Edleun Group appoints Ty Durekas as its new chief executive officer

CALGARY – Daycare operator Edleun Group Inc. (TSXV:EDU) says Ty Durekas will become its new president and chief executive officer.

The Calgary-based company said Thursday that Durekas has 20 years of experience in the child care industry, which included founding the Children’s Creative Learning Centers Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif.

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That company was later sold to Knowledge Universe, one of the biggest for-profit childhood educators in the industry, where Durekas took the CEO role.

“Ty’s breadth of experience includes operations, new child care centre developments, acquisitions, and corporate employer-sponsored facilities,” said chairman Colley Clarke in a release.

“Moreover, he has been instrumental in providing leadership to high growth companies and delivering increasing profitability.”

Edleun owns and operates 29 child-care centres, not counting agreements in principle to acquire, develop or build others.