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NEWSMAKERS - M&A's / Alliances / Appointments


Appointments

July 2001 

Consumer Goods
Retail
Marketing Services 
Technology
Internet Services
Telecommunications
Creative
Financial Services
Broadcasting/Publishing/Media/
    Entertainment

-  HealthCare/Pharmaceutical

 

Consumer  Goods 

 Dennis A. Darby promoted within Procter & Gamble Inc. as Associate Director, External Relations-Canada.  July 26, 2001

Allan Rowe to Fishery Products International Limited (FPI) as Chief Financial Officer.  July 24, 2001

George Paleologou and Fred Knoedler to Premium Brands Inc. as President and a Director, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, respectively.  July 20, 2001

Jos Wintermans to Sodisco-Howden Group Inc. as President and Chief Executive.  July 17, 2001

Steve Brown to Wrigley Canada as Vice President Customer Marketing.   July 11, 2001

Retail     

  H. Brent Sugden to Versacold Corp. as Chairman.  July 31, 2001

Robert C. Johnson to Purolator Courier Ltd. as President and Chief Executive Officer.  July 26, 2001

Alan Simpson to Town Shoes Limited as Chief Executive Officer.  July 25, 2001

Hilary Chasin to Delias Corp. as Executive Vice President of Marketing.  July 24, 2001

Sobeys Inc. has made several appointments: Jim Dickson is appointed Executive Vice President, Corporate Services, Secretary and General Counsel; Eugene Duynstee is President, Operations, Ontario Region; and John Lynn is President, Operations, Atlantic Region.  July 16, 2001

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Company of Canada Ltd. has made several appointments: Paul Del Duca is promoted to Senior Vice-President & Chief Merchandising Officer; Douglas A. Brummer is Senior Vice President, Marketing and Advertising; and Bruce Moore is Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development.  July 2, 2001

Marketing Services  

Howard Ohori to MacLaren McCann as Vice President, Group Account Director.  July 31, 2001

Guy Meunier to the Probec Network as Director of Sales.  July 30, 2001

Ivor Thompson to the Professional Marketing Research Society (PMRS) as President.  July 30, 2001

Michel Lagacé to Cartier Communication Marketing as Partner and Vice President.  July 23, 2001

Gilbert Ouellette to Opsis Communication & Marketing as Vice-President.  
July 20, 2001

Bob Shropshire to DCC Communications as Managing Director.  July 20, 2001

Bob Russell is named President of Envoy Communications Group's newly formed Watt Russell division. Annie Gaudreault becomes Vice-President of Client Services.   July 19, 2001

David Leonard to Vickers & Benson Arnold Inc. as President of Vickers & Benson Arnold Advertising.  July 19, 2001

Tony Altilia to Palmer Jarvis DDB as President and Chief Operating Officer effective August 13, 2001.   July 19, 2001

Anne Gronow promoted within Mosaic Group Inc. to President of Mosaic Marketing and Promotions Canada.  July 19, 2001

Lynne Kilpatrick and Eva Kiss to Spencer Francey Peters Inc. as Vice President of Strategy and Planning, and Senior Account Director, respectively.  July 17, 2001

Justine Greene moves within Go Direct to become Operations Controller in their Vancouver office. Debbie Teupah is appointed Account Director.  July 16, 2001

Edith Ducharme to Mylène Forget relations publiques as Vice-President.  July 16, 2001

Katherine Passerieu to Censydiam as Managing Director.  July 16, 2001

Tap Chauhan to BBDO OMD as Group Media Director.  July 16, 2001

Phil Antrill to Market Probe as Senior Vice President in the Toronto facility.   July 16, 2001

Ania Russocki to Gee Jeffery & Partners as President of the Toronto office.  July 11, 2001

Mario Amantea, Chief Operating Officer at Parallel Strategies, assumes the role of President.    July 11, 2001

Amy Hopkins promoted within Myriad Marketing Inc. to Director of Account Operations.  July 11, 2001

Arthur Fleischmann and Emily Bain to Envoy Communication Group's newly formed advertising and communications agency John Street as President and CEO, and Director of Strategic Planning, respectively.  July 9, 2001

Stuart McCarthy to Thornley Fallis Communications as Vice-President of Technology Communications.  July 4, 2001

Martha Jamieson promoted to Vice-President of Public Relations at Palmer Jarvis DDB Edmonton. July 3, 2001  

Sheila James to StrategyCorp as a Partner.  July 3, 2001

John Stephens to Focus Surveys as Vice President.   July 2, 2001

Technology   

Ralph McNeil to Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. as Vice President, Marketing, Consumer Business Organization, HP Canada.   July 25, 2001

Henry Vander Laan retires as President and Chief Executive Officer of Trojan Technologies Inc. and is named Chairman. George Taylor assumes the position of Vice-Chairman.   July 20, 2001

James A. Queen to Main Course Technologies as Chief Executive Officer.  July 17, 2001

Gordon Grote and Mark Peterson to Moore Corp. Ltd. as President of Response Marketing Services, and President of Business Communication Solutions, respectively.  July 4, 2001

Internet Services   

 Konrad Hilbers to Napster Inc. as Chief Executive.  July 25, 2001 

William Franklin to Cryptek Secure Communications as Executive Vice President/Commercial Sales & Marketing.  July 24, 2001 

Daniel Holland to Wideframe as Director of Business Development.   July 23, 2001 

Robert Becker to Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. as Chief Executive Officer.  July 16, 2001

Karen Goldfarb to MSGi Direct as Vice President of List Sales.  July 16, 2001

Craig Evans to The Kenna Group as Vice President, Marketing.  July 16, 2001

Ken Coward to Blast Radius as Director of Application Development.  July 16, 2001

Joseph Martinez to Michetti Information Solutions Inc. as Controller.   July 12, 2001

Jennifer Langley to Sympatico.ca as Marketing Director.  July 12, 2001

David Koyle to FirstBingo.com as Vice-President of Marketing.  July 12, 2001

William Viqueira to Intellispace as Chief Financial Officer.  July 11, 2001

Robert Dietrich to Mortice Kern Systems Inc. as Chief Financial Officer.  July 10, 2001

John Madison to ClickRadio Inc. as CEO.  July 2, 2001

Martin V. McCarthy to The451 as Chief Executive Officer.  July 2, 2001

Telecommunications
   


  James Lovie to Rogers AT&T Wireless as Vice-President of Sales, Distribution and Service.   July 31, 2001  

Mario Mannella to TELUS Business Solutions as Vice-President, Marketing.  July 30, 2001 

Dale Beeston to VoiceIQ Inc. as President.   July 25, 2001 

Dr. Robert Hannemann to LaserSharp Corp. as Chief Executive Officer and elected to serve as a member of the company's Board of Directors.  July 24, 2001 

Steve Forbes to PayStar as Chief Operating Officer.  July 23, 2001

Richard D. (Rick) Calder Jr. to Broadwing Communications as President of Business Markets.  July 23, 2001

TELUS Corporation has made several appointments: Paul Goldman is Vice President/General Manager, TELUS National Systems; Brian Ridgway is Vice President, Sales - Central & Eastern Canada, TELUS Client Solutions; and Rocco Lallone is Vice President - Marketing, TELUS Client Solutions.  July 20, 2001

Richard J. Moscioni to Southampton Photonics as Vice President of Sales.   July 18, 2001

J. Benjamin Trowbridge to United Messaging as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.   July 18, 2001

Ed Soo Hoo and Hassan Yousef to Network Utilities Inc. as Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances, and Vice President, Sales (carriers and service providers), respectively.  July 18, 2001

Marc Hafner to BroadCloud Communications Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer.   July 17, 2001

Mike Riley to Sonexis, Inc. as Chief Marketing Officer.   July 17, 2001

Paul DeBeasi to ONEX Communications as Vice President of Marketing and Product Planning.  July 16, 2001

Michael El-Hillow to Spike Broadband Systems, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.  July 16, 2001

Kristin Baumgartner to Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc. as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  July 16, 2001

Jonathan Mapes to New Edge Networks as Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer.  July 16, 2001

David N. White to Redline Communications Inc. as President and CEO.  July 16, 2001

Bradley Singer and David Porte to American Tower Corporation as Executive Vice President, Finance, and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Technology, respectively.  July 16, 2001

Elizabeth Duffy-MacLean to Bell Globemedia as Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs and Policy Strategy.  July 16, 2001

Doug Spreng promoted within Applied Micro Circuits Corp. to President and Chief Operating Officer.  July 13, 2001

David L. Sullivan to PSC Inc. as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.   July 12, 2001

Dave Whalen to SignalSoft Corporation as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales.  July 11, 2001

Richard Riker to Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation as Vice President, Marketing and Sales.  July 11, 2001

Douglas Ritter to Nextira as Vice President, Marketing.   July 11, 2001

John Rouse to METRObility Optical Systems as Vice President of Business Development.  July 11, 2001

Pierre McMaster and Claude Letourneau to Kontron Communications as Chairman, and President and Chief Executive Officer, respectively.  July 11, 2001

Karen Davis-Farage to Antenna Software, Inc. as Vice President of Business Development.  July 10, 2001

Bob Cantarutti to Cinta Networks as Vice President of Sales.  July 9, 2001

Frank R. Martire to Call_Solutions.com as Corporate Executive Vice President - Strategic Planning, Business Development and Chief Administrative Officer.  July 9, 2001

ePHONE Telecom, Inc. President Carmine Taglialatela Jr. is appointed to the additional role of CEO.  July 5, 2001

Russell Newbury to C-Com Satellite Systems as Vice-President of Marketing and Sales.   July 5, 2001

Jennifer McDonald and Valerie Strike to Star Choice Communications Inc. as Senior Director, Affiliate Relations, and Legal Counsel, respectively.  July 5, 2001

Erik Heilborn, President and CEO of Telenordia, is appointed the new Head of the Telia International Carrier business area.  July 3, 2001

Andre Gauthier to Telesystem International Wireless Inc. as Chief Financial Officer.  July 2, 2001

Creative  

 Jeanette Cheung to Hot Tomali Communications as Art Director.  July 30, 2001

Paule Bélanger to Palm Publicité Marketing as Group Head of Creative.  July 23, 2001

Brian Tracey to Victory Design as Partner, Creative Director/Advertising.  July 16, 2001

Catherine Mazzocato is promoted to Vice-President, Creative and Production Services at MC Direct. Sandi Ruffo joins as Production Director.  July 16, 2001

Angus Tucker and Stephen Jurisic to Envoy Communication Group's newly formed advertising and communications agency John Street as Co-creative Directors.  July 9, 2001

Financial Services   

Dina Palozzi to BMO Nesbit Burns as Executive Vice President, Client Relations.  July 30, 2001

William D. Packham is promoted to Chair of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA).   July 30, 2001

Steven P. Richardson to Trans Canada Credit Corporation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  July 26, 2001

E. Stanley O'Neal promoted within Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. as President and Chief Operating Officer.  July 25, 2001

Marla Schacter to Societe Generale (Canada) as Managing Director and Head of the Toronto office.   July 25, 2001

Aladin (Al) Mawani to IPS Industrial Promotion Services as Vice-President of the corporation.  July 25, 2001

Tammy Scott promoted within AGF Funds as Director, Advertising and Marketing Services.  July 23, 2001

Sheryl Kennedy to The Bank of Canada as Deputy Governor for Financial Markets.  July 19, 2001

Michel Boivin to Bourse de Montréal Inc. as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing.  July 12, 2001

Peter Bailey to Raymond James Ltd. as Senior Vice-President, effective August 2001.  July 12, 2001

Steven P. Richardson to Trans Canada Credit Corporation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.   July 10, 2001

Sylvia V. Stinson to Middlefield Bancorp Limited as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  July 10, 2001

Dianne White to Nexus Investment Management Inc. as Vice President, Finance and Financial Counselling.  July 10, 2001

Réal Raymond promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer at National Bank of Canada.  July 6, 2001

Clare M. Gaudet to The Toronto Stock Exchange as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Services.  July 4, 2001

Broadcasting/Publishing/Media/
Entertainment
    


 Andrew Saunders promoted to Vice-President of Integrated Sales for the Globe and Mail, Report on Business magazine.  July 31, 2001

Keith Pelletier to the Greater Vancouver Radio Group as Director of Marketing.  July 30, 2001 

Lori Rosenberg to Corus Entertainment as Vice-President and General Manager of its digital channels Scream and EdgeTV.  July 27, 2001 

Brian Hetherman to the Radio Starmaker Fund as Executive Director.  July 25, 2001 

Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting has made several appointments. Walter Levitt has been named Vice President of Marketing overseeing all marketing initiatives for existing Alliance Atlantis properties and the new digital channels: Discovery Health Channel, National Geographic Channel, BBCCanada, BBCKids, Showcase Action, and Showcase Diva.  Jim Johnson is appointed Director of Marketing for Lifestyles Networks. Steve Rayment is Director of Marketing for Factual Networks. And Muriel Solomon is Director of Marketing for Dramatic Networks.  July 24, 2001 

Peter Pescatore to Primedia as Vice President of Finance for the company's Business Magazines & Media unit.  July 24, 2001 

George Russell is promoted to President of Time Canada magazine. Marty White is promoted to Vice-President, with additional responsibility for Finance. And Joan Brehl is promoted to Vice-President of Marketing, with additional responsibility for Strategic Planning.  July 20, 2001 

Martin Poitras promoted within Zoom Media to Vice-President of Sales and Promotions in Canada.   July 19, 2001 

Marty Hasselbach to the Vancouver Film School as Managing Director.  July 19, 2001

Headline Media Group Inc. Senior Vice President and Director Robert Malcolmson is appointed to the additional position of President. Shaun Purdue is appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.   July 18, 2001

Ian MacLean to Media Experts as Vice President of the Media Experts iTV lab.  July 18, 2001

Jaimie Hubbard to TV Guide as Editor.  July 18, 2001

Heather Conway to Alliance Atlantis Communications as Vice-President of Corporate Communications.   July 16, 2001

Doug Brooks to CBC Television as Director of Sales.  July 9, 2001

Dwayne Desaulniers to Canadian Press as Director of Business Development.  July 6, 2001

Scott Lipsky to Lot 47, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer.  July 5, 2001

Madeline Ziniak promoted within Rogers Media Television to Vice-President and Station Manager of Multilingual TV for Eastern Canada.   July 4, 2001

HealthCare/Pharmaceutical    

 The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation has announced the appointment of five new Directors: Patricia Anderson, Mitchell Goldhar, Mary Mogford, Andrew J. Sheiner, and David G. Ward.   July 31, 2001

Z. Sam Ruttonsha to Synapse Technologies Inc. as President and CEO.   July 26, 2001

Gordon Cummins and John Dorsey to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. as Vice President, Finance and CFO, and Vice President, Marketing - Primary Care, respectively.   July 17, 2001

G. Douglas Carr to the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) as Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.  July 11, 2001

Samira Sakhia to Paladin Labs Inc. as Chief Financial Officer.  July 10, 2001

Dominic Guglielmi to Cole Vision Canada Inc. as Vice President and General Manager.  July 5, 2001

 

   


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