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Port Charlottetown hires new CEO

SaltWire Network | Posted: March 20, 2018, 2 p.m. | Updated: March 20, 2018, 2:06 p.m. | 1 Min Read
Mike Cochrane, chief operating officer with the Confederation Centre of the Arts, says a company based out of Quebec is busy installing new main stage and orchestra floors that will lift and lower far more reliably than the old 50-year-old floors did. The work is expected to cost $2.2 million and is the final phase of a $17 million renovation to the Homburg Theatre.
FILE PHOTO: Mike Cochrane, formerly chief operating officer with the Confederation Centre of the Arts, is the new Chief Executive Officer of Charlottetown Harbour Authority Inc. ©THE GUARDIAN

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The Charlottetown Harbour Authority and Port Charlottetown has a new CEO.

The authority’s board of directors announced in a press release that Mike Cochrane, former Chief Operating Officer of the Confederation Centre of the Arts, would be assuming the role in May.

Earlier this year, it was reported that current CEO Les Parsons would be retiring on April 13 after an 11-year career with the authority.

RELATED: Les Parsons, CEO of the Charlottetown Harbour Authority, is retiring

Cochrane was COO with the Confederation Centre of the Arts for the past 10 years.

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