Metro, an $11 billion grocery and drugstorechain headquartered in Montreal, named FrançoisThibault CFO and senior vice president. He replacesRichard Dufresne, who left in February to becomeCFO of George Weston. Thibault previously was vice president offinance at Bombardier Aerospace.

DTE Energy, the $8.8 billion Detroit utility,named Peter Oleksiak senior vice president offinance, which is a new position for the company, and appointedDan Brudzynski treasurer and vice president.Oleksiak, 46, has been DTE Energy's controller since 2005. Hejoined the company in 1998 after working in finance at Metaldyneand PricewaterhouseCoopers. Brudzynski, currently vice president ofregulatory affairs, succeeds Nick Khouri astreasurer, and Khouri will take Brudzynski's role as vice presidentof regulatory affairs.

Clearwater Paper Corp., a $1.9 billion Spokane,Wash., manufacturer of tissue and paper products, namedJohn Hertz CFO and senior vice president offinance effective. He replaces interim CFO JohnathanHunter, who remains controller and vice president. Hertz,45, joins from Novellus Systems, a semiconductor manufacturingequipment supplier, where he was CFO and vice president. He hasalso worked at Intel and KPMG.