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Olympia Financial Group Inc. appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Olympia Financial Group Inc. appoints new Chief Financial Officer.
About this update from Olympia Financial Group Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nCALGARY, Oct. 22 /CNW/ - Rick Skauge, CEO, Olympia Financial Group Inc.\n(OLY, TSX-V), ("the Company") today announced the resignation of Dewar\nMcCarthy as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance effective\nOctober 31, 2007. This is part of a planned re-alignment of duties and\nresponsibilities within the related group of Companies due to our extensive\ngrowth over the past couple of years. Dewar moves to an associated Company to\ntake up a similar role.\n\n\nThe Company would at this time like to introduce Gerhard Barnard as the\nincumbent Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance effective\nNovember 01, 2007.\n\n\nGerhard comes to us from The Standard Bank of South Africa. Gerhard was\nborn in Bloemfontein, South Africa, obtained a Master degree of Commerce,\nspecializing in Financial Management from the University of Johannesburg.\nGerhard has extensive experience in financial and regulatory reporting,\nfinancial management of multi-disciplinary environments and an in-depth\nbusiness understanding of processes and strategic value drivers. Gerhard is\nmarried to Luise, they have two daughters and he is a keen photographer.\n\n\n","length":1226,"tagName":"div"}]