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class="item-image item-featured-image"> <a href="/newsroom/classic-fire-life-safety-welcomes-michael-hanna-as-chief-financial-officer/" title="Classic Fire + Life Safety Welcomes Michael Hanna as Chief Financial Officer" class="item-image-cover" style="--bg-image: url('/files/classicfls/web-img/blog/Michael_Hanna_CFO_1_.png');"> <img src="/files/classicfls/web-img/blog/Michael_Hanna_CFO_1_.png" alt="Classic Fire + Life Safety Welcomes Michael Hanna as Chief Financial Officer"> </a> </div> <div class="item-header-content"> <time pubdate class="item-published" title=" 2026-08-10T19:07:00Z" datetime=" 2026-08-10T19:07:00Z"> 1 week ago</time> <h3 class="item-title"><a title="" href="/newsroom/classic-fire-life-safety-welcomes-michael-hanna-as-chief-financial-officer/">Classic Fire + Life Safety Welcomes Michael Hanna as Chief Financial Officer</a></h3> </div> </div> <article> <div class="item-content"> <p>Classic is pleased to welcome Michael Hanna as our new Chief Financial Officer, effective August 5, 2026.</p> <p>Michael is an experienced senior finance executive with a strong record of helping organizations improve performance, manage change and build the financial systems needed to support continued growth. He holds the CPA, CA designation in Canada and is an FCA in Ireland.</p> <p>His career includes previous Chief Financial Officer positions and 12 years with Weston Foods, where he gained extensive experience working within a large, multi-location organization.</p> <p>In his new role, Michael will work closely with our executive leadership, operating companies and branch teams. He will help strengthen financial planning and reporting, improve the information used to make business decisions, build scalable financial processes and support the organization’s continued organic and acquisition-driven growth.</p> <p><span>“Michael joins us at an important moment as we capitalize on numerous growth opportunities - both internal and external,” </span><span>says Mike Farren</span>, Chief Executive Officer of Classic. “He understands how strong financial leadership can support the people who run the business while helping an organization plan responsibly for the future.”</p> <p>Michael joins the organization during an important period of growth and development. His leadership will help us build on our strong foundation while continuing to invest in our people, businesses and customers.</p> </div> </article> <div class="item-footer"> <p class="item-nav"><a class="all-items btn" href="/newsroom/" role="button"><span>View All</span></a> <a class="older-item btn chevron-right" href="/newsroom/classic-fire-life-safety-windsor-branch-moves-to-new-location/" role="button"><span>Classic Fire + Life Safety Windsor Branch Moves to New Location</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="item-list-footer"> <div class="related-blogs"></div> </div> <script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Classic Fire + Life Safety Welcomes Michael Hanna as Chief Financial Officer","description":"","articleBody":"Classic is pleased to welcome Michael Hanna as our new Chief Financial Officer, effective August 5, 2026.\nMichael is an experienced senior finance executive with a strong record of helping organizations improve performance, manage change and build the financial systems needed to support continued growth. 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