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Lindsay Barber has been promoted to president of Mississauga, ON-based Masco Canada. Barber has been with Masco Canada for almost 20 years, most recently as vice president, product and innovation.

EMCO Corporation has hired Anton Wolmarans as an HVAC technical specialist. Wolmarans is based in New Brunswick.

Westfield, MA-based Mestek, Inc. has promoted Kevin O’Rourke to vice president of sales –wholesale products. In his new position, O’Rourke will continue to service accounts throughout North America, and will be responsible for the newly acquired Slant/Fin baseboard brand in Canada. O’Rourke was formerly national sales manager, North America, for all Mestek’s Residential Comfort Group products.

Boucherville, QC-based The Master Group has named John Kaul (1) as president. Kaul joined Master as a member of the board of directors in 2022, and was made chief operating officer in October 2022. The company has also promoted Mathias Frielingsdorf (2) to project manager. Frielingsdorf has been with Master for more than two years, most recently as branch representative. He is based in Victoria, BC.

Combustion Control Inc.

(CCI) has hired Mike Veevers as production manager.

Brampton, ON-based Oatey Canada has hired Gurjot Sahni as wholesale territory manager, Eastern Canada.

Rohit Nair has been promoted to technical trainer in Ontario by Saint John, NB-based NTI Boilers Inc. In his new role Nair will provide installation, maintenance and troubleshooting training for NTI’s line of high-efficiency boilers and water heating equipment. He has been with the company since 2020 working on the technical support team.

Gerry Cellucci, principal and vice president of systems solutions at Yorkland Controls Ltd., has been appointed to the board of directors of the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA).

Surrey, BC-based King Heating Products Inc. has hired Wayne Kucharchuk as regional sales manager for Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Kucharchuk is based in Alberta.

Daikin has hired Jean-Pierre Meloche as regional sales director (RSD) for Quebec. He will be responsible for managing Daikin’s distribution in Quebec