Staff reporter

The directors’ interests table published in Monday morning’s email incorrectly showed that Valmec directors Vincent Goss and Stephen Zurhaar had sold $1.1 million of shares.

Ian Cochrane has been appointed as a non-executive director and deputy chairman of Ausdrill. Mr Cochrane holds degrees in Commerce and Law and specialises in Mergers and Acquisitions.

Ashurst Perth has appointed Peter Vaughan as Global co-head of oil and gas and Lorenzo Pacitti as Global co-head of mining.

Emily Morgan has joined expert directory Media Stable as media engagement manager.

Mark Connelly has been appointed as the non-executive chairman of Cardinal Resources.

Brent Stewart has been appointed to the board of HBF. Mr Stewart has extensive experience in business strategy, marketing, market research and innovation.

Former Resolute Mining chairman and highly regarded Australian-African resources executive, Robert Pett has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Kibaran Resources.

Colin Pettit has been appointed as the new Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Mal Wauchope has been reappointed as Public Sector Commissioner for a five-year term starting on December 1, 2015.

Jim Netterfield has been appointed as project manager for Sheffield Resources’ Thunderbird mineral sands project.

Leanne Graham has been appointed as the new chairperson of Velpic. Ms Graham holds 28 years of executive sales and technology experience. He is currently non-executive director of Velpic.

Kevin Gallagher has tendered his resignation as the CEO and managing director of Clough. Mr Gallagher will resign from Clough to take the CEO position with Santos.

IRDI Legal has appointed Thomas F Henn as special counsel and Ross Mendonca as lawyer, to their estate planning team.

Adam Maxwell has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Rocky Bay.

The new $27 million Ronald McDonald House in Nedlands, officially opened today by Premier Colin Barnett, provides a home away from home to an increased number of families of seriously ill children

Three new members have been appointed to the board of Tourism WA. The new appointees include Elizabeth Gaines, Tracey Horton and Ian Thubron.

Former Main Roads Western Australia commissioner Menno Henneveld has been appointed as the chair of the Energy and Water Ombudsman Western Australia.

Bruno Seneque has been appointed as the new managing director of Tyranna Resources, effective from December 1, 2015. Mr.

Rob Bransby has been appointed as the new permanent chief executive officer of Perth Racing. Mr Bransby is a leading health and insurance business executive.

Celebrate WA has recently appointed four new board members and new chairman. The new board members include Robert Isaacs OAM, Maryna Fewster, Brett Fullarton and Scott Taylor.

Dawson Bradford has retired as chair of the WA Meat Marketing Cooperative after 15 years in the role.

The former chair of WA Newspaper Holdings, Western Power, and Zinifex, Peter Mansell, has been appointed chair of Darwin-based Rio Tinto subsidiary Energy Resources of Australia, which operates the

Kim Papalia has been appointed as the first ever road safety commissioner of Western Australia. Mr Papalia is a former senior WA Police officer.

Richard Guit has been appointed as a partner to the resources and infrastructure team of Ashurst Perth.

Disability employment services organisation Intework has appointed Zenith Zeeman, David Endersby and Simon Rear as directors.

Bruce McFadzean has been appointed as the new managing director of Sheffield Resources. Mr McFadzean is a mining engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the global resources industry.

Helen Cook has been named as the new chair of the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA.

Peter Canterbury has resigned as the chief executive officer and executive director of Bauxite Resources. The board has appointed Sam Middlemas as the new chief executive officer.

Jim Limerick has been appointed to the board of Environmental Protection Authority. Dr Limerick holds extensive experience in strategic policy and planning.

Peter Iancov has been appointed as a new non-executive director of Valmec.

Wayne Foote has been appointed as general manager – operations at Gold Road Resources.

Steve Tot has been appointed as Norwood Systems’ vice president of sales.