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Focus Wealth Management Appoints Henry Kim as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Compliance
TORONTO, April 4, 2026 /CNW/ – Focus Wealth Management is pleased to announce that Henry Kim has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Compliance. In his new role, Mr. Kim will oversee the firm’s finance, governance, and compliance functions, further strengthening operational and investment processes across the organization.
Mr. Kim previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the University Pension Plan of Ontario and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at CGOV Asset Management. He also held the role of Director, Investment Finance at CPP Investments and began his career in Assurance and Advisory Services at Deloitte & Touche.
“Henry’s expertise in finance and governance makes him an invaluable addition to our leadership team,” said Greg Thompson, Executive Chairman. “His appointment strengthens our operational and compliance framework while supporting our mission to deliver aligned, long-term investment outcomes for our clients.”
Mr. Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the University of Toronto. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant and serves on the Board of Directors of Lumenus Mental Health, Development and Community Services as Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee and Treasurer.
Focus Wealth Management is a privately owned and independently operated firm located in Toronto.
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When Anthony Nappa started selling hair products out of the corner of his parents’ warehouse as a teen, he never could have imagined what the side hustle would become. The business has grown from a small eBay store to a multi-million dollar beauty empire that is rapidly expanding its physical presence across Australia.
Founded as a side project in 2012 when Nappa was 19 years old, Oz Hair & Beauty posted $100 million in revenue in the past financial year and now employs more than 500 staff across the country. It has opened 30 new stores in the past three years, with the aim of expanding to 50 stores by the end of the next financial year.
Nappa, now 33, told Yahoo Finance it was a far cry from his original plan when he was a teenager. Back then, he was working part-time as a labourer while studying Commerce at university.
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“My plan was to live at home, study at uni, while I’m studying, save as much money as possible and by the time I graduate, put a down payment on a house and have a graduate job,” he said.
But when his labouring boss suddenly left the country, Nappa found himself out of a job. His parents, Elio and Venessa Nappa, owned a number of Oz Hair hairdressing salons in Sydney, so he decided to start selling the salon’s hair products on eBay.
Nappa invested $10,000 of his savings into the business and saw sales start picking up when he migrated from an eBay store to a proper website and later Shopify.
“Long story short, it really took off. I was working at the back of the warehouse, and then I had to lease the whole warehouse,” he said.
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Growing bricks and mortar presence
It was during the pandemic that business really “boomed”, Nappa said. In 2019, annual revenue sat at about $24 million, but by 2021, turnover had reached $40 million.
In 2021, Oz Hair & Beauty received backing from billionaire Brett Blundy’s BBRC and Daniel Agostinelli, CEO of Accent Group, which runs shoe retail chains like Platypus and Hype.
Nappa said part of the deal included buying his parents’ store in the QVB, which was then rejigged in 2022 into a fully fledged retail store.
“That increased sales by nearly double. So we thought we’ve got something here now,” Nappa said.
At a time when many discretionary retailers are reducing their physical footprints, Oz Hair & Beauty has taken the opposite approach.
The Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility), a program jointly managed by Climate Policy Initiative and Convergence, along with the Government of Canada, is hosting an event during London Climate Action Week focused on Scaling Climate Investments in Emerging Markets Using Blended Finance.
The event will explore opportunities and challenges in mobilizing private capital for climate action in emerging markets, including the role of catalytic capital instruments such as grants and technical assistance in scaling innovative blended climate finance solutions. Discussions will draw on practical insights from actual blended climate finance transactions and also highlight key lessons emerging from programs such as the CC Facility, which leverages these instruments to accelerate and scale such solutions. The event will bring together investors, government funders, DFIs and MDBs, philanthropies, climate finance practitioners, and ecosystem partners, and will provide an opportunity to network with key stakeholders across the blended and climate finance ecosystem over drinks.
Due to limited capacity, this is an invite-only event. If you are interested in attending, please register your interest here.
MAGNOLIA, Duplin County — The Town of Magnolia will hold a special meeting next week to swear in two town officials.
The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26, at 5:45 p.m. at Magnolia Town Hall on East Carroll Street.
Town officials said the meeting will focus on the swearing-in of the town’s finance officer and town clerk.
According to the town’s website, the town clerk supports the mayor, town manager and Board of Commissioners by preparing meeting materials, keeping public records and helping with official town documents.
The finance officer is responsible for the town’s financial operations, including budget oversight, financial records, payroll, audits and regular reports to commissioners.
Magnolia Town Hall is located at 110 East Carroll Street.
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