Empire Industries Ltd. (TSXV:EIL) has hired Jeff Pardee for two executive positions within the Empire group: Vice-president and general manager of Sorge's Welding Ltd., and VP of business development of Empire Industries Ltd.
Pardee has been the general manager for the Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association for more than five years. He joins the Empire group in mid-September.
Empire Industries, formed in July 2006, is a steel fabrication and construction service provider that operates through six wholly owned subsidiaries. Winnipeg-based Empire holds a 49-per-cent ownership interest in Sorge's Welding.
Peter Boag has been named president of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI), succeeding Alain Perez, who has retired.
Boag is a former military pilot and aviation safety executive with the Transportation Safety Board, who later served four years as president of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada.
CPPI is a national association of major Canadian companies involved in the refining, distribution and/or marketing of petroleum products. Its national office is in Ottawa.
Brock Carlton has been selected as the new CEO of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
Carlton has been with FCM for 16 years, most recently as director of the International Centre for Municipal Development.
The 1,600-member group represents municipalities on policies in areas of federal jurisdiction. Its office is in Ottawa.
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