Markham, ON, Canada - November 26, 2009, Markham, ON, Canada - Groupworks Financial Corp. announces several changes at the board of directors and it's divisions The Investment Guild and Gallivan & Associates.
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Laurie Goldberg, currently CEO of Groupworks, is taking on the additional responsibility as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Sean Cleary, Executive Chairman of Groupworks, is stepping off the board and taking on a full time role as Vice President, Corporate Development.
John Gallivan, President, is stepping off the board and will continue in his role as President of Groupworks and of Gallivan & Associates, a division of Groupworks. Michael Thomas, Senior Benefits Advisor, is also stepping off the board and continues in his leadership position at The Investment Guild, a division of Groupworks, as Senior Benefits Advisor.
Mr. Laurie Goldberg, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. Since 2005, until its merger with Groupworks in 2009, he was President & CEO of People Corporation. Prior to that he held the position of Office of the President and Chief Operating Officer of Assante Corporation from 1998 to 2003 and prior thereto was a Managing Partner with Arthur Andersen (now Deloitte in Canada). Mr. Goldberg has served on a number of non-profit, private and public company boards. Mr. Goldberg graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Degree from the University of Manitoba and is a Chartered Accountant.
Mr. Sean Cleary, Vice President, Corporate Development. Mr. Cleary has held a number of senior executive, finance and corporate development roles including, Managing Director of Rathlin Capital, Senior Vice-President of Quest Securities (now Quest Capital), Chief Financial Officer of Caratax, a public flow-through share fund and President of PanGeo Pharma (now Pendopharm). Mr. Cleary also has significant corporate finance experience with Deacon Capital (now Dundee Securities) and JP Colin Securities. Mr. Sean Cleary holds an MBA degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Western Ontario.
Mr. John Gallivan, President. Prior to joining the executive team at Groupworks, Mr. Gallivan served as President of Gallivan & Associates, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupworks Financial Corp. During his 25 years in the industry he has practiced in both the estate planning and employee benefit areas and is a Life member of Million Dollar Roundtable. For the past 12 years he has pioneered a number of buying group strategies to provide health and dental benefits for post-secondary students at universities, colleges and technical institutes across Canada. ■