Finance
Anne-Marie Butler recently joined the BC Pharmacy Association as director of finance and administration. Prior to this appointment, Butler was with Colliers International and also worked for BC Egg.
Chris Sinclair is now a licensed insolvency trustee with G. Powroznik Group Inc. of G-Force Group, which provides business, industry specialist and professional expertise across a wide range of industries to help investors, lenders and owners maximize the return on their investment in businesses and real estate projects, including those experiencing financial difficulty.
Health/Medical
Kelly Moran has been appointed project manager at BC SUPPORT (Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials) Unit, which supports, streamlines and increases patient-oriented research in British Columbia. Moran’s previous experience includes serving as executive director of information management for the Province of B.C., executive director of public health systems at the B.C. Ministry of Health and controller at Land and Water British Columbia.
Human Resources
Mike Shekhtman has been appointed regional manager for Robert Half, the specialized staffing firm. Shekhtman previously served as branch manager for Robert Half in Vancouver. In his current role, Shekhtman oversees Robert Half teams in B.C., and works with businesses seeking qualified candidates and with professionals seeking new roles.
Legal
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP recently welcomed the following associates to its Vancouver office: Chris Lee (infrastructure, construction, procurement, business and corporate commercial); Matthew Tolan (commercial real estate); Sal Pimentel (corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions [M&As]; securities registrant regulation and compliance and corporate governance and special committees); Auke Visser (environmental law, maritime law, insurance and tort liability, transportation); Rob Biggar (tax, corporate tax and charities, non-profits); Morgan Baker (insurance and tort liability, product liability, transportation); Kristen Withers (litigation and arbitration, corporate commercial litigation and arbitration, defamation and media law, regulatory and project approval litigation and arbitration); Lindsey von Bloedau (construction dispute resolution), previously with Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP; Andrew Hennigar (M&As, corporate finance and securities, business and corporate commercial, private equity), previously with Michael, Evrensel & Pawar LLP; and Kirsten Kjellander (tax, corporate tax), previously with KPMG.
Rachelle Mezzarobba has become a partner at Clark Wilson LLP. Mezzarobba’s practice areas include commercial real estate, general business law, private company mergers and acquisitions and franchising.
Non-profit
Karen Tam Wu has been appointed acting B.C. director at the Pembina Institute, Canada’s clean-energy think tank. Maximilian Kniewasser has been named director of its B.C. climate policy program. Mathew Hupfield, previously with the New Relationship Trust Foundation, has joined the institute as associate director of strategic partnerships in B.C. Tam Wu, a registered professional forester, remains director of the Buildings and Urban Solutions program.
ResourcesDavid Shaw has been appointed to Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd.’s advisory board as a technical adviser to its Rochford gold project in South Dakota. Shaw has more than three decades of experience in the resource and finance industries with specific emphasis on technical and financial due diligence of resource projects.
Michael Prinsloo has been appointed to International Millennium Mining Corp.’s board of directors. Prinsloo has more than 40 years of experience in the international mining industry, including a 25-year career with Anglo American Corp. in South Africa.
Technology
Jenny Johnstone, a Vancouver-based consultant and former criminal intelligence analyst with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, has joined Micro Systemation Canada Inc.’s board of directors. Johnstone is also a former president of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts, and continues to lead training seminars and consult in criminal intelligence.
Transportation
Jim Corr has been appointed vice-president, planning and estimating, at Vancouver Shipyards (VSY). Corr has more than 37 years of experience in the shipbuilding industry and joined VSY in January 2017 as a consultant. He was previously with General Dynamics BIW, where he worked as senior director and vice-president of planning, responsible for all aspects of production, repair, life-cycle support, planning, engineering and data on the DDG1000 and DDG51 Destroyer programs.
Doron Grosman has been appointed president and CEO at GCT Global Container Terminals Inc., replacing Stephen Edwards, who served in the position since 2012. Grosman is a multi-industry executive with experience in a variety of C-suite roles. Most recently from 2010 to 2017, he was an operating partner at New York-based Court Square Capital Partners, where he was a member of the investment team working with portfolio companies in a variety of service and technology industry sectors, on key strategic and operational initiatives. Grosman also previously served as president for Hexcel Corp., a public company that specializes in advanced composites technology, and he also served as president of Quebecor Magazine Printing Solutions.
Hats Off
Kinetic Construction donated $2,500 to Children’s Wish Foundation. The funds were partial proceeds from the firm’s annual golf tournament and will go toward granting wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses.
The Connor, Clark & Lunn Foundation donated $8,000 to Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland. These funds will help the organization match at-risk girls with supportive mentors through its one-to-one mentoring program.
The Coquitlam Foundation donated a $3,500 grant toBig Sisters of BC Lower Mainland, as well as a $3,500 grant to Coquitlam-based Children of the Street Society. The funds given to Big Sisters will help to support the Study Buddy program, which matches at-risk girls with a supportive mentor. Little Sisters in this program not only improve their academics but also report a higher level of self-esteem. The funds given to the Children of the Street Society will support the delivery of the society’s school-based prevention workshops. Last school year, the society presented its workshop to almost 3,500 children and youth in Coquitlam alone; close to 24,000 young people were reached provincewide.
Rogers Sugar Vancouver of Lantic Inc. donated $35,000 to Union Gospel Mission (UGM) and provided 19 volunteers for UGM’s summer barbecue. As lead sponsor of the event, Rogers Sugar gave Vancouver’s homeless and lower-income families a summer celebration they may have otherwise missed.
Shafin Diamond Tejani, founder and CEO of Victory Square Technologies, recently established a $75,000 matching fund in support of Simon Fraser University’s new Victory Square Girls Tech Camp. The five-day camp, which ran in July at Surrey’s Cindrich Elementary School and Green Timbers Elementary School, provided hands-on workshops in fundamental computer programming and engineering skills to girls in grades 6 and 7. Only 25 spots were available at each school, and students had to be turned away. The matching fund donation will help to grow the camp in future years. For more information on the camp, or to learn about donating, contact Christopher Duffin, associate director of advancement, faculty of applied sciences, SFU, at 778-242-1844 or [email protected].
Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation donated $1,500 towards the Down Syndrome Research Foundation’s (DSRF) educational programs for individuals with Down syndrome. DSRF’s programs include one-to-one reading, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and a variety of group programs for adults and adolescents with Down syndrome. •
