Appointments

Alan Campbell has been appointed an independent non-executive chairman of Renaissance Minerals.

Red 5 non-executive director Kevin Dundo has been appointed interim chairman, following the resignation of Colin Jackson.

Peter Abery has stepped down as chairman of Nomad Building Solutions, with David Franklyn replacing him.Mr Franklyn has been a director at the company since 2011.

Four board positions have been filled at the Perth Convention Bureau.

Perth’s Juliana Jorissen from Dispute Resolution has been promoted to partner at King & Wood Mallesons.She specialises in construction and commercial dispute resolution.

Straits Resources has appointed Mike Menzies as a non-executive director.

Perth architect Geoff Warn has been appointed the new government architect for Western Australia.Mr Warn is the director of Donaldson + Warn.

Ernst & Young has appointed Darren Chua to lead the firm’s strategy practice in WA.

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association has elected Rob Cole as Chairman and Warren Ford as vice chairman at the company’s AGM this month. 

Wil Cuperus has been appointed chief financial officer at CIVMEC, following the resignation of Giuseppe Carrabba.

East Africa Resources appointed Robert Kirtlan and Mike Griffiths to the company’s board effective immediately.

Retiring Bioprospect chairman Winton Willesee has been replaced by Silvi Elkhouri as director and Peter May as non-executive chairman of the company.

McMullen Nolan Group’s non-executive director Mike Best has been elected as chairman for CASE for Refugees.

Scott Huffadine has been appointed as managing director of Kingsrose Mining.

Pura Vida Energy has named Jeff Dowling as its new chairman and Ric Malcolm as a non-executive director, with current chairman Bevan Tarratt to resign from the board but remain in an executive role

Gordon Flake has been named the inaugural chief excutive of the Perth USAsia Centre at The University of Western Australia.

Andrew Walsh has been appointed as chief financial officer of NRW Holdings with effect from January 6, 2014.Mr Walsh was previously the chief financial officer of RCR Tomlinson.

Chairman Howard Digby has moved from a non-executive to an executive role at Sun Biomedical.Mr Digby has been the non-executive chairman of the company since January 2013.

Andrew Teo the chief financial officer and executive director of BGC has been appointed as chairman of Medusa Mining, following the retirement of non-executive chairman Geoff Davies.

After nearly 15 years at WAFarmers, Andy McMillan has resigned as chief executive officer.

David Hobbs has been named the new chief executive at Greyhounds WA.Mr Hobbs’ most recent position was chief executive at Professionals Real Estate Group.

Lend Lease has appointed Anthony Rowbottam as general manager for communities business in Western Australia.

Geoff Stevens, former partner at Lavan Legal has joined HWL Ebsworth Lawyers as a partner within its Banking & Financial Services team.

Terry Streeter has resigned from the board of nickel miner Western Areas.

Seven Group Holdings has appointed Woodside executive Jarvas Croome as the new chief executive of its WesTrac heavy equipment business.

University of Western Australia Winthrop professor Cheryl Praeger has been elected foreign secretary of the Australian Academy of Science.

Commercial property agency Lease Equity has appointed Luke Pavlos as a director responsible for capital markets.

Jacques Badenhorst has ceased as managing director of Zambia-focused manganese explorer Zamanco Minerals as part of cost reduction initiatives, but remains as a non-executive director. 

Astrid Serventy has been appointed as an account manager at communications consultancy Cannings Purple.

Michael Hadfield has joined FleetNetwork as general manager.Mr Hadfield was previously finance manager at Downer, and head of business and commercial management at CBH Group.

Paul Cartwright has been appointed as managing director of Xstate Resources following the resignation of Gary Jeffery, who remains Xstate’s largest shareholder.

Redfork Energy chairman Michael Fry has announced his intention to retire from the board at the company’s next annual general meeting.