VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/23/14 -- Western Pacific Trust Company (TSX VENTURE: WP) is pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, Alison Alfer has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer effective May 22, 2014.
Ms. Alfer has served the Company and its subsidiaries in many increasingly senior capacities, and for the past two years has held the position of Vice-President, Operations.
At the Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders of the Company, held May 22, 2014, the retiring President, John de Wit, was elected to the Board of Directors, as was Ms. Alfer.
Effective May 22, 2014, the Board of Directors is composed of the following individuals:
J. Cowan McKinney, Board Chair
Alison Alfer
John C.A. de Wit
Anthony Liscio
Robert Macdonald
J.D. Barrie Stubbs
Steven O. Youngman, Deputy Board Chair
About Western Pacific Trust Company
Western Pacific Trust Company is a non-deposit taking financial corporation. Western Pacific is licensed under the Financial Institutions Act in British Columbia as a Trust Company, and is also registered extra-provincially in Alberta as a non-deposit taking Trust Company. The Company's primary activity is to act as a trustee for self-administered plans registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Additional corporate information is available at: www.westernpacifictrust.com
J. Cowan Mckinney, Chairman of the Board
This news release was prepared by the Board of Directors which is solely responsible for its contents. The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein.
Contacts:
Western Pacific Trust Company
Alison Alfer
President & CEO
604-683-0455
604-669-6978 (FAX)
