Lane, Miethke join Argonaut
Western Australian investment house Argonaut has appointed Ben Lane and Adam Miethke as directors. Both have spent the past three years in Hong Kong at mining investment firm Regent Pacific Group. Mr Lane was previously a senior mining engineer at Rio Tinto and has been appointed as a director in Argonaut’s corporate finance team. Mr Miethke has worked for Rio Tinto and Snowden Mining and has been appointed as Argonaut director, metals and mining research.
Naidoo moves to AECOM WA
Louis Naidoo has been appointed to the newly created role of group leader energy – for the WA and central region at engineering firm AECOM. He has moved to Perth from the company’s NSW and ACT energy business.
New team at Moray & Agnew
Law firm Moray & Agnew has appointed Rosemary Waldron-Hartfield as partner, Kerry Wood and Agnes Camilleri as senior associates and Anna Sasson as a lawyer. All were previously at Sparke Helmore.
Allmine picks new leaders
Mining services provider Allmine Group has appointed chief financial officer Mike Franklin as group general manager of Allmine’s Arccon Group of Companies. Andrew Bath, who was previously with Nutrition Systems, is the new CFO. Former Mullins Handcock managing partner Matthew Handcock has been appointed as Arccon commercial manager. Arccon managing director and Allmine executive director Rob Wilde has been released from day-to-day management to focus on origination and execution of major projects.
Powell moves to BC Iron
Iron ore producer BC Iron has appointed Peter Powell as business development manager. He was previously in the same role at Barrick Gold. Before that, he worked as a mine geologist for 12 years.
O’Callaghan dials up Nextgen
Telecommunications and data services provider Nextgen Networks has appointed Trent O’Callaghan as the WA pre-sales engineer manager. He has worked in the sector with Comscentre, the West Australian and Telstra.
Carroll off to Green Rock
Energy resources company Green Rock Energy has appointed Andy Carroll as business development adviser. He is the managing director of Australasian Energy and a director of Phoenix Oil and Gas.
Parker to Publican Group
Hospitality business The Publican Group Australia has appointed John Parker as operations manager WA. He was the operations manager in Melbourne for a group of venues, including Gin Palace, Madam Brussels, Collins Quarter and Bar Ampere.
Travaglione heads CBS
Tony Travaglione has been appointed as pro vice-chancellor of the Curtin Business School. He has been acting in the role since late last year and before that was head of the CBS School of Management.
Touyz to Barker Road
Jody Touyz has been appointed as a partner at boutique executive search firm Barker Road. She was previously a director at Deloitte and has also worked for Woodside.