Krystyna Hoeg is leaving Corby Distilleries Ltd. (TSX:CDL.A) after 10 years as president and CEO "to pursue personal interests," the Toronto spirits company says.
Con Constandis, who succeeds Hoeg, was most recently managing director of the Americas for Castle Brands Inc. Hoeg will assist with the transition.
Luxell Technologies Inc. (TSX:LUX) of Mississauga has made three appointments to its management and operating team.
Richard Pepperall has been appointed vice-president of design and engineering, Jean-Louis Larmor senior vice-president of business development and Anthony Pierro vice-president of operations.
Pepperall comes from L-3 Communications Electronic Systems. Larmor has dealt with corporations and government agencies in aerospace, defence and security in North America and Europe. Pierro joined Luxell in 2005.
Luxell designs, manufactures and licenses flat panel-display technologies for defence and avionics.
Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) has added Dalton Phillips to its executive team as chief operating officer. He was most recently CEO of Brown Thomas.
Loblaw Companies Ltd. is one of Canada's largest food distributors. Its head office is in Brampton.
Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN) has named Steve Bower as its full-time CFO. Bower had been Wi-LAN's acting CFO since last March, overseeing the company's transformation from a products and engineering services operation to a wireless and wireline IP licensing company.
Wi-LAN's corporate headquarters is in Ottawa.
Cygnal Technologies Corp. (TSX:CYN) has named Jack Van Kessel as president and general manager of White Radio LP. Van Kessel was most recently VP and GM of the hardware division of CanWel Building Materials.
White Radio distributes products in the audiovisual, communications and other markets. Cygnal designs, installs and maintains wired and wireless communications networks. Its head office is in Markham.
JumpTV Inc. (TSX:JTV) has announced a number of appointments.
Daniel Canel, former CEO and majority shareholder of Sports International Group, has become chairman of JumpTV's Latin American business unit.
Kaleil Isaza Tuzman has been named president and chief operating officer. Isaza Tuzman will continue to serve as president and CEO of JumpTV International, the company's wholly owned subsidiary.
Alex Blum, who had previously held the position of president and COO of JumpTV Inc., will continue with the company through the end of January to help facilitate the transition after which time he will serve on JumpTV's advisory board and assume his new role as CEO of a technology provider to JumpTV.
Sila Celik, working in London, England, COO of JumpTV International, has been named head of global operations. Lucy Kupnicki, working in Toronto, has been named head of program management. Brian Adams, working in Toronto and New York, has been named head of the product development group. Mark David, working in London, England, has been named head of JumpTV's global sports initiatives.
Brenda Gibson, working in Toronto and formerly director of finance at Yahoo! Inc., has been named controller.
JumpTV delivers subscription-based ethnic television over the Internet, amounting to more than 250 channels from more than 70 countries. Its head office is in Toronto.
Vicwest Income Fund (TSX:VIC.UN) has reassigned executive responsibilities during the medical leave of president and CEO Robert Skull. Chairman Bryan Held will be executive chairman and interim CEO.
The fund's Vicwest business unit, headquartered in Oakville, manufactures metal roofing, siding and other metal building products. The fund's storage products business unit, operating under the name of Westeel, is based in Winnipeg.
Bryan Tatoff has rejoined Danier Leather Inc. (TSX: DL) as senior VP, CFO and secretary. He had left in September for a job with a non-competitive private company.
Danier, whose head office is in Toronto, designs, manufactures and sells leather and suede clothing and accessories.
John Orr, P. Eng., has been named COO of GLR Resources Inc. (TSX:GRS). Orr has more than 25 years of mining experience in both underground and open pit operations.
GLR is a junior mining and exploration company with projects in Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. Its head office is in Kirkland Lake.
Workbrain Corp. (TSX: WB) has appointed Ira Davies VP of sales for North America. Davies has more than 20 years of experience and joins Workbrain from SAP America where he was VP of sales.
Workbrain provides web-based workforce management software. Its head office is in Toronto.
Microbix Biosystems Inc. (MBX:TSX) says it has realigned its executives' responsibilities to speed growth of its core business.
Founder and former president and CEO William Gastle is now chairman and CEO. The new president is Philip Casselli, who joined Microbix in 2003 as general manager. James Long is the new CFO.
Microbix develops biological technologies and commercializes them through global partners. Its head office is in Toronto.
Clairvest Group Inc. (TSX:CVG) has appointed Cameron Williamson as CFO. He succeeds Lana Reiken, who becomes VP of special projects. Williams comes to Clairvest from Franklin Templeton Investments.
Clairvest is a Canadian merchant bank with its head office in Toronto.
SunOpta Inc. (TSX:SOY, Nasdaq:STKL) has appointed Steve Bromley as president and CEO. He succeeds Jeremy Kendall, who remains as chairman. Bromley, a CGA, joined SunOpta in 2001 and had been COO since 2003 and president since 2005.
SunOpta has also appointed Joseph Riz as executive VP. He has been a member of the board of directors of SunOpta for the past 20 years.
SunOpta Inc. has three business units: the SunOpta food group; the Opta minerals group; and the SunOpta bio-process group. The company's head office is in Brampton.
Coventree Inc. (TSX: COF) has hired David Allan and Doug Onofrychuk to lead its capital and administration business units, respectively. These appointments enable Geoff Cornish, the former leader of these business units, to concentrate on business development.
Allan was previously global head of asset securitization and credit structuring at one of Canada's largest investment banks. Onofrychuk joins Coventree from OmniRIM Solutions Inc., where he was COO.
Coventree is a financial services company with head office in Toronto.
HydraLogic Systems Inc. (TSXV:HLS) has named Peter Wright as CFO. Wright joined HydraLogic in 2004 and was named VP of finance and administration in 2006.
HydraLogic is an environmental technology company focused on the replacement of polluting chemicals with non-toxic organic solutions. Its head office is in Barrie.
Crowflight Minerals Inc. (TSXV:CML) has appointed Greg Collins, P. Geo., as VP of exploration; Ken Marcinyshyn, P. Eng., as mine manager; and Dale Lane, P. Eng., as mill superintendent.
Crowflight, headquartered in Toronto, has operations in two nickel camps in Manitoba and Ontario.
First Gulf Corp. has promoted David Gerofsky to president and hired John MacNeil as COO.
Gerofsky has been with First Gulf since 2003, most recently as COO. MacNeil was previously president of First Pro Shopping Centres and Intracorp Developments.
First Gulf is a developer and design-build contractor of retail, mixed use, office and industrial real estate. It is part of the Great Gulf Group.
Opalis Software Inc. has hired Denise Jackson as director of professional services. She brings 22 years of experience in IT consulting and managing, most recently with Unisys.
Opalis automates IT operational processes. Its head office is in Toronto.
OutdoorPartner Media Corp. has appointed Grant Connelly as CFO. Connelly joined the company as VP of business development last March.
OutdoorPartner operates two out-of-home media networks. Its head office is in Toronto.
Toronto-based precious metals exploration company Noront Resources Ltd. (TSXV:NOT) has appointed Robert Suttie as its CFO. He was most recently manager of accounting at Duguay & Ringler Accounting Services.
Avalon Ventures Ltd. (TSXV:AVL) has named Ian London, P.Eng., its VP of corporate development. London has both Canadian and international experience over a 30-year career.
Following the resignation of Marie Thorne, Jim Andersen, VP of finance and CFO, will act as corporate secretary until a new full-time corporate secretary is required.
Avalon is a junior mineral exploration and development company. Its head office is in Toronto.
Douglas G. Hogeboom is to retire early in 2008 as president and CEO of the Empire Life Insurance Co. Hogeboom joined Empire Life in 1974 and was appointed president and CEO in 2001.
Empire Life is a subsidiary of E-L Financial Corp. Ltd. and has been in business since 1923.
Online media publishing company Geosign Corp. has named Ted Hastings as its president. Hastings joins Geosign from High Jump Software.
Privately owned Geosign is a member of the Geosign group of companies. Its head office is in Guelph.
Business law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) says Neil Bass is to join the firm as national leader of its sales and commodity tax group. He leaves a position as partner with Wilson & Partners LLP to join FMC in its Toronto office.
Fraser Milner Casgrain has more than 500 lawyers in offices in major Canadian cities.
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning has appointed John Davies, currently VP of administration, as its president and CEO. He will succeed Robert Gordon on July 1.
Humber offers learning opportunities in more than 350 programs.
The Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, representing the province's 24 colleges, has appointed Linda Franklin as its president and CEO.
Franklin is currently president of the Wine Council of Ontario.
The association represents colleges that deliver a range of education and training programs to more than 150,000 full-time and 350,000 part-time students.
Its office is in Toronto.
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