Appointments

Jason Howe has been appointed to the newly created role of general manager Northern Australia at oil and gas services company ASCO Australasia.

Former Wolf Minerals managing director Humphrey Hale has been appointed as a non-executive director at Plymouth Minerals.

Public relations firm Cannings Purple has appointed Luke Forrestal as an account manager.

Non-executive director Rex Turkington has been appointed non-executive chairman of Key Petroleum.

Greg Salter has resigned as a director of Cameron Chisholm & Nicol after almost 20 years at the design firm.

Stuart Brown has been appointed to the board of Empire Oil & Gas.

Homeless services provider St Bartholomew’s House has appointed Michael Brown to replace Andrew Birch as chairman.

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

Darren Townsend has been appointed managing director of Tanzanian minerals explorer Peak Resources.

Chris Field has been appointed as WA’s first energy and water services ombudsman, a new role established by Minister for Water Mia Davies as part of improving services for water consumers. 

David Gilchrist has been appointed as the 2014 chair of WA regional council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Empire Oil & Gas has appointed former Woodside Petroleum executive Stuart Brown to its board as the company's new management looks to recruit experienced directors to guide its future.

CO2 Group has sacked long-serving chief executive Andrew Grant as it pushes on with its bid to recast the business as an environmental services and aquaculture player.

Darren Roxburgh has been appointed branch director – WA of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.

Telethon Speech & Hearing has appointed Jay Krishnaswamy as head of audiology.

Decmil Group chief financial officer and company secretary Justine Campbell has stepped down after almost seven years at the engineering firm.

CCIWA senior economic and policy advisor Matthew Sargeant has replaced Drew Pearman as a consumer representative on the Electricity Code Consultative Committee, which advises the Economic Regulatio

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA has appointed former Australian Uranium Association communications and stakeholder relations manager Amanda Walker as manager – membership and business deve

Strategic communications firm Kreab Gavin Anderson has appointed Heidi Cuthbert as associate director at its Perth office.

Allion Legal has appointed Andrew Chamberlain as a senior associate in its workplace relations and safety practice.

Justin Little has been appointed as a partner in the Perth energy and resources practice at law firm Gilbert + Tobin.

Shaun McRobert has joined the WA practice of law firm King & Wood Mallesons as an energy and resources partner.

Will Neethling has been appointed the 2014 president of the WA division of Engineers Australia.Mr Neethling is a principal decommissioning engineer with Sinclair Knight Merz.

Accounting firm Deloitte has appointed Fiona Cahill as the new leader of its Perth tax practice, taking over from Anthony Cipriano who has retired from the partnership after 12 years as tax practic

Russell Davis has been appointed as chairman of Midas Resources, replacing Patrick Corr who remains as a non-executive director.

Jane Gouvernet has been appointed acting regional commissioner for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in WA, following the retirement of long-standing commissioner Bruce Dodd.

NSW-based industrial manufacturer Bradken has appointed David Smith as its first Perth-based director, starting next month.

Tim Netscher has been appointed to the board of Melbourne-based gold miner St Barbara as an independent non-executive director.

The newly-appointed Perth-based chairman of national accountancy group Walker Wayland Australasia says he plans to use his new role to grow the business in Western Australia.

Former Exxon Mobil executive Tony Cudmore has been appointed president of corporate affairs at BHP Billiton.

Mirabela Nickel chairman Geoff Handley and directors Colin Steyn and Peter Nicholson have all resigned from the board of the embattled company, which remains in a trading freeze as it works to restructure its $US454 million of debt.

Gindalbie Metals has announced the appointment of former Oakajee Port & Rail executive Wayne Zekulich as its new chief financial officer.