After eight years of service, president and CEO Joe Fardell will be leaving Tourism Calgary as of May 31.
Fardell and his wife will be relocating to the west coast to join their children.
"Joe will be missed by his colleagues," said Julien DeSchutter of Tourism Calgary. "However, the legacy he has built will continue."
"While leaving Tourism Calgary has been a difficult decision, I look forward to contributing to the industry on the west coast," said Fardell.
Liquor Barn Income Fund (TSX: LBN.UN), an operator of private retail liquor stores in Western Canada, has appointed Richard Hughes as chief financial officer of Liquor Barn GP Inc.
He replaces Leslie Wright, who, as previously announced, is leaving to accept a senior position with a company in a different industry.
Prior to joining Liquor Barn, Hughes was controller of Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Edmonton-based Liquor Barn Income Fund owns a 61.4-per-cent interest in Liquor Barn LP, which operates 61 liquor stores in Alberta and nine in British Columbia.
Larry Stone has been elected as the 37th president of the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET).
Stone is currently sales manager, Alberta precast, for Lafarge Canada Inc. in Edmonton and has spent his entire career in the Alberta construction industry.
Continuing ASET's pursuit of professional legislation will remain the organization's top priority for 2007/08, Stone says.
Elected to serve with Stone on ASET's executive are first VP Roy Clark of Lloydminster and second VP Kevin Harrison of Edmonton. Derek Tsang of Edmonton also serves on the executive as past president.
ASET is a non-profit organization that issues professional credentials to applied science, information and engineering technologists in Alberta and the Territories.
A clinician-scientist has joined the senior ranks of the University of Calgary.
Dr. Rose Goldstein, a medical doctor who specializes in the area of rheumatology, has been appointed VP of research for a five-year term beginning July 1.
Goldstein will fill the portfolio now held by Dr. Dennis Salahub, whose term ends June 30.
Goldstein is currently a professor and vice-dean for academic affairs in the University of Ottawa's faculty of medicine.
CV Technologies Inc. (TSX:CVQ) says Norman Oliver is no longer associated with the company.
Oliver's most recent responsibilities included sales and customer development. Those duties will be reassigned internally on an interim basis.
Edmonton-based CV develops and sells natural health products.
Kevin Gibson, founder, president and CEO of Innova Exploration Ltd. (TSX:IXL), has announced his retirement in May. The board of directors has started a search for Gibson's replacement.
Innova is a Calgary-based junior oil and natural gas company with operations in the three western provinces.
Culane Energy Corp. (TSXV:CLN) of Calgary has hired Tom Field as VP of engineering and operations.
Prior to joining Culane, Field was VP of engineering for two years in a private junior energy company that he co-founded.
Lesley Rathgeber will resign as CFO of Winslow Resources Inc. (TSXV: WLR) in late April. Rathgeber has been a part-time employee of Winslow since Jan. 1, and has accepted a full-time position elsewhere.
The company is currently conducting a search to fill the position.
Winslow is a junior oil and gas company focused on Alberta and Saskatchewan. Its head office is in Calgary.
George Chelico is the new CFO of TG World Energy Corp. (TSXV:TGE).
Chelico comes with more than 30 years of experience in finance and taxation in the energy and fertilizer industries.
Calgary-based TG World is a junior international oil and gas exploration company.
Thunder Energy Trust (TSX:THY.UN) has named Pamela Kazeil VP of finance and CFO of Thunder Energy Inc., the administrator of the trust. Prior to this promotion, Kazeil served as manager of accounting of Thunder. She has been with the company since 2004.
Kaziel replaces Brent Kirkby, who is retiring after 35 years in the petroleum industry.
Thunder is an oil and gas income trust with assets located in Western Canada.
Cordero Energy Inc. (TSX:COR) has promoted Neil Wilson to VP of engineering and has hired Tom Zavesiczky as VP of exploration.
Most recently Zavesiczky was a founder and VP of exploration with Starboard Gas Ltd. until its sale in 2006.
Calgary-based Cordero is an energy company pursuing conventional oil and gas plays as well as coalbed methane development in Western Canada.
Exceed Energy Inc. (TSXV:EX.A, EX.B) has added Dean Chow as CFO to its management team. Most recently Chow served as the controller of Bankers Petroleum Inc. Exceed is a Calgary-based oil and gas company focused on Western Canada.
ATB Financial, the Alberta Crown-owned bank, has appointed credit union executive David Mowat as its new president and CEO.
ATB said the appointment of Mowat, the chief executive of Vancouver-based Vancity, was approved by the Alberta government.
Mowat will take over June 11 and replaces Bob Normand, who has been president and CEO for the last six years.
Since 2000, Mowat has been with Vancity, the largest credit union in English Canada.
ATB Financial, formerly called Alberta Treasury Branches, is the largest Alberta-based financial institution, with 154 branches and 134 agencies across the province.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has appointed David Whelan as regional managing partner of the Calgary office.
Whelan, who practises corporate commercial law, started his legal career in 1983 with BLG's predecessor law firm of Howard, Mackie.
Whelan succeeds Douglas Mitchell, who will continue as BLG's national co-chair.
Borden Ladner Gervais is a full-service law firm with offices in six cities.
Calgary Economic Development has appointed Bruce Irvine as the VP of business development and retention.
Most recently, he was the manager of business operations in the development and building approvals department for the City of Calgary.
-- with files from The Canadian Press (E-mail notices and photos at least two weeks before publication date to news@businessedge.ca)
