Mortgage broker lender Cervus Financial Group Inc. announced today that it has appointed Murray Thomas as chief financial officer, succeeding Howard Broughton.

Broughton will continue to act as an advisor to Cervus.

“Cervus has moved very quickly through its start up phase in 2004 and now is focused on operational execution. Murray Thomas, an experienced operational and financial CFO will play a key role in facilitating the next stage of the company’s growth”, said Gary Bartholomew, chairman and CEO of Cervus.

Thomas joined Cervus as vp finance in October 2004. He is a Chartered Accountant who articled with Ernst & Young. He has experience in the mortgage, distribution, consumer electronics industries and technology based businesses.

Thomas was the former CFO of Intrigue Technologies Inc., a private consumer electronic business from August 2003 to October 2004. Previously, from September 1999 to July 2003, Thomas was the vp finance of Basis100 Inc., a public mortgage technology company.

Cervus is a Canadian financial services company created as an industry initiative with leading mortgage broker companies and fixed income investment banks to become a high-yield residential mortgage producer and the largest mortgage broker lender of conventional insured and insurable mortgages in Canada.

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