People on the move
Development/Construction
Celso Stifelmann has become a partner at Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership Architects Designers Planners. Stifelmann joined the firm in early 2005, bringing more than 20 years of experience in Brazil and Canada in mixed-use, residential and commercial retail building types as well as project management and delivery.
Health/Medical
Allison Nourse, manager of the pharmacy service and Medicine Centre pharmacies at Unipharm Wholesale Drugs, has been elected president of the board of directors of the BC Pharmacy Association.
Randy Konrad, director of pharmacy (B.C.), Sobeys, has been elected vice-president. Joining the board are Chris Waller, pharmacist/ owner, Lakeside Medicine Centre Pharmacy (Kelowna), and John Forster-Coull, owner/manager, Victoria Compounding Pharmacy. Returning directors include David Pavan (past president), pharmacy operations specialist, Shoppers Drug Mart; Alex Dar Santos, associate-owner, Shoppers Drug Mart (Richmond); Mark Dickson, principal, MD Hygieia Advisory; Julie Ford, pharmacist, Glover’s Medicine Centre Pharmacy; Nemanja Filipovic, associate-owner, multiple Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies (Vancouver); Ralph Lai, general manager, drugstore, Overwaitea Food Group; Glen Schoepp, pharmacist and consultant, St. Anthony’s Clinic Pharmacy (Victoria); and John Tse, vicepresident, pharmacy and cosmetics, London Drugs.
Hospitality/Tourism/Convention
Peeter Wesik has been appointed a director on the Royal BC Museum’s board. Wesik, president of Wesgroup Properties, previously practised law as a partner at Russell & Dumoulin (now Fasken Martineau DuMoulin) and is involved in numerous industry associations including the Urban Development Institute, where he served as a director and past chair. He is also a past trustee of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Legal
Scott Howie has joined Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP as an associate with a general corporate/commercial practice.
Karoline Clarke has joined Terra Law Corp. as an associate lawyer. Clarke joins the firm after articling with the Vancouver office of a global law firm. She will assist clients with all aspects of real estate transactions, developments and financings.
Public
Greg Gutmanis has been appointed chief financial officer, VP of acquisitions and corporate secretary at Diversified Royalty Corp. Gutmanis previously served as interim CFO of the company from March 2014 to January 2015. Jason Granger has stepped down as the company’s CFO and corporate secretary to pursue another opportunity. Gutmanis rejoins the company from Maxam Opportunities Fund II LP, a private equity firm that focuses on structured investments in both publicly traded and private companies, where he served as CFO and vice-president since early 2009.
Real estate
Frank Wood has been promoted to senior vice-president at Baywest Management Corp., an Associa company. Adam Lord has been hired to take on Wood’s former role as vice-president of operations. Wood has been with Baywest for eight years and will be moving from the Vancouver office to the Surrey location. Lord has more than 16 years of experience in the property management field.
Resources
Alan Baker has been appointed vice-president, project and construction manager, for Euromax Resources Ltd.’s Ilovica project in Macedonia. Baker brings more than 35 years of experience in the mining sector and has a proven track record in successful project management and construction. He previously acted as project manager on the Santa Rosa gold deposit in Colombia for Red Eagle Mining, where he took responsibility for the project feasibility study and final permitting and on through to project financing.
Sales/Marketing
Dusty Yurkin has joined Outsource Marketing’s White Rock office as a marketing co-ordinator. Yurkin previously worked in administration and marketing for VIA Architecture. Her latest production work, as well as two articles, can be found in the 2015 issue of Pacific Rim Magazine, distributed with the Globe and Mail.
Technology
Richard Meiklejohn has been appointed CEO of Zafin, a provider of relationship banking software for the financial services industry. Based in Hong Kong, Meiklejohn has more than 25 years of software, consulting, sales and management experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Zafin, he was a partner in Heidrick and Struggles’ leadership consulting practice, focusing on individual, team and organizational development across multiple industries, including financial services.
Companies on the move
Name change
WPCG has rebranded and changed its name to IT/IQ Tech Recruiters. The firm’s business address and phone numbers remain the same. Visit www.it-iq.com/wpcg-is-now-it-iq for full details.
New Address
Talk Shop Media has moved its Vancouver office to 1498 West 5th Avenue. Phone numbers remain the same and contact information may be found at www.talkshopmedia.com.
Hats Off
Business in Vancouver welcomes submissions from local small businesses and large corporations alike that demonstrate examples of corporate philanthropy and community involvement in the Vancouver area. High-resolution images are also welcome.
Great-West Life donated $15,000 on behalf of GWL Realty Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of Great- West Life. The funds will be directed towards the purchase of much needed equipment at Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Over 600 newborns, children and teens with life-threatening illnesses and their families receive pediatric palliative care from Canuck Place through outreach programs and its two hospice locations in Vancouver and Abbotsford.
Scotiabank donated $5,000 to the Vancouver Board of Trade, in support of its Leaders of Tomorrow mentorship program.
British Columbia Automobile Association employees and partners provided Zajac Ranch for Children with more than 350 hours of donated time, as well as building and landscape materials. The team undertook important renovations and improvements around the facility.
CTG Brands donated $30,000 to Richmond Hospital Foundation to help purchase a new portable ultrasound unit. The unit will be used to help insert PICC lines, thin soft plastic tubes that allow patients to receive medicines and fluids through an intravenous-like line in the arm. •
