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Velan Inc. appoints Rishi Sharma as Executive Vice President Finance and incoming Chief Financial Officer. He will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer on May 23, 2022.
Velan Inc. appoints Rishi Sharma as Executive Vice President Finance and incoming Chief F...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Velan Inc. appoints Rishi Sharma as Executive Vice President Finance and incoming Chief Financial Officer. He will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer on May 23, 2022.\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n MONTREAL\n \n \n ,\n \n \n April 18, 2022\n \n \n /CNW Telbec/ - Velan Inc. (TSX: VLN) (the \"Company\"), a world-leading manufacturer of industrial valves, is pleased to announce the appointment of\n \n Rishi Sharma\n \n who will begin today as Executive Vice President Finance and will undertake his official responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer on\n \n May 23, 2022\n \n . He will be a key member of the Company's Executive Management team and will succeed\n \n Benoit Alain\n \n , who will be leaving the company effective\n \n May 23, 2022\n \n , following his resignation in\n \n December 2021\n \n . Mr. Sharma will report directly to\n \n Bruno Carbonaro\n \n , President & CEO, as well as\n \n Suzanne Blanchet\n \n , Chair of the Audit Committee of Velan Inc.\n \n \n \n Rishi Sharma\n \n began his career at Deloitte & Touche in 2005 and progressed to lead finance departments in the aerospace and rail manufacturing industry through senior roles across Alstom SA and Bombardier since 2008.\n \n \n At Bombardier, he held successive roles in various Finance departments including Global Risk Assessment and Audit; Head of Finance for the Pilot and Technical Training business unit, where he played a key role  in the sale of the business to CAE; a Global Financial Planning & Analysis Process and IT System Transformation role - implementing SAP Business Planning & Consolidation across the globe; Head of Strategic Finance, Planning & Analysis at the Aerostructures and Engineering Services Business unit where he was instrumental in the acquisition of the Global 7500 business aircraft wing business; and finally as Global Head of Strategic Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis at Bombardier Transportation and based in\n \n Berlin, Germany\n \n where he was a key player...