November 13, 2023
Rent Applied sciences Inc. (TSXV:HIRE.V) named Chris Backus as CEO efficient Nov. 10, taking up from interim CEO Simon Dealy. The Toronto-based staffing supplier additionally appointed Clive Brookes as director with the resignation of board member Bradley Scharfe.
Backus has expertise in C-level company management at each private and non-private firms. His background additionally features a 20-year profession as a police officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the place he earned specialised distinction as a negotiator, communications strategist and senior chief. He has additionally labored as a strategic advisor to the United Nations Division of Peace Operations.
New board member Brookes has been concerned within the public markets for greater than 30 years, based on the corporate. Along with Brookes, different board members are Adam Ho and Jonson Solar.
Rent Applied sciences has made a number of modifications this yr. In August, the corporate introduced the sale of its Provision IT staffing enterprise to a unit of Design Group Staffing Inc., the seventh-largest staffing agency in Canada. The corporate additionally introduced the divestment of its Kavin Group operations in September. Earlier this yr, it bought The Headhunters Recruitment Inc. again to the previous homeowners of the operations.
The corporate introduced a failure-to-file stop buying and selling order in April.
