Appointments

Shane Murphy has been appointed as special counsel to the Perth offices of DLA Piper.

Danielle Newport has been appointed as the new chief executive officer and managing director of Activ Foundation, commencing on April 1, 2016.

Craig Mostyn Group has appointed Mark Wray as chief executive.Mr Wray has served the agribusiness group as chief financial officer since 2010.

Piers Lewis has been appointed as a non-executive director to the board of Hawkley Oil & Gas.

Ian Burston will retire from NRW Holdings once a suitable appointment is made to the board.

Kirsten Rose has been appointed as senior manager low emissions technology at BHP Billiton.

Liezil Slabbert has been appointed as Meeting Incentives Conferences Events (MICE) sales manager at Parmelia Hilton Perth.

Michael van Uffelen has been appointed as a non-executive director of Dragon Energy.

Allison Hailes has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA. Ms Hailes will commence in the role of CEO from mid-April.

Rob Delane has been appointed as a director to establish and lead a special agriculture unit within the Department of State Development.

David Rowe and Nicole Lockwood have been appointed directors of Water Corporation, while Michael Hollett has replaced Tony Iannello as deputy chair.

Former Perth Concert Hall general manager Andrew Bolt has been appointed as chief executive officer of The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

Ashley Wright has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of GHD. Mr Wright will be taking over from Ian Shepherd on his retirement at the end of March 2016.

Peter Della has been appointed as security consultant of Asterisk Information Security.

Brian J Rear has resigned as a director of Horseshoe Metals. 

Mike Rathbone has been appointed as the project director Pritchard Francis’ transport team. Mr Rathbone was most recently section manager, transport for Jacobs Engineering.

Shane Maraldo has stepped down as chief executive of indigenous contractor Ngarda Civil & Mining after two years.

Andrew Rowe has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Perth Energy.

Chris Moran has been appointed as Curtin University’s new deputy vice-chancellor, research commencing his role in August 2016.

Catie Robins has been appointed as precedent/practice support lawyer to the corporate and commercial practice of IRDI Legal. Over the course of her career, Ms Robins has worked as a lawyer in

Natalie Tan and Guruprasad Hegde have been appointed as trade officers at Western Australian trade and investment offices, to build food export opportunities for WA, in Singapore and Mumbai, respec

James Mactier has been appointed to the board of Regis Resources as a non-executive director.

Marshall McKenna has been appointed a partner at Gilbert + Tobin. Mr McKenna will join the firm’s Perth office in its energy and resources litigation practice on June 1, 2016.

Jenny Allen has been appointed as the chief executive of The 500 Club.

Amanda Vivian has been appointed as chief support services officer at Baptistcare. She was previously chief governance and risk officer at the company.

Andy Fethers has been appointed as an executive officer at Swan River Sailing. Mr Fethers is a former board member of Swan River Sailing and has a strong sailing background.

Samantha Drury has been appointed as the chief financial officer of Bethanie.

Tony York has been elected president of WAFarmers at the organisation’s annual conference, replacing Dale Park who had reached the end of the maximum number of terms as president.

Jarrad Sizer has been appointed as general manager – developments at Blackburne Property Group. Mr Sizer was previously the company’s director of developments.

Ardiden has appointed Bradley Boyle as executive director and Michael Stares as general manager – Canadian operations. Mr Boyle was formerly a managing director of Triton Minerals.

Tony George has been appointed as headmaster of The King’s School in Sydney.

Felicity Gooding has been appointed as a non-executive director on the board of Impact Minerals. Ms Gooding is the chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the Minderoo Group.