Appointments

SEEK co-founder Matt Rockman has been appointed as a growth consultant to online Photomap content provider nearmap.

Greg Galton has been promoted to director of investor relations at Cannings Purple, having joined the public relations firm in 2011 as associate director.

Frank Terranova has been made non-executive chairman of Taruga Gold, following the resignation of executive chair Bernard Aylward.

Perth-based Deloitte consulting partner Monish Paul has been appointed founding curator of the Global Shapers WA Hub, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.

Continental Coal has appointed Lou van Vuuren as chief financial officer.

Former Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King has been recruited by Hong Kong-based CITIC Pacific as a senior adviser to help deal with problems at its trouble-plagued Sino Iron project.

Richard Heaslop has been appointed exploration manager at Metals of Africa's exploration tenements in Mozambique.

Patrick O'Connor has taken over as chairman of TFS Corporation from chief executive Frank Wilson, who has held the role since former chairman Richard Alston left last September for unexplained reas

Russell Morley has joined IRDI Legal as a senior lawyer.

Charmaine Reay has been promoted to operations director at Ausrem, which provides an online remuneration survey and application tool.Ms Reay joined the company as manager in 2011.

Darren Tapscott has been appointed as an associate director in commercial real estate agency CBRE's national agribusiness team.Mr Tapscott is the team's first WA appointment.

Local surveying firm McMullen Nolan Group has appointed Gavin Taylor as business development manager.

Panoramic Resources managing director Peter Harold has joined the board of Pacifico Minerals, which has changed its name from Jaguar Minerals following completion of its acquisition of West Rock Re

Jools Spon-Smith has joined Stochastic Simulation as service delivery manager.Mr Spon-Smith previously worked in software development at IBM.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has appointed Brian McMurdo as a special counsel in the Perth office.

The Leukaemia Foundation of Australia has appointed Andrew York as general manager of operations in WA.

International grain and commodities company Bunge Australia has appointed Christopher Tyson to the newly created position of WA regional manager.

Former Ernst & Young Perth managing partner Jeff Dowling has joined the NRW Holdings board as a non-executive director.

Cleveland Mining Company has appointed Russell Scrimshaw as non-executive chairman, following the retirement of Don Bailey.

Jeremy Wilkin has been appointed as a senior associate in the energy and resources team at law firm Johnson Winter & Slattery's Perth office.

Rita Sheridan has been promoted to general manager of property at Southern Cross Care (WA).

Sydney-based PNG oil & gas producer Oil Search has appointed Woodside Petroleum vice president commercial and environment Browse LNG development Ian Munro as executive general manager gas busin

Iluka Resources has appointed former Murchison Metals managing director Greg Martin as chairman, following John Pizzey's retirement in December.

Doray Minerals has appointed Jon Latto as chief financial officer.Mr Latto was previously chief financial officer at Tanami Gold.

Doric chief executive officer Peter Iancov has resigned after five years in the lead role, continuing until mid-October to ensure a smooth transition.

Hames Sharley has appointed David Jones as principal of urban design and planning.Mr Jones was previously a special projects manager at Otak International in Abu Dhabi.

Transerv Energy's largest shareholder Craig Burton has joined the board as executive chairman, following the resignation of Bill Bloking, who continues as a non-executive director and has just been

Long-serving chairman Malcolm MacPherson has resigned from Pluton Resources due to an increase in his commitments with Bathurst Resources and Titanium Corporation.

Mamba Minerals has appointed Michael O'Keeffe as chairman, Richard Wright as non-executive director, and Niall Lenahan as director and company secretary of the exploration company.

Managing director Tim Dobson has been made redundant in a company restructure that has redirected all activities to Anova Metals' Perth office and closed its Brisbane office.

Kerry Griffin has resigned as technical director and from the board of iron ore exploration company Haranga Resources after holding the position for two years.

Northern Mining has appointed three non-executive directors – Tony Ong Tiong Seng, Danette Cheung and Andrew Nai.