Canadian startup news of the week (4/17/22)
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Shopify swaps CFO, COO amid financial downturn

CFO to exit following third quarter earnings report. E-commerce giant Shopify is shuffling its C-suite even as it continues to deal with the economic…

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FreshBooks appoints Wayne Jackson as CFO to support global expansion, M&A plans
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FreshBooks appoints Wayne Jackson as CFO to support global expansion, M&A plans

FreshBooks aims to tap Jackson’s acquisition and public markets experience. FreshBooks has a new chief financial officer (CFO) in Wayne Jackson, who brings over…

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Bench taps current president and CFO, Jean-Phillipe Durrios, as new CEO

When Bench went looking for its next CEO, the Vancouver-based accounting software startup didn’t have far to search. Bench announced Friday that its current…

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CloudMD
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CloudMD appoints new CEO, CFO in latest exec switchup

CloudMD’s new CEO was formerly the company’s president and global head. Vancouver-based healthtech company CloudMD has appointed Karen Adams as its CEO and John…

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Executive shakeup at Lightspeed with CFO shifted to COO, and two new hires
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Executive shakeup at Lightspeed with CFO shifted to COO, and two new hires

The changes follow Dax Dasilva’s move from CEO to executive chair, in February. Lightspeed Commerce CEO JP Chauvet has announced a major shakeup in…

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Ryan Levenberg
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CFO behind Q4 Inc. IPO Ryan Levenberg steps down

COO Donna de Winter will assume the role of interim CFO. Toronto-based investor relations (IR) software company Q4 Inc. is losing a long-time member…

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