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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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, respectiv

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.