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Michael Kreuger is senior Noordin Nanji is partner at Joel Camley and Margaret Fitzpatrick are partners at Gowling Justin Stubbs joins RealCap Wendy Slavin is CEO of the vice-president of finance Stikeman Elliott Lafleur Henderson Financial as a partner Canadian Breast Cancer and accounting at SilverBirch Foundation, BC and Yukon Hotels & Resorts region

Julie Guenkel and Graeme mortgages, Ontario, at Cit- promoted to branch man- office group leader for the chairman of the board of People Cocke have been appointed izens . ager, Vancouver, at The trade-mark national prac- Baja Mining Corp. He is managers at Smy t he Headhunters Recruitment tice group. president of CB Gold Inc. on the Move Ratcliffe LLP. Bowers was •General Inc. She was previously sen- Email your For the Record previously a manager at Carlos Teixeira has been ior recruitment consultant Jennifer Archer, Shantela Brad Johansen has resigned information to: fortherec- Smythe Ratcliffe. Lee, So appointed director of sales at The Headhunters, and Blaeser and Melanie Brad- from the board of Conifex [email protected]. Please include and Sachdeva were previ- and marketing at NCIX. He David Aplin Recruiting. ley have been promoted to Timber Inc. in order to pur- a high-resolution, colour ously senior accountants at was previously western sales partner at Borden Ladner sue other interests. headshot where possible. the firm and Puhacz was manager for LG Electronics •Legal Gervais LLP. Archer was a senior tax accountant Canada. Noordin Nanji has been previously an associate in Douglas Penrose has been •Accounting with the company. Capps, appointed partner at Stike- the firm’s corporate com- appointed chairman of the David Sale has been was previously manager at •Hospitality/ man Elliott. He was previ- mercial practice. Blaeser board of First Majestic Sil- appointed to the board of BDO Kamloops, Guenkel Tourism/Convention ously senior counsel at the and Bradley were previously ver Corp., replacing Rob- governors of the Certi- was previously controller Michael Kreuger has been firm and vice-president, associates in the securities ert McCallum. Penrose is fied General Accountants at Cressey Development appointed senior vice- strategy and development, and capital markets group. chairman of the company’s Association of BC. He is a Group and Cocke was pre- president of finance and at audit committee and was professor at Kwantlen Poly- viously senior manager at accounting at SilverBirch Inc. •Non-Profit previously vice-president technic University’s School Ernst & Young LLP. Hotels & Resorts. He was Wendy Slavin has been of finance and corporate of Business. previously vice-president Joel Camley and Mar- appointed CEO of the Can- services for the BC Lottery •Finance and controller of the For- garet Fitzpatrick have been adian Breast Cancer Foun- Corp. Martin Palacios has Linda Bowers has been pro- Justin Stubbs has joined zani Group Ltd. and cor- appointed partners at Gowl- dation, BC and Yukon been appointed chief infor- moted to principal, Mathew RealCap Financial as a part- porate controller at Nike ing Lafleur Henderson region. mation officer (CIO) of First Lee, Vipin Sachdeva, Mar- ner. He was previously direc- Canada Ltd. LLP. Camley is a member Majestic. He was previously garet Puhacz and Michelle tor of commercial credit with of the business law group •Resources director of global applica- So have been promoted to Coast Capital Savings and •Human Resources and was called to the BC Bar Giles Baynham has been tions and IT at , manager and Ben Capps, vice-president, commercial Carly Fairhurst has been in 2003. Fitzpatrick is the appointed independent CIO of Pivotal Corp. and

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By Glen Korstrom

lizabeth Harrison has Eimpressed countless legal clients through the years with her strong legal knowledge and ability to Linda Bowers (top left to right) is a principal and Mathew Lee, Vipin Sachdeva, Margaret Puhacz, Michelle So (bottom left to right), Ben solve problems. Capps, Julie Guenkel and Graeme Cocke are managers at Smythe Ratcliffe But her influence in the field of law and elsewhere also stems from an eight- Signal Alignment, Inc. He was previously managing year stint as chairwoman partner at Ernst & Young of British Columbia Ferry Elizabeth Harrison: “I’ve LLP. Services Inc. learned aspects of business as The role showed young- well as the practice of law” Zack Wickes has joined er women that it’s possible PNI Digital Media as vice- to have a busy and success- books complied with new president of technology. He was previously vice- ful career while taking on regulations. president, software engin- significant responsibilities A Farris partner since eering, at MMX Software outside of work and family. 1978, Harrison has worked Inc. and CTO and vice- It also helped land her Busi- on a number of significant president, software develop- ness in Vancouver’s 2012 mergers and acquisitions, in- ment, at Yummy Interactive Inc. Influential Women in Busi- cluding the complex takeover ness lifetime achievement award. “She is both influential Companies “She is both influential on the Move and persuasive,” said Mac- and persuasive” Donald, Dettwiler and As- – Anil Wirasekara, Mechele Bilton, branch manager, TD Canada Trust; Adrienne Bakker, president and CEO, Royal • New In Town sociates Ltd. (TSX:MDA) CFO, Columbian Hospital Foundation (RCHF); Belle Puri, RCHF board chair and RCHF director, John On4 Communications, CFO Anil Wirasekara, who MacDonald, Dettwiler Ashbridge Inc. is located at Suite 102, has known Harrison since and Associates 628 West 12th Avenue, the 1990s and worked with Vancouver. her on MDA’s two IPOs and vice-president of informa- Gregory Martin has been Portal Resources Ltd. and multiple acquisitions. battle between Inland Nat- tion technology for Seagate appointed senior vice- controller for Scovill Fas- Software. president and CFO of Sil- teners Mexico. Hats Off Harrison had no female ural Gas and Trans Moun- ver Standard Resources Business in Vancouver wel- lawyer role models when she tain Pipeline Co. in the early Ian Stalker has been Inc. He was previously vice- Grant Hall has been comes submissions from was growing up in small- 1980s and the BC Telephone local small businesses and appointed to the board of president, business develop- appointed president and large corporations alike that town Alberta in the 1950s Co. and Corp. merger Aura Minerals Inc. He is ment, and treasurer for CEO of Harmony Gold and 1960s. in the late 1990s. NovaGold Resources Inc. Corp., replacing Craig demonstrate examples of CEO of Brazilian Gold corporate philanthropy and She earned her law de- Her board involvements Corp. and was previously Englesman, who has Danny Williams, former resigned but will remain a community involvement in gree at the University of Al- have included the St. Paul’s CEO of Berkeley Resources the Vancouver area. High- premier of Newfoundland director of the company. berta in 1972 and was hired Hospital Foundation and Ltd. and UraMin Inc. resolution images are also and Labrador, has been Hall is president and CEO Vancouver Opera. She sits welcome. as an articling student at Hannes Meyer and Juliet appointed special adviser of Brigadier Gold Ltd. and Farris, Vaughan, Wills and on the boards of directors Wall have joined First to the chairman of Alderon was previously president Avison Young’s Vancou- Murphy LLP. at the Forum for Women Iron Ore Corp. of Western Warrior Quantum Minerals Ltd. ver office raised more than Entrepreneurs and BC as CFO and general man- Resources. $12,000 for Movember, the Brian Causey has been The role showed younger Ferries. ager, finance, respectively. moustache-growing char- “I’ve learned aspects of Meyer was previously finan- appointed a director of Cas- Lisa May has been appointed ity event that raises aware- cial director with Harmony cadero Copper Corp. He director of investor relations ness and funds for prostate women that it’s possible business as well as the prac- is vice-president, project at Bear Creek Mining. She Gold Mining Co. Ltd. and cancer. tice of law,” Harrison said. finance, for Hunter Dickin- is principal of Lisa D. May executive director, CFO and “I’ve been able to apply that son Inc. and was previously & Associates and was pre- to have a busy and acting CEO of Teal Explor- TD Canada Trust donated knowledge, and try to be of a partner of KPMG, LLP. viously director of investor $10,000 to Royal Colum- ation and Mining Inc. Wall relations for Plutonic Power successful career while assistance to clients in a way was previously group finan- bian Hospital (RCH) to James O’Neil Jr. has been Corp. help build a multipurpose that is not pure legal but pro- cial controller at Anglo appointed CFO of Gryphon vides solutions that fit a busi- American Plc. interventional suite that will taking on significant Gold Corp. He was pre- Paul Matysek has been expand cardiac, stroke and ness requirement.” viously CFO and COO of appointed to the board of aneurysm care at RCH. Harrison will receive her Saurabh Handa has been Jipangu International and NMC Resource Corp. He is responsibilities outside award March 6 at the 13th appointed CFO of Yellow- vice-president, finance, CEO of Lithium One Inc. Chase Office Interiors head Mining Inc., replacing controller and treasurer for donated $5,000 to the Child of work and family annual Influential Women Robert Harper who will Apollo Gold Corp. •Technology Development Foundation in Business luncheon at remain with the company Douglas King has been of BC to help children with the Fairmont Waterfront as a consultant. Handa Erika Vargas has been appointed to the board of special needs, at the Cen- When the B.C. gov- Hotel. was previously corporate appointed CFO of Orestone Westport Innovations Inc. tre for Child Development ernment brought in a new Tickets are still available controller for SouthGobi Mining Corp., replacing He is a director at Silicon receive the therapies and Resources Ltd. and senior Lorne Torhjelm, who has Graphics International services they require for a Companies Act in 1973, Har- and can be purchased online staff accountant at Deloitte resigned. Vargas was previ- Corp., SJW Corp. and better quality of life and to rison was the point-person at (www.biv.com/iwib). • and Touche LLP. oulsy senior accountant for Adaptive Spectrum and reach their potential. • at Farris to ensure clients’ [email protected]