Bay Street Buzz

This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad, of Vlaad & Co.:

Martin Pelletier and Craig Stanford have founded TriVest Wealth Counsel as Managing Director, Portfolio Managers. Previously, Martin was an Investment Banking Consultant with Peterson Capital Corp and Craig was at Brickburn Asset Management as Managing Director, Portfolio Manager.

Rob Gill has joined Macquarie – Investment Products Business which is part of the Banking Financial Services Group as a Vice President of Product. Previously, Rob was with Dundee Securities.

Adding to a previous announcement, Carole Chehowah will be joining the BMO Capital Markets European Sales and Trading Team as a Director. Previously, Carole was at UBS Securities.

Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has announced the appointment of Roland Lescure as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Most recently, Roland was at Groupama Asset Management as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer.

Rene Leduc will be joining the Business Development Bank of Canada as Vice President, Business Restructuring. Most recently, Rene was a Partner at Deloitte.

Seema Sindwani is joining Laurentian Bank Securities’ Institutional Equity Sales desk in Toronto. Previously, Seema was with Northern Securities.

Steve Dick, previously with AON Consulting has joined JonesTrading Canada as an Institutional Sales Trader.

Anthony Hu will be joining Canaccord Adams as an Investment Banking Analyst. Anthony recently graduated from Sauder School of Business, UBC.

CIBC Mellon has announced the appointment of Thomas Monahan as President and Chief Executive Officer of both CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services and CIBC Mellon Trust. Currently, Thomas is Head of CIBC Wood Gundy and Chairman and CEO of CIBC Investor Services. He will join CIBC Mellon November 2, 2009. Mr. Monahan succeeds Thomas MacMillan who will become Chair of CIBC Mellon’s Board of Directors.

MRM