Sears Canada Inc. has appointed Dene Rogers as president and CEO of the company. Rogers had been acting president since May, and had previously been executive vice-president for restructuring and business improvement for Sears Holdings Corp.
Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) has a national network of corporate stores, dealer stores, catalogue merchandise pickup locations and home improvement showrooms. Its head office is in Toronto.
Specialty Foods Group Income Fund (TSX: HAM.UN) says Thomas Davis has resigned as CEO of Specialty Foods Group, Inc. and Bonita Then has been appointed interim CEO. Davis will be available during the transition period.
Then was most recently interim CEO of a public snack-food company.
Specialty Foods Group Income Fund indirectly holds an interest in Specialty Foods Group Inc., which is a U.S. producer and marketer of processed meat products. The income fund's office is in Toronto.
The Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA) and Market Regulation Services Inc. (RS) have appointed Susan Wolburgh Jenah as president and CEO of the proposed new self-regulatory organization that is intended to succeed them.
Wolburgh Jenah is currently a vice-chair at the Ontario Securities Commission.
The National Post has appointed Mark Spencer as VP of advertising, succeeding Kirk Allen, who was recently promoted to senior VP of advertising sales for CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. Spencer comes to CanWest from Torstar, where he had been director of advertising since 2001.
The National Post is owned by CanWest MediaWorks Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CanWest Global Communications Corp., (TSX:CGS, NYSE:CWG).
Jaguar Nickel Inc. (TSX:JNI) has named Vic Alboini as president. He is also chairman and CEO of Northern Financial Corp.
Doug Chornoboy has been named CFO of Jaguar. He is also CFO of Northern Financial Corp.
Jaguar is a mineral exploration and development company with head office in Toronto.
Khan Resources Inc. (TSX:KRI) has promoted Paul Caldwell to CFO and corporate secretary. Caldwell has more than 28 years of financial experience.
Khan is a Toronto-based exploration and development company focused on northeastern Mongolia.
Retrocom Mid-Market Real Estate Investment Trust has named Avis Maher, CA, as its CFO. Maher was most recently CFO of Trimin Capital Corp. and Grey Canada.
Retrocom's head office is in Toronto.
Timminco Ltd. (TSX:TIM) has appointed John Walsh as president and CEO. Walsh was previously president of Ceramic Protection Corp.
Timminco, a producer of specialty and light metals, has its head office in Toronto.
Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (TSXV:SNA) has appointed Jean-Louis Larmor as co-CEO.
Larmor's experience ranges from company management to strategic analysis and business development.
Star owns the worldwide licence to its proprietary flight-safety system. Its head office is in Toronto.
Educational publisher Brighter Minds Media Inc. (TSXV:BRI) has named Sam Ifergan as CEO of its wholly owned subsidiary, Brighter Child Interactive LLC.
Ifergan brings more than 10 years of entrepreneurial experience with early-stage companies in many different industries.
Brighter Minds has offices in Toronto and Columbus, Ohio.
Largo Resources Ltd. (TSXV:LGO) says Tim Mann, P. Eng., has joined its management team, bringing international operations and technical management experience in the mining sector.
Largo is a Toronto-based natural resource development and exploration company with projects in the Yukon and Brazil.
Roxmark Mines Ltd. (CNQ:RMKL) has appointed James Richardson, CA, as its CFO.
Richardson was formerly a partner of Clarkson Gordon, Arthur Young (Singapore) and KPMG (U.K.).
Roxmark Mines is a Toronto-based junior resource company.
Pacific & Western Bank of Canada has hired Neil Beaton as chief information officer. Beaton brings more than 14 years of project management experience with both Canadian and international high technology firms.
Pacific & Western is wholly owned by Pacific & Western Credit Corp. (TSX:PWC). It has offices in London and Saskatoon.
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