of engineering and coal marketing. Peter Arendt first joined Cash as a consultant in July 2005.
He brings 20 years of practical experience in coal mining and marketing, most recently with Luscar Ltd.
Toronto-based Cash Minerals is an emerging energy resource company focused on the Yukon.
Tundra Semiconductor Corp. (TSX:TUN) has appointed Daniel Hoste vice-president of products. Hoste brings more than 30 years of experience to Tundra, including 16 years with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Ottawa-based Tundra provides support and semiconductor solutions to a range of communications, networking, storage and IT vendors.
Counsel Corp. (TSX:CXS) and C2 Global Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:COBT) report that Gary Clifford, the CFO of both companies, has decided to leave them effective Dec. 15.
Stephen Weintraub, who is currently the secretary and an executive VP of both companies, will assume the CFO positions.
Counsel Corp. has operations in the communications, real estate and long-term care sectors. C2 is focused on licensing its technology and patents. The companies' offices are in Toronto.
Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. (SMT-TSX) has announced an executive reorganization effective Jan. 1. John Morton, who joined the Samuel organization in 1996, will assume the position of president and COO. Mark Samuel will remain as CEO and will continue to serve as vice-chair.
Meanwhile, Keith Preston has been named president of the Samuel Strapping Systems Group. Preston joined Samuel Strapping in 1997.
Samuel Manu-Tech Inc.
produces and distributes a wide range of steel, plastic and related industrial products and services from locations in North America. Its corporate office is in Toronto.
Ogilvy Renault LLP has hired Lise Monette in the new position of chief marketing officer. Monette will work in the Toronto office and her role is national in scope.
For the past eight years, she was national marketing director at a Canadian law firm.
Ogilvy Renault LLP is a full-service law firm with approximately 445 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents across Canada and in London, England.
Ace Security Laminates Corp. (TSXV:ASL) has appointed Brian Lukian as its COO and CFO. Lukian brings to ACE more than 20 years of experience in financial operations at a variety of organizations, including most recently Genomics One Corp.
The contract between interim CFO Francis Gariepy and ACE expired on Oct. 31; Gariepy's partners in his other business asked him to return.
Ace specializes in manufacturing and distributing safety and security window-laminating technology. Its head office is in Ottawa.
Lorus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in products and technologies for the management of cancer, has announced the departure of some senior managers as part of a reorganization.
Shane Ellis, VP for legal affairs and corporate secretary; Bruce Rowlands, senior VP of planning and public affairs; and CFO Paul Van Damme have left.
Van Damme's responsibilities will be assumed by Elizabeth Williams, currently controller and newly appointed finance director.
Lorus said the changes are in addition to those announced on Nov. 2, when the company reduced its staff by approximately 35 per cent.
Toronto-based Lorus said reorganization will provide it with an increase in cash for its operations through 2006.
Linamar Corp. (TSX:LNR) has appointed Peggy Mulligan to the position of CFO.
Mulligan spent more than 11 years with the Bank of Nova Scotia, most recently as the executive VP of systems and operations.
Linamar sells precision-machined components, modules and systems primarily for the North American and European automotive market. Its head office is in Guelph.
- with files from The Canadian Press
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