Appointments

Mining executive Chris Tuckwell plans to return to MACA as its managing director, two years after leaving the company to join rival contractor Ausdrill in Africa.

Hayden McWilliams has joined IRDI Legal as corporate lawyer.

Clifford Chance has promoted Philip Sealey to partner in the finance division of its Perth office.

Diverse IT has appointed David Cameron as general manager – WA.Mr Cameron previously spent three years managing VMWare’s Perth operations.

Fortescue Metals Group chief financial officer Stephen Pearce has been appointed a non-executive director of Cedar Woods Properties.

Former foreign affairs and defence minister Stephen Smith has been appointed a professor of international law at The University of Western Australia.

Troy Resources managing director and chief executive Paul Benson has given notice of his resignation after nearly seven years at the head of the gold and silver producer.

HHG Legal Group has appointed Caroline Teo as an associate in its family law team.Ms Teo was previously a senior lawyer at Butlers Barristers & Solicitors. 

Karen Thomson has joined Civic Legal as special counsel to the firm’s commercial and local government practices.

Tony Mulder has joined P&N Bank in the role of manager, credit management.

Atlas Pearls and Perfumes has appointed former Jewelmer deputy managing director Pierre Fallourd as general manager, pearling division and former Kailis Jewellery and Crown senior executive Sonia M

National architecture and design firm Hames Sharley has promoted Tim Boekhoorn and Brad Crowe to associates in the Perth office.

Philippines-focused gold miner Red 5 has promoted non-executive director Mark Williams to managing director, following the resignation of Steve Norregaard from the role.

WHL Energy has appointed Jeffrey Schrull to its board as a non-executive director.Mr Schrull was most recently managing director of Rialto Energy (now Azonto Petroleum).

Tempo Australia chairman Charlie Bontempo has moved from a non-executive into an executive position, taking a more hands-on role to support the structural mechanical piping company’s development.

David Wall has been appointed managing director of Tangiers Petroleum.

Miro Advisors managing director Tim Woodall has joined the Curtin University Graduate School of Business advisory board.

Just one week after announcing prominent company director Samantha Tough as its new chair, clean power company Enerji says Ms Tough has withdrawn her consent to join the company's board.

Former University of Western Australia vice-chancellor Alan Robson is among a group of leading academics appointed to advise the federal government on reducing red tape in the tertiary education sector.

Moly Mines has appointed Graeme Kininmonth as its new acting chief executive, replacing former acting CEO David Pass, as the company faces suspension from trading on the ASX following its failure t

Julian Rait will chair medical indemnity service provider Medical Defence Australia, which will result from the merger of WA-based MDA National and SA-based Medical Insurance Group Australia.

Telethon Kids Institute head of the development disorders research group Andrew Whitehouse has been made 2014 Patron of the Kids are Kids Therapy and Education Centre.

The Royal Agricultural Society of WA has appointed Peter Cooper as its new chief executive officer.

Commercial real estate agency Lease Equity has appointed Tom Prout as a senior leasing executive.

Marketforce Advertising has appointed Katrina Youdale as director of strategy, replacing Nicole Walton who left the agency late last year.

Christopher Shanahan has been appointed as an acting Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission, following the retirement of Roger Macknay.

Adriana Sanchez has joined corporate advisory firm Torridon Partners as an analyst.Ms Sanchez previously worked at Rio Tinto Iron Ore supporting its grade control laboratories.

Communications consultancy Cannings Purple has appointed Karen Brown as national director.

West Perth-based gold miner Red 5 has cleared a key regulatory hurdle on the way to resuming production at its mothballed Siana gold mine in the Philippines.

Hanking Gold Mining managing director Mark Qiu has joined Primary Gold as a non-executive director, following the resignation of Michael Hendriks.

Titan Energy has appointed Andrew Van Der Zwan as a non-executive director, following the resignation of Colin Sandell-Hay.

Harrier Human Capital chief executive Kelly Quirk has been appointed to the board of advisers of HRO Today Services and Technology Association, Asia Pacific chapter.