Barry Heck is stepping aside as CEO and a director of Westaim Corp. (TSX:WED) to become executive chairman of the company’s Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. subsidiary (TSX:NCS).
The move comes as Westaim is cutting the workforce at its iFire Technology flat-screen development unit.
Drew Fitch, Westaim’s senior vice-president and chief financial officer, moves up to president and CEO.
Nucryst, a developer of drugs to fight infection and inflammation, is 75-per-cent owned by Westaim, which earlier announced it is conducting a strategic review.
WIN Energy Corp. (TSXV:WNR) says Matthew Philipchuk has tendered his resignation as WIN’s vice-president of corporate development to pursue
other business and personal opportunities.
Calgary-based WIN Energy is developing exploration opportunities in the Alberta foothills.
Terra Energy Corp. (TSXV:TTR) has promoted Tim Beatty to the position of VP of capital projects. Beatty has been with Terra for more than four years.
Jan Campbell has been appointed corporate secretary. She brings many years of such experience to the company.
Terra Energy is a junior oil and gas company focused on Western Canada. Its head office is in Calgary.
Michael Makinson has resigned as VP of finance and chief financial officer of Castle Rock Petroleum Ltd. (TSXV:RCK.A, RCK.B).
Castle Rock is a Calgary-based company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas reserves in Western Canada.
Northern Abitibi Mining Corp. (TSXV:NAI) has appointed Stephen Rowins as the company’s new VP of exploration.
Rowins most recently held the position of senior research scientist with the mining and minerals division of the Saskatchewan Research Council.
Northern Abitibi is a Calgary junior exploration company focused on
exploration opportunities within North America.
John Hogg has assumed the position of VP of exploration with MGM Energy Corp. (TSX:MGX).
Hogg was previously manager of new ventures and frontier exploration with the Canadian subsidiary of an international energy company. MGM Energy is a Calgary-based oil and natural gas company focused on Northern Canada.
Mexican Silver Mines Ltd. (TSXV:MSM) has appointed Robert Ashauer its CFO. He replaces Harry McGucken, who will continue to serve as a member of the board.
Ashauer most recently served as the CFO of Cordy Oilfield Services Inc.
In addition, Daniel Kenney has been appointed as MSM’s corporate secretary.
Ashauer has also become the CFO of Prize Mining Corp. (TSXV:PRZ), replacing Feisal Somji, who will continue to serve as the chairman of Prize’s board.
Mexican Silver Mines is a junior resource company developing three former silver-producing properties in Mexico. Prize explores for precious and base metals in the Atlin area of British Columbia and in Nunavut. The two companies share corporate offices in Calgary.
Sierra Vista Energy Ltd. (TSXV:SVR.A, SVR.B) has appointed Ian Bock to Sierra Vista’s board and as VP of business development. Bock brings diversified oil and gas, legal and capital markets experience, and is principal of Ian D. Bock Professional Corp.
Sierra Vista is a Calgary junior oil and gas company active in the Peace River Arch region of central Alberta.
Ken MacDonald, president, CEO and a director of Pulse Data Inc. (TSX:PSD), has retired. MacDonald leaves after a 35-year career in the geophysical industry, including 20 years with Pulse, Western Canada’s second-largest provider of seismic data.
Stepping into his shoes is Doug Cutts, who has been the Calgary company’s VP of finance and CFO for the past five years.
Highpine Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:HPX) has announced the resignations of president and chief operating officer Greg Baum and senior VP of engineering Bob Fryk.
No reason was given for the departures.
CEO Gordon Stollery will serve as president until a successor is found to Baum, who had been with Highpine since 1999. Independent
director Hank Swartout has been named non-executive chairman of Highpine to assist Stollery.
Calgary-based Highpine is an Alberta-focused exploration and development company.
Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. (TSX:CLL) has promoted Russell Longley to the
position of VP of operations. Longley has been with the company since January 2007 and previously was responsible for management of operations and exploitation of conventional properties.
Calgary-based Connacher is an oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company.
American Creek Resources Ltd. (TSXV:AMK) has named Robert Edwards as VP of finance and corporate secretary.
Based in Raymond, American Creek is focused on gold and silver deposits
in British Columbia.
CSI Wireless Inc. has appointed Mohamed Abousalem to the newly
created position of VP of marketing and business development.
Abousalem was most recently the senior director of OEM solutions at Magellan Navigation.
The appointment comes as CSI Wireless Inc. has officially changed its corporate name and trading symbol to Hemisphere GPS Inc. (TSX:HEM).
Calgary-based Hemisphere GPS designs and manufactures GPS products for positioning, guidance and machine-control applications.
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (TSX:IE, NASDAQ:IVAN) has appointed Edward Koshka as VP of business development for Western Canada.
Koshka joins Ivanhoe from the senior management team at Synenco Energy Inc.
Ivanhoe Energy is an independent heavy-oil development and production company with core operations in the U.S. and China. Its head office is in Calgary.
Glenn Carley, chairman, and Tom Field, VP of engineering and operations
for Culane Energy Corp. (TSXV:CLN), have assumed the responsibilities of president and CEO Don Staus while the latter is away from the office on medical leave.
Calgary-based Culane is a junior oil and gas company focused on Alberta.
Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: RYL.UN) has promoted Brad Cann to VP and CFO. Brad replaces Wayne King, who previously announced he would be leaving to pursue other opportunities.
Royal Host’s core businesses are hotel ownership, management and franchising. Its headquarters are in Calgary.
Eric McFadden has tendered his resignation as president, CEO and a director of Creststreet Kettles Hill Windpower LP to pursue other opportunities.
He has been succeeded by Robert Toole, a current director of the board and the president and CEO of Creststreet Capital Corp. Creststreet Capital is a Calgary investment management firm.
– with files from The Canadian Press
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