Appointments

Gordon Flake has been named the inaugural chief excutive of the Perth USAsia Centre at The University of Western Australia.

Andrew Walsh has been appointed as chief financial officer of NRW Holdings with effect from January 6, 2014.Mr Walsh was previously the chief financial officer of RCR Tomlinson.

Chairman Howard Digby has moved from a non-executive to an executive role at Sun Biomedical.Mr Digby has been the non-executive chairman of the company since January 2013.

Andrew Teo the chief financial officer and executive director of BGC has been appointed as chairman of Medusa Mining, following the retirement of non-executive chairman Geoff Davies.

After nearly 15 years at WAFarmers, Andy McMillan has resigned as chief executive officer.

David Hobbs has been named the new chief executive at Greyhounds WA.Mr Hobbs’ most recent position was chief executive at Professionals Real Estate Group.

Lend Lease has appointed Anthony Rowbottam as general manager for communities business in Western Australia.

Geoff Stevens, former partner at Lavan Legal has joined HWL Ebsworth Lawyers as a partner within its Banking & Financial Services team.

Terry Streeter has resigned from the board of nickel miner Western Areas.

Seven Group Holdings has appointed Woodside executive Jarvas Croome as the new chief executive of its WesTrac heavy equipment business.

University of Western Australia Winthrop professor Cheryl Praeger has been elected foreign secretary of the Australian Academy of Science.

Commercial property agency Lease Equity has appointed Luke Pavlos as a director responsible for capital markets.

Jacques Badenhorst has ceased as managing director of Zambia-focused manganese explorer Zamanco Minerals as part of cost reduction initiatives, but remains as a non-executive director. 

Astrid Serventy has been appointed as an account manager at communications consultancy Cannings Purple.

Michael Hadfield has joined FleetNetwork as general manager.Mr Hadfield was previously finance manager at Downer, and head of business and commercial management at CBH Group.

Paul Cartwright has been appointed as managing director of Xstate Resources following the resignation of Gary Jeffery, who remains Xstate’s largest shareholder.

Redfork Energy chairman Michael Fry has announced his intention to retire from the board at the company’s next annual general meeting.

Sarah Mansfield has joined Castledine Gregory Law and Mediation as a lawyer.

Macmahon Holdings non-executive directors Barry Ford and David Smith have resigned, following a board renewal process which saw the appointment of former Monadelphous executive Giles Everist and fo

Tony Joyner managing partner at Herbert Smith Freehills has been elected as chair of Scitech, Western Australia’s leading science education centre.

Chris Bonwick, managing director and founder of Independence Group has resigned due to ill health. 

Con Abbott is the new WA regional manager of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.

Perth-based Ashurst Australia corporate partner Roger Davies has been elected to the board of the global law firm, following its merger with Ashurst LLP on Nov 1.

Alistair Stevens has been appointed chief financial officer at TFS Corporation, from January.Prior to this, Mr Stevens was the CFO and company secretary at ThinkSmart.

Keith Jones has been named the new chief executive at ThinkSmart, effective February 2014 while current CEO and founder, Ned Montarello will remain executive chairman.

Nicola Forrest has been elected to the board of directors of the Black Swan State Theatre Company.

Disability services organisation Rocky Bay has appointed Jane Edmond as director home & community and Kylie Murphy as director leisure & independence, splitting the roles after restructurin

Commercial real estate agency Jones Lang LaSalle has expanded its Perth retail services division to include retail leasing services, managed by JLL executive Jackie Turner and former Erceg Manageme

Real estate agency Realmark has opened a new office in Nedlands headed by Emma and Adam Gilbert.

Accounting firm Ledger Corporate has appointed Michael Bower as head of the financial advisory division, which specialises in private wealth management, risk insurance and self-managed superannuati

Celebrated WA sailing sportsman John Longley has been elected as the Duyfken Replica Foundation’s chairman, following the resignation of Graeme Cocks.

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia has appointed William (Chub) Witham to the position of manager, north west.