Appointments

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.

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.