Appointments

Infrastructure and environmental services company Cardno has appointed Nick Pugliese as senior project manager.Mr Pugliese was most recently engineering manager of Calibre Global.

Denise Goldsworthy has joined Aquila Resources as an independent non-executive director.

Amanda Burton and Beth Bolt have joined Clarity Communications as account manager and content creator respectively.

Former Gindalbie Metals boss Garret Dixon has joined Watpac as a non-executive director, signaling the company’s interest in building up the Perth-headquartered mining contracting division of its b

Oil and gas explorer Range Resources has appointed Rory Scott Russell as its new chief executive, with executive director Peter Landau having stepped down from his position.

Stuart Lake has been appointed chief executive officer at African Petroleum, replacing Karl Thompson who has held the role since 2010.

Mining company Globe Metals & Mining has appointed Alice Wong as non-executive chairperson.Ms Wong is the principal of Globe’s major shareholder, Apollo Metals Investment Company.

Construction cost consultant Ralph Beattie Bosworth has promoted Clayton Boyd and Sadmir Ceric to associate directors.Mr Boyd has spent more than 10 years with RBB.

Veteran mining engineer Robert Dennis has been appointed chief operating officer at Sirius Resources.

Iluka Resources has appointed general manager USA Matthew Blackwell as head of marketing and mineral sands; general manager sales and marketing Chris Cobb as head of alliances new ventures and roya

Irwin Tollman has retired from Monadelphous Group after having been a member of the board since 1992.

Grant Thornton has replaced Perth office managing partner Bill Stephen with Matthew Donnelly.

AusGroup subsidiary AGC Industries has appointed Paul Birighitti as executive general manager for maintenance services.

Gary Dean has joined IRDI Legal to lead its litigation team.Mr Dean was previously a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers and has more than 25 years’ experience in legal practice.

Lavan Legal has appointed Daniel Kirk as corporate services partner and Gavin Rakoczy as senior associate in reconstruction, recovery and insolvency.

The national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways, has appointed Vincent Frascogna as manager WA.

Not-for-profit organisation Celebrate WA has appointed Tonya McCusker, Bruce Robinson, Tom Baddeley and Krista McMeeken to its board.

Redstone Resources has raised $1.65 million to fund exploration of its 100 per cent owned Tollu copper project in the West Musgrave region of Western Australia.

Roly Egerton-Warburton has joined commercial property leasing group Sheffield Property.Mr Egerton-Warburton is a former business development executive at Heytesbury group.

Kalgoorlie-based Goldfields Crane Hire has appointed Richard Haselgrove as chief financial officer and company secretary, based in the Henderson office.

RCR Tomlinson has announced the appointment of Bruce James as an independent non-executive director.

Triton Minerals has appointed Anthony Baillieu as non-executive chairman, Alan Jenks as non-executive deputy chairman, and Jason Macdonald as non-executive director.

Onshore gas explorer Kinetiko Energy has terminated the appointment of Andrew Lambert as managing director.Mr Lambert has been with Kinetiko for 30 months since its IPO.

Phylogica has appointed Bernard Hockings as a director.Dr Hockings is a cardiologist in Perth and a substantial shareholder in Phylogica, a peptide drug discovery company.

Stephen Becsi has resigned from WA-based aged care provider Bethanie Group, after being CEO for three years.

The University of Western Australia has appointed Gaye McMath as chief operating officer.

Advanced Braking Technology has appointed Graeme Sumner as managing director, succeeding Ken Johnsen.

Peter Rossdeutscher has been appointed as non-executive chairman at resources industry consultancy CSA Global.

Westpac Group has appointed John Langoulant as state chairman of Western Australia.

Brightwater Care Group chief executive Penny Flett and property developer Adrian Fini were among the Western Australian business figures recognised in the annual Australia Day honours.

Indonesian unconventional oil & gas player Lion Energy has appointed Kim Morrison as chief executive officer, and Chris Newton and Tom Soulsby as non-executive directors.

Vanadium explorer Atlantic has appointed Michael Daniel as a director.