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Karl Paganin has been appointed as a non-executive director of OTOC.

Robert Mencel has been appointed as the deputy managing director of Valence Industries.  Mr Mencel will be appointed managing director of the company with effect from December 1, 2015.

Peter Kerr has been appointed to the board of Diabetes Research WA.

John Frame has been appointed as the new chief financial officer and Rebecca Tomkinson has become the chief operating officer at Baptistcare.

David Beilby has been appointed by Korn Ferry as managing consultant to lead its Futurestep service line in Western Australia.

David Cormack has been appointed as the new national mining leader of Deloitte Consulting.

Richard Boffey has been appointed as general manager for Matilda Gold Project and Jeff Dawkins as the chief financial officer at Blackham Resources.

Dayle Bryant has been appointed as the general manager of BallPoint Construction Group.

Julian Donaldson is stepping down from his role as the general manager of Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF). Mr Donaldson managed the festival for the past 10 years.

Former chairman of The Sunday Times and TVW Channel Seven Sir James Cruthers has died at the age of 90.

Michelle Dean has been appointed as special counsel to Corrs Chambers Westgarth Perth Litigation Team.

José Martins has resigned as the chief financial officer of Ausdrill. Mr Martins has been serving the company since the last five years.

Chris Rowlands has been appointed as client director, Resources West, at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Perth office.

Wrays Lawyers founding managing director David Stewart has been appointed principal of Williams + Hughes’ new IP law practice.

Giles Nunis has been named as WA’s inaugural government chief information officer.

Consultancy firm RPS has appointed Sheldon Day as principal urban design and town planner of its planning and development operations in WA.

CPA Australia general manager WA, Colleen Schooling, has been appointed as regional head, Europe and UAE for the organisation.

Tom Fraser has been appointed as chief executive officer of Access Group Australia.

Peter Sullivan has been appointed to the board of Panoramic Resources as a non-executive director.

Terry Durant has been appointed as the managing director of the Challenger Institute of Technology for a five year term.

Daniel Colgan has been appointed to the board of Stochastic Simulation Ltd as a non-executive director.

The Insurance Commission of Western Australia has welcomed three new female commissioners as part of four new appointments.

Susan Symmons has been appointed as general counsel and company secretary for Pioneer Credit Limited.

Leading West Australian diabetes researcher Professor Grant Morahan has announced a major partnership with China’s premier Medical School and animal sciences Institute, supported by the Chines

Bob Blakiston has been appointed as an executive director of Future Smart Strategies. Mr Blakiston holds 25 years of experience successfully leading and managing a range of enterprises.

Not-for-profit organisation Youth Focus has announced that its chief executive Jenny Allen will leave her position at the end of this year.

David Airey has retired as the president of Real Estate Institute of WA (REIWA) after serving the maximum 12 years proscribed in REIWA’s constitution.

Rhys Kelly has been appointed as 23rd president of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) in Western Australia.

Michael Cairnduff has been appointed as account manager in Canning Purple’s investor relations team.

Paul Jeffery has been appointed as a new director of Engineering and shareholder at Challenge Pumps.

Alan Thomas and Mark De Luca have been appointed as directors of Athans & Taylor Balcatta.

Valerie Davies has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Cedar Woods Properties.