Appointments

Mark Johnston has joined engineering firm Pritchard Francis as project director with its industrial design team.

Ryan Westaway is the founder and director of newly-formed recruitment firm Westaway Executive Search.

Omar Abdel-Alim has been appointed to the newly-created role of general manager, delivery and account management at Ajilon.

Mary Turonek has been appointed as senior associate and team leader at the newly-opened Perth office of intellectual property firm FB Rice.

North West Property Consultants managing director Peter Gibbons has joined the board of directors of aged care provider Bethanie.

Byfields Business Advisers has appointed Simon Northey as its new managing director, following the resignation of 13-year veteran Neil Hooper.

Supreme Court Justice John McKechnie has been named as the new commissioner of the Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission.

Board movements

Communications consultancy Cannings Purple has appointed Andrew Rowell as an account manager in the investor relations team.

Emergination managing director Justin Davies has been appointed to the board of Golf WA, the state body for amateur golf.

Glennda Scully, a senior researcher and former head of the School of Accounting within Curtin University, has joined the Curtin Not-for-profit Initiative.

Lorraine Willis has rejoined Family Business Australia as state manager WA.

Grant Cox has been made chief financial officer at GMA Garnet, an integrated garnet mining, processing, shipping, global marketing and distribution company for the surface preparation and waterjet

WA wealth management firm Capital Partners Private Wealth has appointed Griffith Business School adjunct professor of finance Michael Drew and Griffith research fellow Adam Walk to its investment c

Courtney Gibson has joined Grant Thornton as a partner in the advisory team.

Australian Finance Group has appointed Chris Slater as general manager AFG Home Loans.

Jim Giumelli has joined the board of the Breast Cancer Research Centre WA.Mr Giumelli is the founder of WA engineering contractor Ertech, and now chairman of Ertech Holdings.

Poseidon Nickel has appointed John Croall as general manager of its Lake Johnston nickel operations.

Mark Stickells has been appointed as the next director of the Energy & Minerals Institute at the University of Western Australia.

Investors haven't responded well to news that former Maca chief executive Doug Grewar has taken the helm of local mining services firm Viento Group with immediate effect.

The University of Western Australia has appointed John Barrington as the chair of the Perth International Arts Festival, following the retirement of Margaret Seares who served in the role since 2012.

Board movements

Premier Colin Barnett has congratulated retired University of Western Australia vice-chancellor Alan Robson on his induction into the WA Science Hall of Fame.

Peter Martino has been appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court of WA, after fifteen years in the District Court of WA, the past five as chief judge.

Jill Thomas has joined Platform Communications as an investor relations specialist.

Network connectivity and data centre facilities supplier Nextgen Group has appointed Shermin Oksuz as WA account manager.

Manjusha Thorpe has been made executive officer, capacity building project at the Australian Grains Institute.

Spookfish has appointed Stuart Nixon as a strategic advisor to lead the company’s business development activities in Europe.

Havilah Legal has appointed Chris McDuff as a partner in the firm’s Perth office.Mr McDuff was previously a dispute resolution partner at an interstate law firm.

Boutique Perth funds management firm NWQ Capital Management has appointed Stephen Kennedy to its investment committee.

Infrastructure, construction and services group Whittens has appointed Dario Amara as chairman.Mr Amara joined Whittens as a non-executive director in August last year.

Fiona Stanley Hospital chief executive David Russell-Weisz has been appointed director general of the Western Australian Department of Health.