Appointments

Keith Coughlan has been appointed managing director of Congolese explorer Equamineral Holdings, which listed on the ASX in July last year.

Key Petroleum non-executive director Ian Paton has been appointed chairman of the WA oil & gas explorer.

Prominent company director Ian Middlemas has joined Paringa Resources as a non-executive director, and Anastasio Arima as executive director.

African iron ore developer Sundance Resources has appointed David Southam as a non-executive director.

Former Perth arts student Tim Minchin's achievements on the stage have been recognised by the University of Western Australia, which awarded him an honorary doctorate last night.

The search is on for a new director general for the Department of Planning following Eric Lumsden’s resignation from the role.Mr Lumsden was appointed as the director general in 2008.

Former Westside Corporation chief executive Julie Beeby and former QCoal general manager Grahame White have been appointed as non-executive directors of Forge Group, following the resignation of Ma

Brian McMaster has been appointed non-executive chairman at Castillo Copper, following director William Ryan's resignation.

Erick Weston has been appointed as general manager of the North West Shelf Shipping Service Company, to replace Warwick Pointon who ended his term in July.

Mal Harford has joined IRDI Legal as a consultant lawyer.Mr Harford was previously principal, commercial property & government at Allion Legal. 

SEEK co-founder Matt Rockman has been appointed as a growth consultant to online Photomap content provider nearmap.

Greg Galton has been promoted to director of investor relations at Cannings Purple, having joined the public relations firm in 2011 as associate director.

Frank Terranova has been made non-executive chairman of Taruga Gold, following the resignation of executive chair Bernard Aylward.

Perth-based Deloitte consulting partner Monish Paul has been appointed founding curator of the Global Shapers WA Hub, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.

Continental Coal has appointed Lou van Vuuren as chief financial officer.

David Perks has joined the Perth office of Gadens Lawyers as a corporate/M&A partner.

Secure Power Solutions has appointed Chris O'Nions as head of business development.

Rod Campbell has joined the board of Cleveland Mining Company as executive director – commercial, having originally been engaged as an adviser since March.

Sam Willis has been appointed as a non-executive director at Elixir Petroleum, following John Robertson's resignation.

Energy Made Clean has appointed Wayne Trumble to its board of directors, to lead development of its utility scale solar projects.

Andrew Tunks has been appointed as a non-executive director of Minerals Corporation.Mr Tunks was previously managing director of A-Cap Resources. 

Former Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King has been recruited by Hong Kong-based CITIC Pacific as a senior adviser to help deal with problems at its trouble-plagued Sino Iron project.

Panoramic Resources managing director Peter Harold has joined the board of Pacifico Minerals, which has changed its name from Jaguar Minerals following completion of its acquisition of West Rock Re

Jools Spon-Smith has joined Stochastic Simulation as service delivery manager.Mr Spon-Smith previously worked in software development at IBM.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has appointed Brian McMurdo as a special counsel in the Perth office.

The Leukaemia Foundation of Australia has appointed Andrew York as general manager of operations in WA.

International grain and commodities company Bunge Australia has appointed Christopher Tyson to the newly created position of WA regional manager.

Richard Heaslop has been appointed exploration manager at Metals of Africa's exploration tenements in Mozambique.

Patrick O'Connor has taken over as chairman of TFS Corporation from chief executive Frank Wilson, who has held the role since former chairman Richard Alston left last September for unexplained reas

Russell Morley has joined IRDI Legal as a senior lawyer.

Charmaine Reay has been promoted to operations director at Ausrem, which provides an online remuneration survey and application tool.Ms Reay joined the company as manager in 2011.

Darren Tapscott has been appointed as an associate director in commercial real estate agency CBRE's national agribusiness team.Mr Tapscott is the team's first WA appointment.