Monday, September 13, 2010

Canadian CFOs on the Move – week ended September 10, 2010

Provident Energy Trust (TSX: PVE.UN, NYSE: PVX) announced that Brent Heagy has been appointed Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") effective October 1, 2010. Brent will succeed Mark Walker who, as previously announced, will be stepping down from the role effective September 30, 2010. Mr. Heagy was most recently Chief Financial Officer of a Calgary based mid-sized Energy Trust. Prior to that, he was Chief Risk Officer for EnCana Corporation in Calgary, Chief Financial Officer for PanCanadian Energy Corporation's US operations based in Houston, Texas and began his career with Coopers & Lybrand in Calgary.

Catch the Wind Ltd. (TSX-V: CTW) announced that Robin Roge has been appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, succeeding David Samuels. Since 2009, Robin has served as Director of Accounting of the Company and has performed its Controller function.

NexGen Financial LP announced that Abe Goenka has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer adding to his current responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer. Moira Saganski, a founding shareholder of NexGen, has relinquished her CFO responsibilities and will continue to work with the firm in fund administration.

Corvus Gold Inc. (TSX: KOR) announced the appointment of Michael Kinley as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Michael started his career with KPMG, where he became a partner in 1981. Since 1993, Mike has been the president of Winslow Associates Management & Communications Inc., a private consulting firm which provides accounting and regulatory support services to junior public companies.

Silver Dragon Resources Inc. (OTCBB: SDRG.OB) announced the appointment of Jeffrey D. Sherman as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. He is a director of several companies, as well as chief financial officer of a TSX-listed company.

Pioneering Technology Corp. (TSX-V: PTE) announced that Peter Knee has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He most recently served as CFO for Citicapital, a large equipment finance company wholly owned by Citigroup until its recent sale to GE Capital

Intermap Technologies Corporation (TSX: IMP) announced the resignation of Brian Musfeldt from the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Vice-President.

Avante Security Corp. (TSX-V: ASY) announced that Raghu Sampath was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation. Prior to joining Avante, Mr. Sampath spent seven years at Sapphire Technologies Canada (formerly CNC Global limited), Canada's largest IT Staffing Company where he was responsible for all finance and accounting functions of the company.

Vivonet Inc. announced the appointment of Jim MacCallum as Chief Financial Officer. Jim will be replacing Kevin Falk, who assumed the role of interim Chief Finance Officer in October 2008. Kevin has transitioned into the role of Chief Product Officer at Vivonet. Prior to joining Vivonet, Jim was Vice President of Finance for Absolute Software (TSE:ABT). He has also held similar positions at Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) as Controller, Global Customer Financial Services and at PMC-Sierra Inc. (NASDAQ:PMCS) as Controller of Operations.

Cequence Energy Ltd. (TSX: CQE) announced the appointment of David Gillis as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

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