
- June 01, 2010
- Brand Neue Corp. Appoints Financial Heavyweight R. Bev Harrison as CFO
June 1, 2010- Bentonville,
Arkansas - Brand Neue Corp (OTCBB Symbol: BRNZ) ("Brand Neue" or
the "Company") Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Adi
Muljo is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. R. Bev
Harrison, BComm.,CA., to the position of Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Harrison is a seasoned executive and celebrated company-builder
with an impressive resume and vast experience working successfully
with private and public companies in North America.
"We are extraordinarily pleased to welcome Mr. Harrison to the
office of CFO," says CEO Muljo. "He embodies the ideal senior level
executive, and brings with him a bankable combination of relevant
financial experience - ranging from sourcing start-up funds to
factoring and legal accountancy - that Brand Neue needs to manage
and evolve its product portfolio and growth strategies quickly and
effectively. " Bev is a recognized team builder and leader,
and already he has hit the ground running - helping to refine our
business plan and best manage our highly-prospective brands."
Mr. R. Bev Harrison (Bev) is a mature financial executive with
strategic leadership and expertise in both traditional and
entrepreneurial environments. His personal strengths include
superb organizational skills and an energetic, systematic approach
to all challenges. Bev is an experienced relationship builder
with Boards of Directors and Advisors, lenders, investors and
auditors. He is quick to recognize and then successfully
pursue new opportunities, and is particularly effective working in
a high-stakes, high-achieving environment such as that exists at
Brand Neue.
In his position as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Harrison will work
closely with Company President John J. Ryan III, former Walmart
Executive Vice President & President of Global Sourcing, and
other Brand Neue executives, to quickly and strategically grow both
the Company's treasury, and its core business of identifying and
bringing products and innovations to market quickly and
cost-effectively.
"I am very happy to join Brand Neue, and have every confidence
that the Company will grow to become a major player in LED lighting
and brand development," says Mr. Harrison.
About R. Bev Harrison, BComm.,CA.
Mr. R. Bev Harrison began his professional life in 1962, after
graduating from Queen's University with a gold medal as top
scholastic graduate. A series of illustrious accomplishments
followed him throughout his remarkable professional career and many
philanthropic endeavors. Early in Bev's career, he
joined the world-wide Chartered Accountant partnership of Arthur
Andersen & Co, working in Toronto, Vancouver and San Francisco,
and was invited to partnership in 1973. During his tenure he
was elected to the Council providing strategic advice to the
Chairman of World Wide Partnership; provided financial and audit
advice to blue-chip clients like Daon Development, Finning
International and BC Tel (Telus); and participated in all Vancouver
office public financings (1973-1984).
In 1986, Bev joined the merchant banking/venture capital firm of
Ashlar Capital Corporation, as Executive Vice President.
There, he solicited investment from pension funds in Quebec,
Ontario and British Columbia, and developed a protocol for
evaluating investment opportunities. He left Ashlar in 1988 to
pursue senior level challenges at Columbia Computing Services and
then Davis & Company LLP (Vancouver) as Managing
Director. He returned to Ashlar as President from 1995
through 2002, and raised funds for and refined the company's
sector-leading factoring business.
From 2002 until present, Mr.
Harrison served as President of WestFactor Capital Inc, a factoring
company that purchases commercial accounts receivable from small
and mid-sized businesses in Western Canada. At WestFactor,
Mr. Harrison attracted a financial partner to assume operational
costs and limit the company's exposure. Simultaneously, from
2006 through 2008, he sourced private and institutional investments
in excess of $11M, during the first 15 months of a real estate
development start-up. Mr. Harrison is an active community
volunteer, providing service to British Columbia's Children's
Hospital, the Canadian Memorial United Church, University of
British Columbia Faculty of Commerce, the United Way and many other
worthy organizations.
For detailed biographies of these and other Brand Neue executives,
please visit the People pages of the
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consideration by Brand Neue executives, please use the confidential
Innovation Submission
form on the Brand Neue website.
About Brand Neue Corp.
Brand Neue Corp. is a product innovation company trading over the
counter on the OTC:BB under the symbol BRNZ. Brand Neue
executives and advisors have more than 300 years of retail, global
sourcing and brand experience and together, are committed to
globally sourcing, developing, marketing, licensing and
distributing innovative new products to retail, manufacturing and
industrial application clients worldwide. For further information,
please contact the Brand Neue office at 1.866.922.7972 or visit
www.brandneue.com.
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