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NEWSMAKERS - M&A's / Alliances / Appointments


Appointments

June 2001 

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

-  HealthCare/Pharmaceutical

 

Consumer  Goods 

Charles Oliver to Labatt Breweries of Canada as Vice-President, Marketing.  June 29, 2001

Bob Rae is appointed Chairman of Invesprint Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Tony Wong becomes interim CEO.   June 21, 2001

David W. Sanchez to McCain Foods Limited as Chief Financial Officer.  June 19, 2001

Avi Barkin to Amcor Twinpak North America Inc. as Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Amcor PET Packaging - North America.  June 14, 2001

Andrew Shannon to JTI-Macdonald Corp. as Vice President, Marketing & Sales.  June 6, 2001

Bob Desrosiers to The Hockey Company as Vice President of Finance and Administration.  June 6, 2001

Retail     

  Michael Graydon to Megagroup as President & CEO.  June 29, 2001

Louie Mele and Andrew Brough to McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited as Executive Vice President, Operations, and Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, respectively.  June 29, 2001

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Company of Canada Limited has made several appointments: Bruce H. Moore is Senior Vice-President, Real Estate & Development of the Canadian Company; Paul Del Duca is Senior Vice-President, & Chief Merchandising Officer; and Douglas A. Brummer is Senior Vice-President, Marketing & Advertising.  June 20, 2001

Glenn Murphy to Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and member of the board.  June 19, 2001

Kevin Schade to Cinnaroll Bakeries as Director of Sales and Marketing for North America for it's Baker Boys Division.  June 15, 2001

Glenn Hynes to Sobeys Inc. as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.  June 6, 2001

Paul Hétu to Réno-Dépôt as Vice President of Marketing.  June 4, 2001

Marketing Services  

Elizabeth Kerr to Waplington Forty McGall as Vice President, Client Services.  June 29, 2001

Tobi Swanwick to Hill & Knowlton Canada as Senior Vice-President and Business Unit Leader for the Health and Pharmaceutical Practice.  June 26, 2001

James Crossland to NATIONAL Public Relations as President.  June 25, 2001

Glenn McConnell to Pattison Outdoor Advertising as President.  June 25, 2001

Sandi Ruffo to MC Direct as Production Director.   June 25, 2001

Michael Singer to Brann Worldwide as Vice President, Regional Marketing for its Toronto Office.  June 22, 2001

Anne Fortin to FCB Direct Canada's Montreal Office as Managing Director.   June 20, 2001

Gerry Frascione to BBDO Canada Inc. as President and CEO. June 20, 2001

Suzanne Richard and Alain Bergeron to Edelman Public Relations Worldwide (Canada) as Vice President, Technology and Marketing, and Vice President, Corporate and Financial Communications.  June 20, 2001

AvailableMedia promotes George Klein to Managing Partner.  June 15, 2001

Catherine Frank is promoted to Senior Vice-President and Director of Client Services of the Brand Management Group at Palmer Jarvis DDB Toronto. 
June 13, 2001

Bates Canada has made a number of appointments. Kathy Gardner is promoted to Executive Vice-President and Director of Media Operations. Anne Denommé is promoted to Senior Vice President and Director of Broadcast Buying.  Lynn Mayer is promoted to Senior Vice-President and Director of Media Planning.  June 13, 2001

Chuck Coolen to Axmith McIntyre Wicht as Account Director.   June 12, 2001

Christian Bernard to Opsis Communications & Marketing as Vice-President.  June 11, 2001

Gerry Keane, currently Account Director at marketexplorers, is now also a Partner.  June 11, 2001

Jeff Curtis to Abcon Media Group as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing.  June 11, 2001

Gabe Mazzarolo to Devlin Applied Design as Managing Director.  June 11, 2001

Re:Source Media has made several appointments: Roman Neusbacher to Vice-President of Media Productions; Victoria Boon to Director of Marketing; and Sheila Ahi to Director of Operations.  June 11, 2001

Helene Leggatt to Palmer Jarvis DDB as Senior Vice-President and Managing Director of the Edmonton office.  June 11, 2001

Michael Burns and Mario Cuconato to NATIONAL Public Relations as Senior Counsel - Western Canada, and Managing Partner of the Ottawa office, respectively.   June 7, 2001

Marie Kennedy to Palmer Jarvis DDB as President of its Vancouver-based branding and design division Karacters Design Group.  June 7, 2001

Ron Price to Aware Marketing Group as Group Vice President.  June 4, 2001

Melody Byblow to Perennial as Business Director.  June 4, 2001

Marie-Francoise Hervieu to Communications MECA as Account Exeucutive - Consumer Products.   June 4, 2001

Melanie Cishecki to MediaWatch as Executive Director of the National Committee.   June 4, 2001

Anupam Tewari to DCC Communications as Director of Strategic Planning.  June 4, 2001

Technology   

Lynn Dawson is appointed Chief Financial Officer at E-Tronics and CEO & Chairman Elson McDougald adds President to his roles.  June 18, 2001

Michael Baker to Imaging Dynamics Corp. as President and CEO.  June 18, 2001

James DuBarry to Tetratel Inc. as President.   June 14, 2001

Michael Harrison to Electronics Manufacturing Group Inc. as Chief Operations Officer and interim Chief Executive Officer.  June 14, 2001

Richard Lavigne and Martin Featherston to Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. as Director, Finance & Information, and Vice President, Sales & Marketing, respectively.   June 13, 2001

Greg Chappell to Compaq Canada Corp. as Vice President, Enterprise Business Group, Compaq Canada Corp.   June 5, 2001

Internet Services   

J. Michael Beck to INTRIA-HP Corporation as President and Chief Operating Officer.   June 29, 2001

Robert Kubbernus is promoted to interim CFO at Jawz Canada, and Alan McLaren is appointed President.  June 18, 2001

Michael Losey to INTRIA-HP Corporation as Vice-President and General Manager, Operations Delivery for CIBC.  June 14, 2001

Ron Karidi and Michael Johnson to LivePerson, Inc. as Vice President of Business Insight, and Vice President of Sales, respectively.   June 13, 2001

Geoff Joynt to Inea Corp. as Senior Vice President of Sales.   June 13, 2001

John Ching to ResponseLogic as Chief Technology Officer.  June 12, 2001

Linda Cornelius and David Webster to Siegelgale as Managing Director of the New York operations, and Chief Strategy Officer, respectively.  June 7, 2001

Michael Aymong to World Gaming plc as Chief Executive Officer.  June 6, 2001

David Hughes to Vice President, Sales.   June 5, 2001

Michael Flickman to The FeedRoom as Chief Technology Officer.   June 4, 2001

Tom Cloninger to NetCreations as President and Chief Operating Officer.  June 4, 2001


Telecommunications
   


Lib Gibson to Bell Globemedia Interactive as President and Chief Executive Officer. 
June 29, 2001

Peter Johnson to Shaw Communications Inc. as Senior Counsel.   June 29, 2001

Call-Net Enterprises Inc. appoints Duncan McEwan President and Chief Operating Officer of its Sprint Canada unit. Greg McCamus is named President of Enterprise Communications Solutions for Sprint Canada.  June 26, 2001

Look Communications Inc. appoints Chairman Michael Cytrynbaum interim President and CEO. Chief Financial Officer Louis Villeneuve also becomes Chief Operating Officer.  June 20, 2001

John Keating promoted within COM DEV International to Chief Operating Officer.  June 19, 2001

Jozef Straus, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JDS Uniphase Corp., assumes the additional role of President. Gregory Dougherty takes over as Chief Operating Officer and Don Scifres is appointed Chief Strategy Officer.  June 13, 2001

Chuck Eng to Veicon Technology, Inc. as Senior Vice President of Business Development.  June 19, 2001 

Sheridan Dickinson to Verestar, Inc. as President of Competitive Networks Solutions.  June 11, 2001

Paul R. Cox to Andrew Corporation as Group President, Communication Products.  June 11, 2001

Randy J. Tomlin to Southwestern Bell as President, Southwestern Bell - Kansas.  June 11, 2001

Jackie Altwasser to Shaw Communications Inc. as Vice President, Finance.  June 7, 2001

Kevin Shea to Bell Globemedia as Group Executive Vice-President of Convergence.  June 6, 2001

Creative  

Nicolas Dubé to PALM Publicité Marketing in Montreal as Creative Vice President.  June 20, 2001

Steve Crawford to Académie-Ogilvy as Vice President, Creative Director.  June 19, 2001

Kim Foster to Bates Canada as Art Director. 
June 13, 2001

Publicis Montreal has made several appointments to its creative department. Michel Beaudet will head the department, Michel Van Houtte is Co-director and Caroline Jarvis returns as Creative Director.   June 6, 2001

Susan Strack to Myriad Marketing Inc. as Senior Art Director.  June 4, 2001


Financial Services 
  


Chisholm Lyons to Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. as Vice President of Marketing. 
June 29, 2001

James Baumgartner to Moneris Solutions as President and CEO.  June 29, 2001

Sylvia V. Stinson to Middlefield Bancorp Limited as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  June 27, 2001

Jane Beatty to The CPP Investment Board as Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.  June 27, 2001

Karen A. Slezak to Soberman Isenbaum & Colomby as a new Tax Partner.  June 26, 2001

Marcus L. Jewett to The Bank of Canada as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. 
June 21, 2001

William (Bill) Graham to Proponix as President and Chief Executive Officer.  June 20, 2001

Louise Roy to ING Canada as Vice-President, Marketing and Commercial Services at IATA and its Representative in Canada, as a member of its Advisory Board.  June 20, 2001

Bank of Montreal/BMO Nesbitt Burns have made several appointments: William A. Downe is Deputy Chairman, Bank of Montreal and Chief Executive, Officer, BMO Nesbitt Burns; L. Jacques Menard is Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns and continues as President, Bank of Montreal Group of Companies, Quebec; Yvan J.P. Bourdeau is President and Chief Operating Officer, BMO Nesbitt Burns, Investment Banking Group; Thomas V. Milroy is Vice Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns, Global Head of Investment and Corporate Banking, Investment Banking Group; Eric C. Tripp is Vice Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns and Head of the Equity Division, Investment Banking Group; David R. Hyma is Executive Managing Director, BMO Nesbitt Burns and Global Head of Capital Markets, Investment Banking Group; and Gilles G. Ouellette is President and Chief Executive Officer of the bank's Private Client Group and Deputy Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns.  June 19, 2001

Michael Beckerman to The Bank of Montreal as Senior Vice President of Marketing.  June 18, 2001

Monique Leroux to Desjardins Laurentian Financial Corp. as President.  June 18, 2001

Dean Kehler to CIBC World Markets Corp. as Vice-Chairman.  June 18, 2001

Brad Hurtubise to BMO Nesbitt Burns as Executive Managing Director.  June 18, 2001

Luc St-Arnault to the Institute of Finance Mathematics of Montreal (IFM2) as General Director.  June 15, 2001

W. Alston Beinhorn to The Citigroup Private Bank as Vice-President and Global Market Manager, The Citigroup Private Bank (Canada). June 12, 2001

Paul Taylor to TAL Global Asset Management Inc. as President and Chief Operating Officer of TAL Fund Management.   June 12, 2001

David M. Star to TAL Fund Management as First Vice-President, Products.  June 12, 2001

Walter Macnee to MasterCard International as President of Canadian operations.   June 8, 2001

Broadcasting/Publishing/Media/
Entertainment
    


 Sarah Crawford and Mary Powers to CHUM Television as Vice-President, Public Affairs, and Vice President, Communication and Promotion, respectively.
June 29, 2001  

Fred Kuntz to Torstar Media Group as Publisher of The Record in Kitchener-Waterloo and Group Publisher of the Grand River Valley Newspapers, including The Record, Guelph Mercury and Cambridge Reporter.   June 29, 2001 

Raymond J. Carnovale to CBC/Radio Canada as Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer.  June 29, 2001 

John Hayes to Corus Radio as President.   June 27, 2001

Youth Culture Inc. appoints Rolf Dinsdale Publisher of its Fuel magazine.  
June 21, 2001

Lise Ravary to Châtelaine Magazine as Publisher.  June 19, 2001    

Sharon Sproule to Rogers Media as Director of Research for the Greater Vancouver Radio Group. June 15, 2001    

Jay Brodbar to NADbank as Research Director.  June 8, 2001 

Patrick Gedge to the Canadian Tourism Commission as Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing.   June 7, 2001

Murdoch Davis to CanWest Global Communications as Vice-President and Editor-in-Chief of Southam News.   June 4, 2001

HealthCare/Pharmaceutical    

B. William Shragge to St. Peter's Health System as Chief of Staff and Vice-President of Academic Medical Affairs, effective Aug. 1, 2001.  June 29, 2001

Monique Létourneau to Procyon BioPharma Inc. as Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.   June 21, 2001

Rod Wilson to SYN*X Pharma Inc. as Chief Operating Officer.  June 12, 2001

Stephen D. McElroy to The Medicine Group as Vice President, Business Development, and General Manager TMG Consulting.  June 6, 2001

Pier-Giogio Fontana to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. as Vice President, Drug Regulatory Affairs.   June 5, 2001

 

   


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