David Ackert will join Montreal-based engineer WSP Global Inc. as CEO of its WSP Canada Inc. unit when the parent firm completes its stock and cash purchase of Focus Group Holding Inc., a 1,700-person design and geomatics company in Edmonton, Alberta. The $366-million deal, announced on March 12, is set to close within one month, said publicly traded WSP. Ackert is now president and CEO of Focus Group Holdings, which specializes in the oil-and-gas sector and has $280 million in revenue, says a published report in Canada. It "did well" when owned by a private equity fund, says Scott Kolbrenner of investment banker Houlihan Lokey.