Appointment of New Director
June 15, 2011
APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR
Windfire Capital Corp. (WIF: TSX-V) (the "Company"), wishes to announce that David Heighington has resigned as a Director of the Company effective June 15, 2011. In his place, Norman Meier has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company.
Norman V. Meier, Ph D.
Norman Meier has been an investment professional since 1995. He has held executive positions with toptier global investment firms such as MAN Investments and AWD in Switzerland, as well as Canaccord Capital Corporation in Canada. He was also the CEO of a Swiss financial services firm he founded. Mr. Meier has very strong relationships with institutional investors in through out North America and Europe.
He is currently a principal and the CEO of Athena Capital Partners, a broker dealer in California, focuseing primarily on financing private equity projects.
As a former stock broker and financial consultant he raised over $400 million from private clients in Europe for various financial products and over $600 million worldwide from institutional investors in the hedge fund industry.
He has also acted as a board member for several public and private gold and uranium exploration companies
Norman Meier has a PhD in Human Behavior, an MBA and a BA, all from Newport University in Switzerland. He holds two designations from the Canadian Securities Institute: a Canadian Investment Manager Designation and a Derivatives Market Specialist Designation.
The Company would also like to report the grant of 155,000 incentive stock options to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company at a price of $0.28 per common share, exercisable for a 5 year period.
To find out more about Windfire Capital Corp., please contact investor relations at 604-669-2191 or email [email protected]. You may also visit the website at www.windfirecapital.com
Windfire Capital Corp.
“Clive Massey”
President and CEO
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Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. The Company will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect financial results is included in the documents filed from time to time with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities by the Company.