With the departure of executive vice-president of finance and chief financial officer Sandy Campbell, WestJet (TSX:WJA) says the CFO role will be shared by Janice Paget, VP, controller, and Derek Payne, VP, finance and corporate services, as the company searches for a permanent replacement.
Campbell will be available to assist the executive team beyond his departure date of June 15 should it be required.
Calgary-based WestJet is a low-fare airline offering scheduled service to 33 cities in North America.
Twin Butte Energy Ltd. (TSXV:TBE) has named Ron Cawson as president and chief executive officer after completing its acquisitions of Drilcorp Energy Ltd. and Kerogen Petroleum Ltd. Calgary-based Twin Butte's core areas of operation are in east-central and northwestern Alberta.
Midnight Oil Exploration Ltd. (TSX:MOX) has made a number of senior management changes.
Judy Stripling has been promoted executive vice-president and chief financial officer.
Chad Kalmakoff has been promoted VP of finance. Kalmakoff was previously financial controller.
Thomas Moslow has been promoted senior VP of exploration.
Peter O'Leary has been promoted VP of geology. O'Leary was previously exploration manager, PRA/Deep Basin.
Andrew Weldon has been promoted VP of business development. Weldon was previously VP of land.
Martin Saizew has been promoted VP of engineering. Saizew was previously senior exploitation engineer.
Don Leitch has been appointed VP of operations. Leitch was most recently VP of operations for Caribou Resources Corp. He replaces Randy Ford, who has resigned to take up the same position at Daylight Energy Trust.
Midnight is a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary.
Scott Jenkins, CFO, will be leaving Pure Technologies Ltd. (TSXV:PUR) effective June 30 to pursue further career opportunities.
James Paulson, chairman, will assume the role of interim CFO until a suitable replacement is found.
Based in Calgary, Pure offers proprietary technologies for management and surveillance of critical infrastructure around the world.
Enterra Energy Trust (TSX:ENT.UN; NYSE:ENT) has filled three newly created positions.
Vic Roskey joins Enterra as senior VP of finance and administration, and interim CFO. Most recently Roskey was managing director of private equity with Scotia Waterous.
Jim Tyndall becomes senior VP of operations and COO. Over the past four years, he has held senior positions with three junior exploration companies working in Western Canada.
Kim Booth becomes VP and COO of U.S. operations. Booth joined Enterra in connection with its acquisition of Altex Resources, Inc.
In other company moves, John Reader has been promoted from the position of VP of operations and engineering to senior VP of corporate development, while John Kalman, who had been CFO for one year, has resigned to pursue new opportunities.
Enterra Energy Trust is an oil and gas income trust based in Calgary.
Matrikon Inc. (TSX:MTK) has appointed Tariq (Terry) Malik, CA, as its new chief financial officer effective July 7. Malik was previously the finance director at Sterling Centercorp.
Current CFO Nimal Rodrigo will remain for a transition period until July 31.
The Edmonton-based firm provides industrial intelligence services that predict and prevent problems at manufacturing plants.
Production Enhancement Group, Inc. (TSX:WIS, WIS.WT), a Houston-based energy services company incorporated in Alberta, has named Alice Jackson as its new CFO. Jackson will work over the next three months as a transition period with outgoing CFO Douglas Parker, who is resigning for personal reasons. Prior to her appointment as CFO, Jackson served as PEG's controller.
Duane Sniezek has become the director of Calgary operations for TRLabs. He retains the title of COO of Network for Emerging Wireless Technologies (NEWT) while assuming the expanded responsibilities.
The appointment follows the recent move and co-location of TRLabs and NEWT in the wireless cluster in northeast Calgary.
TRLabs has been conducting wireless communications research in Calgary since 1991. NEWT, a division of TRLabs established in 2002, provides hardware and software development support to suppliers and users of wireless products and services.
Aloak Corp. (TSXV:AOK) has appointed Colin Holowaychuk as VP of business development.
He was previously the VP of sales and marketing in North America for NETeller.
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Probilling Inc., Aloak provides e-commerce payment processing services to web merchants. Its head office is in Calgary.
Regal Energy Ltd. (TSXV:REG) says Wayne Shepheard, VP of exploration and land, and Jim Quillian, VP of engineering and operations, have resigned to pursue other opportunities.
Regal is a Calgary-based emerging energy company focused on southern and central Alberta.
ResVerlogix Corp. (TSX:RVX) has made two hires.
Kelly McNeill joins the company as CFO. His most recent role was general manager at Haworth Ltd.
Theresa Kennedy becomes VP of corporate communications. Her most recent role was VP of North American life sciences for Hill & Knowlton Canada.
ResVerlogix is a Calgary biotech company engaged in the development of therapies for cardiovascular diseases.
WellPoint Systems Inc. (TSXV:WPS) has appointed Liam McCarthy as the company's VP of sales and marketing. He replaces Tom Mawhinney, who became company president on Jan. 1.
McCarthy previously was VP of sales for IDEAS International. Founded in 1997, Calgary-based WellPoint provides software and related services for the energy and mining industries.
Genoil (TSXV:GNO) has hired Peter Chung as VP of engineering. He joins as Genoil moves from technology R&D to commercialization of its technology.
Chung comes from a joint-venture company working on projects in northern Alberta.
Calgary-based Genoil provides technology services to the oil and gas industry.
First Calgary Savings' John Dundas has been appointed to the executive team of B.C.-based Envision Financial as part of the Pathways Project, an interprovincial credit union joint venture.
Dundas now serves as senior VP of marketing and communications for both institutions.
First Calgary Savings' network consists of 16 retail branches, 12 financial planning centres and a commercial banking facility.
Pantera Drilling Income Trust (TSX:RIG.UN) has appointed Lorna Pollock, CA, as CFO of Pantera Drilling Inc. She is a 16-year veteran of the energy industry.
Calgary-based Pantera provides contract drilling services to oil and gas companies operating in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
QWIP Systems Inc. (TSXV:QWP) has accepted the resignation of Riad Chehayeb as company CEO.
Edmonton-based QWIP is an infrared technology developer. Last week it conditionally agreed to be acquired by Vancouver-based Cantronic Systems Inc. in a stock swap.
- with files from CP
