Bay Street Buzz

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

West Face Capital has hired Morgan Stanley veteran Richard Carty as a Partner of the firm.

BMO Capital Markets has hired Peter Plumptre as an Associate in their International Financial Institutions group. Previously, Peter was at Lloyds in the U.K. as an Associate Director, Fixed Income Sales.

Charles Bougie has joined BMO Capital Corporation in Calgary as Director, Western Canada. Previously, Charles was with the EDC Private Equity group.

Wellington West Capital Markets has appointed Greg Reid to Managing Director, Investment Banking, Cleantech and Technology. Equity Research Analyst Sean Peasgood will be joining the firm from CIBC World Markets and will focus on the Cleantech and Technology sectors.

Rob Wittmann has co-founded Knightsbridge Foreign Exchange. Rob was Managing Director and Global Co-Head of RBC Capital Markets’ FX Trading and Sales business.

Jamie Farrar has joined Gibralt Capital Corporation in Vancouver as Executive Vice-President. Jamie was most recently Vice-President at Ken Fowler Enterprises.

Lawrence Rhee will be joining M Partners as a Senior Investment Banker, Technology. Lawrence was previously with Blackmont Capital as a Research Analyst, Technology, Media & Telecom.

National Bank has hired Jeffrey Yim as an Associate, Corporate Investment Banking. Jeffrey was most recently with Blackmont Capital.

Investment Banking Associate Jacob Dare has joined Haywood Securities from Blackmont Capital.

Bryan Chew has joined Brookfield Asset Management as an Associate, Special Situations. Bryan was most recently a Manager, Transaction Advisory Services at KPMG.

Tim Murray will be joining Jennings Capital as an Oil and Gas Analyst from Salman Partners in Calgary.

Oil and Gas Research Analyst Dragon Trajkov will be joining Renaissance Capital in the U.K. from Salman Partners in Calgary.

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