Wellington West Holdings Inc. has appointed Dennis Stewner as chief financial officer of the company.

Based in Winnipeg, Stewner will be responsible for the enterprise-wide finance functions of the organization, including the preparation and oversight of the company’s transition to a public company from a private one.

Stewner brings to Wellington West over 15 years of diverse financial and senior management experience with both private and public companies in the financial services and healthcare industries. He was most recently executive vp and chief operations officer at Momentum Healthware where he had overall responsibility for operational and financial functions. Prior to that, he held senior finance positions within Assante Corp.’s various subsidiaries, including: vp, wealth management services; vp, finance; and CFO.

“Dennis will hit the ground running and will be instrumental in preparing us for our planned initial public offering”, says Kishore Kapoor, President of Wellington West Holdings Inc. “The addition of an individual of Dennis’s high calibre and experience, with both private and public companies in our industry, has us well positioned going forward.”

“I am thrilled to be invited to play a pivotal role in helping a young, dynamic and highly successful company achieve its full potential”, says Stewner. “With a solid track record of profitability and growth in all key measures of operating performance, my role will be to further develop the financial strategies necessary for our continued growth including preparing for the demands of being a public company.”

Stewner is a Chartered Accountant and earned his Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Manitoba.