CLIENTS:
Dylex, the Toronto-based parent of BiWay, Braemar and Fairweather, has made some management changes. William Anderson, chairman, president and CEO, has relinquished his role as president to Louis-Phillipe Vanier. Vanier, who was instrumental in repositioning Fairweather into a profitable chain, also becomes COO of Dylex’s fashion retail divisions. Meanwhile, Graeme Eadie, executive VP, CFO and corporate secretary, has been replaced by Ian Young, formerly VP, business development.
Aliant Telecom has promoted Jack Travis to the post of senior VP of sales and marketing. The move follows the departure of Murray Souter as VP marketing for the Halifax-based telecommunications giant, which was established last May as a holding company for the four Atlantic Canada telcos. Travis was previously senior VP of sales.
Sprint Canada VP sales and marketing John Boynton is moving to Boston to become president of eYak, a company that integrates telephone and Web technology.
Heinz Canada has promoted Peter Luik to VP marketing. Luik came to the Toronto office of Heinz last year as general manager of the company’s pet food portfolio. Prior to that, he was director of marketing at Nabisco. He replaces Bruce Atherley, who moved to the U.S. to become president and CEO of Petlife Foods.
AGENCIES:
Veteran adman and former Strategy columnist Graham Watt has moved to Sackville, N.B. to become "creative in residence" at SCGI. His duties will include strategic and creative planning, writing, and mentoring the agency’s young creatives. The move accompanies the dissolution of his former partnership in Montreal, Watt Burt Advertising, but he and Jim Burt will continue working together on their Dairy Farmers of Ontario account.
Kathryn Nero and Michael Lake have joined the creative department of Due North Communications in Toronto, as art director and writer, respectively. Nero’s experience includes stints at Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis/BCP, Gee, Jeffery & Partners and Roche Macaulay & Partners. Lake began his career at Bristol Communications in St. John’s, Nfld., and from there moved on to positions with Bozell Worldwide and Padulo Integrated in Toronto.
Irvin Lebovits has resigned as president of Toronto-based DraftWorldwide Canada. Lebovits was a founder of The Gingko Group, which was acquired by Chicago-based DraftWorldwide in 1998. The company has not chosen a successor.
Bill Fitch is handling day-to-day operations at Genesis Media’s Vancouver and Calgary offices, as VP, Genesis Media West. He replaces David Stanger, who left the company in February.
MEDIA:
After five years, Grant Crosbie has left his position as VP and general manager with The Globe and Mail to become a partner in biotech startup International Health Sciences. Crosbie joined the Globe in 1989 as director of national advertising and was promoted to VP marketing and sales in 1992.
RESEARCH:
Totum Research, a Toronto-based market research consulting firm, has hired Lee Simpson and Jeffrey Shearer as senior consultant and director of the company’s media marketing division, respectively. Simpson comes to the company from Rogers Media where she was group VP and publisher of Chatelaine. Shearer was formerly VP marketing for The Toronto Star.
