CALGARY, Oct. 22 /CNW/ - Rick Skauge, CEO, Olympia Financial Group Inc. (OLY, TSX-V), ("the Company") today announced the resignation of Dewar McCarthy as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance effective October 31, 2007. This is part of a planned re-alignment of duties and responsibilities within the related group of Companies due to our extensive growth over the past couple of years. Dewar moves to an associated Company to take up a similar role.
The Company would at this time like to introduce Gerhard Barnard as the incumbent Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance effective November 01, 2007.
Gerhard comes to us from The Standard Bank of South Africa. Gerhard was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, obtained a Master degree of Commerce, specializing in Financial Management from the University of Johannesburg. Gerhard has extensive experience in financial and regulatory reporting, financial management of multi-disciplinary environments and an in-depth business understanding of processes and strategic value drivers. Gerhard is married to Luise, they have two daughters and he is a keen photographer.