Calian Announces Appointment of New Chief Financial
Officer
KANATA, ONTARIO--Calian (TSE: CTY) is very pleased to announce
that effective July 20th, 2000, Brian Aitken will be joining
Calian as its new Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
replacing Shaun McEwan who was recently promoted to President &
CEO. Brian joins Calian from Domtar, a large Canadian pulp and
paper/forest products company headquartered in Montreal where he
has been Vice-President, Treasury since 1998.
Prior to joining Domtar, Brian worked in Ottawa as Vice-President,
Finance/Chief Financial Officer of E.B. Eddy Limited between 1995
and 1998 and from 1980 to 1994, Brian worked for Alcan Aluminium,
both in Montreal and Toronto, where he held a series of senior
financial positions. Brian is a Chartered Accountant and a
graduate of McGill University.
Shaun McEwan, President & CEO stated "I am extremely pleased that
Brian has decided to join Team Calian. As we embark on the most
exciting time in our corporate history, making Calian the leader
in the Business to Employee market, I am confident that we will
benefit from Brian's wealth of experience and leadership."
Calian is a leading professional and technical services company
helping customers become more successful through three strategic
offerings: e-Business solutions, Human Asset Management solutions,
and Systems Engineering solutions.
Calian's e-Business solutions focus on helping clients take
advantage of new e-business technologies to leverage their
knowledge capital, and make their workforces more productive and
better informed. Human Asset Management solutions give our clients
the ability to exercise critical workforce control. Systems
Engineering provides leading-edge communications infrastructures
to the telecommunications and government sectors.
Ranking among the top professional services organizations in
Canada, Calian has annual revenues of more than $100 Million and a
staff base of more than 2,200. Investing in new markets and new
opportunities, Calian now serves customers in over 14 countries on
six continents. |
