GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund announced yesterday that it has hired Bernard Greene to manage the Fund’s investment portfolio in Newfoundland & Labrador.

“The Fund is committed to a regional investment program which sources and invests in the best companies throughout Atlantic Canada which fit our investment guidelines,” Thomas J. Hayes, president and CEO of the fund, said in a release. “Mr. Greene has all of the qualifications we were looking for in an investment manager. Now we can get to work investing in businesses in Newfoundland & Labrador.”

Greene will be responsible for communicating with the business community and recommending investment opportunities to the fund’s board of directors. Greene was most recently the vice president of procurement with Rio Import and Export Limited and has held various senior level positions in Newfoundland & Labrador and Nova Scotia businesses.

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund is an Atlantic Canadian venture capital fund that invests in Atlantic-Canada businesses.