Ingolf Blanken, Carla Figueiredo, Linda Quinn, Al Bushby and Enrique Robles have joined ABBARCH Architecture Inc. as technicians. Figueiredo was previously a technician at Perkins + Will Canada, Quinn was previously a technician at RKD Architects, Bushby was previously a technician with Busby Perkins Will and HCMA and Robles was previously a technician at Musson Cattell Mackey and Omicron.
Bridgitte Anderson has joined Edelman as vice-president in the corporate affairs and public group. She was previously director of marketing and communications at Crofton House School, press secretary to B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and national anchor for CTV News.
Jay Notay has joined BCIT as dean of the school of transportation. He was previously dean and associate dean with Georgian College and Mohawk College managing the marine, aviation and automotive programs.
Shirley Stocker has stepped down as executive director of the CKNW Orphans’ Fund and Jen Schaeffers has been appointed her replacement. Schaeffers was previously director of marketing and communications for Sport BC and marketing manager at Canucks Sports and Entertainment.
Brian Skinner and Sonja Muller have joined Bistro 101 at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts as restaurant chef instructor and restaurant service instructor, respectively. Skinner was previously development and head production chef for Otarian Restaurants and a chef at Sketch and Viajante. Muller was previously at Araxi and the Hart House Restaurant.
Mark Pacinda has been appointed president and CEO of Boston Pizza International Inc. (BPI), director and CEO of Boston Pizza GP Inc., managing general partner of Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership and administrator of the Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund, replacing BPI chair and owner George Melville in that role. Pacinda was previously executive vice-president, president and COO of BPI. Ken Otto and Wes Bews have been promoted to COO and CFO, respectively, at BPI. Otto was previously executive vice-president, operations, and Bews was previously vice-president, finance, and interim CFO at BPI.
Kenneth Affleck has been appointed as judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Vancouver). He is a partner with Affleck Hira Burgoyne LLP.
Thomas Wachowski has joined McMillan LLP as associate counsel in the capital markets and mergers and acquisitions group. He was called to the B.C. Bar in 2000.
Jeffrey Sackman has been appointed to the board of Digital Shelf Space Corp. He is co-founder of Hollywood Suite Inc., board member of Rainmaker Entertainment and was previously president of Lionsgate Films and founder, president and CEO of THINKFilm.
David Taylor, James Lang and Courtney Markle have joined Colliers International as associate broker, financial analyst and team leader, research, respectively. Taylor was previously a financial analyst with the investment division of Colliers. Lang was previously director of research with Colliers and an appraiser at Johnston, Ross and Cheng Ltd. Markle was previously a research associate for office leasing with Colliers.
Mike McCleave has been appointed CFO of Capella Resources Ltd., replacing Barbara Wolanski. McCleave was previously operations manager for Capella.
Jose Velazquez has been appointed chief geologist at El Tigre Silver Corp. He previously managed projects for El Dorado Gold Corp., Manhattan Mining Corp. and Minera Frisco SAB. Eugene Schmidt has stepped down as El Tigre’s vice-president of exploration but will continue as a consultant and adviser.
George Paspalas has joined Aurizon Mines Ltd. as president, CEO and board member, replacing David Hall, who will continue as chair of the board. Paspalas was previously COO at Silver Standard Resources Inc., executive vice-president and senior vice-president, projects–technical development, at Placer Dome Inc., and president and CEO of Placer Dome Africa.
Colin Sutherland has been appointed CFO of Timmins Gold Corp., replacing Eugene Hodgson who remains as director. Sutherland is a chartered accountant and was previously president and CEO of Nayarit Gold Inc.
Kevin Drover has retired as CEO of Gold Hawk Resources Inc. Paul Eagland, a director and member of the audit committee, has been appointed interim CEO. Alex Langer has been appointed vice-president, corporate communications, at Gold Hawk. He was previously an investment adviser with CanaccordGenuity.
Christopher Hebb, Dwayne Melrose and Ronald Lang have been appointed chair, and board directors, respectively, at Cream Minerals Ltd. Hebb is president and CEO of Cavell Capital Corp. Melrose is vice-president, exploration, for Minco Silver Corp. and Minco Gold Corp. Lang is an independent mining consultant.
Jon Starink has been appointed non-executive director of Macarthur Minerals Ltd. He is a director of Gippsland Ltd. and was previously a consultant to SBC Warburg’s corporate finance department.
Irfan Shariff has been appointed CFO of Cassius Ventures Ltd., replacing Savio Chiu. Shariff was previously corporate secretary of Cassius, an independent consultant and an accountant in the mergers and acquisitions group of Citigroup.
Robert Brown, president, CEO and director of Calibre Mining Corp., has stepped down and Edward Farrauto, a director of Calibre, has been appointed interim president and CEO. Greg Smith and Adrian Newton have been appointed vice-president, exploration, and country manager, Nicaragua, respectively at the company. Smith is vice-president, exploration, at Edgewater Exploration Inc. and Newton was previously senior project geologist with Calibre.
Ian Pirie has been appointed to the board of International PBX Ventures Ltd. He was previously vice-president, projects, and general manager, Latin America, at Inmet Mining Corp.
Randy Reichert has been appointed COO of Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp., replacing Graham Dickson, who has been appointed senior vice-president, acquisitions and corporate development, at the company. Reichert was previously president and COO of Colossus Minerals Inc. andCOO of Oriel Resources plc and Orsu Metals Corp.
Matthew O’Kane has been appointed CFO of SouthGobi Resources Ltd., replacing Terry Krepiakevich, who remains a senior adviser to the company. O’Kane was previously vice-president, commercial operations and investor relations, at SouthGobi and finance director and executive director of Volvo Car Australia Pty. Ltd.
Lucy Zhang has been appointed CFO and secretary of Goldstrike Resources Ltd. She is CFO at Petro One Energy Corp. and was previously corporate controller at Kodiak Exploration Ltd.
Stephen Gledhill and Leslie Haddow have been appointed CFO and corporate secretary, respectively, at MBMI Resources Inc. Gledhill is a partner in RG Mining Investments Inc. and a principal of Keshill Consulting Associates Inc. He was previously CFO of Borealis Capital Corp. Haddow is corporate secretary of Southern Andes Energy Inc. and was previously corporate secretary of Homeland Uranium Inc., Cornerstone Capital Partners LLP and Avotus Corp. and assistant corporate secretary of the Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust.
John Icke, David McAdam and Christina Boddy have been appointed executive chair, CFO and corporate secretary, respectively, at Teslin River Resources Corp. Icke is president and CEO of Resinco Capital Partners Inc. and was previously president of Accenture Business Services for Utilities Inc. McAdam is CFO of Resinco. Boddy is corporate secretary of Resinco.
Angela Thiessen has been appointed art director of Red Rocket Creative Strategies. She was previously a senior and junior designer with the company.
Alan Jones has been appointed vice-president of global sales at Atimi Software Inc. He was previously an account manager at Apple Canada.
Greg Bobolo has been appointed president of SendtoNews Video Inc. He was previously a strategic adviser to the company, vice-president of sales and marketing for Seeker Solutions, managing director for the Mergis Group and founder of BPG – Bobolo Publications Group Ltd. and Dream House Publications Ltd.
Chip Winslow has been appointed vice-president of field operations at Elastic Path Software. He was previously group vice-president at the Art Technology Group, director of sales at ADP TotalSource and vertical sales at J.D. Edwards.
Daniel Ryan has been appointed to the board of Absolute Software Corp. Ryan is the entrepreneur-in-residence at Split Rock Partners and was previously CEO for Pareto Networks, executive vice-president and general manager for McAfee, CEO and director of Secure Computing, senior vice-president of enterprise content management at Oracle and COO at Stellent.
Slawomir Smulewicz has been appointed CEO of Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc., replacing Stan Lis, who was interim CEO. Smulewicz was previously director and vice-president of the company.