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Longview Capital Partners Management Changes
Longview Capital Partners Management Changes
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nLongview Capital Partners Management Changes\n\n\n May 15, 2009 (Filing Services Canada) -- Longview Capital Partners Inc. (LV - TSX, L6V - FWB, LGVWF - OTCBB_Pink_Sheets), announced today that Damien Reynolds, Chairman, CEO and founder of the Company has resigned his official positions, to take effect May 31, 2009. Hein Poulus, Lead Director and the largest shareholder of the Company, has been appointed Chairman, and John Icke, currently President and COO, will become Chief Executive Officer.Mr. Reynolds founded Longview Capital Partners in March 2005, and the company went public in September 2005, first on the TSX Venture Exchange as a Tier 2 listing. Longview Capital Partners was soon promoted to Tier 1, and then graduated to the main TSX Exchange in September 2007.Hein Poulus was a founding director of the Company and has served as Lead Director since inception. Mr. Poulus is a partner at Stikeman Ellliot LLP law firm and has held senior management positions with various Kaiser Group companies whose activities included coal production and trading, oil and gas, real estate, and professional football. He then served as a senior officer of Southeastern Capital Corporation, a Denver-based leveraged buyout group with interests in broadcasting, petroleum product distribution, and environmental laboratories. Mr. Poulus is currently a director of Tournigan Gold Corporation, Finavera Renewables Inc and Oriental Minerals Inc. He holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of British Columbia and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics.John Icke joined Longview Capital Partners in January 2008 as President and Chief Operating Officer, and has been nominated to join the Company's board of directors at this year's Annual General Meeting. He is a senior executive with more than 25 years global management experience, 14 in the role of President, General Manager or Chief Executive Officer, in both the private and public sector. He was previously the president of Accenture Business Services for Utilities, the largest business process outsourcing practice of its kind worldwide. Mr. Icke has significant experience with private equity in addition to debt and public equity financings.Hein Poulus notes \"I have enjoyed working with Damien on various ventures since 2000 and wish to thank him for his immeasurable contributions to...