Appointments

Decima Rothwell-Hughes has been made member engagement manager at the Perth office of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia.

Evolution Mining non-executive director Lawrie Conway has been appointed finance director and chief financial officer.

Grain handler CBH Group has appointed Digby Willmott of Watercarrin, Jeff Seaby of Mukinbudin, Linda Hewson of Katanning and David Slade of Albany to its Growers Advisory Council.

Claire Allman has been appointed director of workforce at the St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals, due to open in November 2015.

Tungsten Mining managing director Paul Berndt has resigned after two years in the role.He remains on the company’s board as a non-executive director. 

P&N Bank has appointed Mike Purves as senior manager of program & project delivery.

Multidisciplinary consultancy RPS has appointed Michael Glendinning as business director of its planning and development operation in WA.

Property and infrastructure consultancy APP Corporation has appointed Eric Schluter as manager, project management for its WA operations.

David Lorry Hughes has been appointed chief executive officer of Yellow Rock Resources.Mr Hughes is an economic geologist and was most recently managing director of South Boulder Mines.

AusGroup subsidiary AGC Industries has appointed Steven Tull to the position of general manager – mining and industrial.

Calibre Group has appointed Derek Brown as managing director of its resource and energy business Calibre Global.

Wayne Zekulich has joined construction company JAXON as a board director and has also taken on an executive role as company secretary.

Litigation funder Bentham IMF has recruited Ferrier Hodgson partner Andrew Saker as its new managing director, to replace company founder Hugh McLernon.

Former iiNet boss and 40under40 winner Michael Malone has joined the advisory board of specialist investor relations advisory firm Market Eye.

After 20 years in the stockbroking business, Simon Lyons stepped away from equities to enter the fixed income sector as a director of specialist group FIIG, offering an alternative for investors and an option to bank finance for business.

Range Resources has appointed Nick Beattie as chief financial officer, based in London.

Otsana Capital founder and Kalimantan Gold Corporation CEO and deputy chairman Faldi Ismail has joined the board of directors of Emergent Resources, following the resignation of Patrick Burke.

Perth-based centre for choreographic development Strut Dance has appointed Georgiou Capital executive director Jon Smeulders to its board.

Mining and transport vehicle hire specialist Raw Hire has appointed Thai Pham to the new position of general manager of operations.

Global infrastructure consultancy Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed Brian Norris as a principal project manager in its Perth office.

Pluton Resources has appointed Empire Equity founding director Paul D’Sylva as a director and interim chairman, following the resignations of chairman Richard Mehan and non-executive directors Tony

Kais Contractors, which specialises in plant hire for civil and earthmoving works, has appointed Wayne Musa as general manager.

Global Resources Corporation has appointed Mark Savich as an executive director.

Rachael Turnseck has joined accounting firm EY as an account director – government.

Former Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King has been appointed deputy chairman of Africa-focused iron ore hopeful Sundance Resources.

David Karotkin has become the 75th national president of the Australian Institute of Architects.

Euroz has appointed David Curnow to the board of its wholly-owned subsidiary Euroz Securities.

Fremantle Markets has appointed Natasha Atkinson as its first chief executive officer.

BGC Contracting has appointed Hugh Nicol as executive manager commercial.

Director Ian Lindsay Campbell has resigned from the AnaeCo board, just days after losing control of his 6.5 per cent stake in the waste treatment company.

Electric and motor scooter manufacturer and distributer Vmoto has appointed its company secretary Shannon Coates to the board as an interim non-executive director, following the resignation of non-

Evolution Mining chief financial officer Tim Churcher has resigned, effective July 1.Mr Churcher has been with the gold miner since October 2011.