Jeff Dowling

ACCOUNTANTS Ernst & Young have appointed Jeff Dowling as managing partner, western region, after Michael Minosora announced his resignation from the position in January to take up a new appointment at Woodside Petroleum next month.

Former Ernst & Young managing partner Jeff Dowling has joined the Atlas Iron board as an independent non-executive director.“We are delighted to have secured someone of Jeff’s experience and calibre to join the Atlas Board,” chairman David Hannon said.

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Former Ernst & Young Perth managing partner Jeff Dowling has joined the NRW Holdings board as a non-executive director.Mr Dowling is currently chairman of Sirius Resources, deputy chairman of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, and a non-executive director of Atlas Iron.

Junior oil and gas company 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.

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.

Woodside Petroleum chief operations officer Michael Utsler has been appointed to the WA Symphony Orchestra board of directors.

Atlas Iron plans to resume production at its two closed iron ore mines after striking an innovative profit sharing deal with its contractors, but it is also seeking to complete a big capital raising to ensure its longer-term viability.

Stakeholders in Sirius Resources have shown their support for the proposed acquisition by Independence Group, with three recommendations passing by an almost unanimous vote.

Former Sirius Resources boss Mark Bennett’s new gold company, S2 Resources, has made a mediocre debut on the ASX with shares closing at 17 cents.

Atlas Iron’s creditors appear likely to own the majority of the business after shareholders voted in favour of the iron ore miner’s proposed debt-for-equity swap at a meeting today.

Swiss commodities multinational Glencore has taken an 8.5 per cent stake in battling iron ore miner Atlas Iron through subsidiary Maru Sky.

Local oil explorer Pura Vida Energy has slashed director salaries and accepted the resignation of chairman Jeff Dowling as it seeks to further cut costs to preserve cash holdings.

S2 Resources chairman Jeff Dowling and Clayton Utz partner Stephen Boyle have been named incoming directors of Fleetwood Corporation, while Michael Hardy has retired from board.

David St Denis has been appointed chief operating officer of Admedus. He succeeds Julian Chick, who has resigned from the company.

Our board moves wrap includes David Flanagan, Adam Sierakowski, Fei He, Zhe Xu, DeShao Chen, ZiMin Zhang, Mark Reid, Albert Cheok, Jeff Dowling, Mark Bennett, Grey Egerton-Warburton, Alan Cransberg, David Wheeler, and Justin Klintberg.

Our board moves wrap includes Darryl Clark, David Flanagan, Andrew Stewart, Jeff Dowling, Richard Willson, Nerida Schmidt, Peter Batten, Paul Brown, Stephen Hall, Park Wei, Kelly Ross, John Percival, Brett Lambert, Mark Zeptner, Tim Manners, Alan Thom, Richard Jones, and Deborah Ho.

Our board moves wrap includes Klervi Menaheze, David Flanagan, Jeff Dowling, Tommy McKeith, and Frazer Tabeart.