Keith Gordon

WESFARMERS Ltd has given the managing director of its chemicals and fertilisers division CSBP Ltd, Keith Gordon, the new role of business integration director with responsibility for planning and implementing the integration of the Wesfarmers and Coles Group businesses.

Small changes quietly herald a change of focus at Wesfarmers.

IT might be every little boy’s dream to run a company that owns trucks and diggers, but yellow goods group Emeco Holdings’ new CEO Keith Gordon gives little indication of living out a childhood fantasy.

Shares in Emeco have risen slightly after the West Perth-based company announced it is pulling out of the civil infrastructure market.

Earthmoving solutions provider Emeco Holdings has announced a $165 million investment in large mining equipment to take advantage of surging demand for equipment rentals, but has also flagged a drop in full year profits.

Emeco Holdings has invested $50 million to expand its mining equipment rental business into Chile, establishing a new avenue of growth and gaining exposure to a new market.

The Western Australian CEO Sleepout has raised $700,000 and counting after a successful 2012 event which culminated in 106 CEOs staying at the WA Cricket Association ground last night.

One of Western Australia’s most prolific residential builders, Dale Alcock, is the latest high-profile CEO to help tackle the issue of homelessness by committing to the St Vincent de Paul Society’s CEO Sleepout.

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Mining services group Emeco Holdings has recruited Aurizon executive Ken Lewsey as its new managing director, on a package that will make him one of the top 25 best-paid executives in Perth.

Emeco Holdings expects improved trading conditions at its operations in Canada and Chile but still anticipates a net operating loss for the 2014 financial year as it struggles to combat ongoing softness in its main commodity sectors of thermal coal and gold.

FEATURE: Salaries have come under huge pressure during the past year as widespread cost cutting takes its toll on executives’ take-home pay.

Former Emeco Holdings managing director Keith Gordon has been appointed as a director in the business solutions consulting team at global management consultancy Hay Group in Perth.

LEADING human resources experts hosted a forum in Perth last week on the issue of redundancies and downsizing, a timely dialogue considering the state’s economic malaise.

The leadership team is changing at one of Western Australia’s quiet business success stories, but the strategy remains firmly on track.

The WA winners in the 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards are looking well beyond their home state for growth opportunities.

Private Perth company Wright Prospecting has bolstered its already impressive ranks with the recruitment of top lawyer Peter Wiese, who will guide it through continuing legal disputes with fellow Perth company Hancock Prospecting.

Peter Stokes has tendered his resignation as chief executive of Barminco, with the mining contractor to begin searching for his successor.

Mining contractor Barminco has announced the recruitment of Thiess executive general manager Paul Muller as its new chief executive, succeeding Peter Stokes who resigned last month.

Keith Gordon has been appointed non-executive director of Ausdrill. Mr  Gordon has extensive experience across mining services, mining, retail, manufacturing, chemicals, energy and agriculture sectors.

Keith Gordon will be stepping down as a nominee director on the board of Ausdrill at the end of the month.