Burvill joins IronClad
South Australian iron ore explorer IronClad Mining has appointed David Burvill as project director. Mr Burvill was most recently project director for WorleyParsons at Hancock Prospecting’s Roy Hill iron ore project in WA. He has also worked for OZ Minerals, Ertech and BHP Billiton.
Jones to Northern Minerals
Northern Minerals has appointed Robin Jones to the new position of project manager, to oversee development of the Browns Range project, which aims to produce heavy rare earth concentrate by 2015. Mr Jones was previously project director at Mega Uranium and CopperCo.
McGregor joins Algae.Tec
Colin McGregor has been appointed as general manager project operations at biofuels firm Algae.Tec. Mr McGregor recently headed up a fuel efficiency program for a major international carrier.
Ashurst recruits Winterbourne
Law firm Ashurst has appointed Katie Winterbourne as a new partner in its energy and resources practice in the Perth office. Ms Winterbourne was formerly an in-house legal manager at BHP Billiton.
Turley joins Lavan Legal
WA law firm Lavan Legal has appointed Don Turley as construction counsel in the commercial advice and litigation group. Mr Turley was previously a consultant at Clyde & Co in Saudi Arabia and prior to that, head of Taylor Wessing’s construction practice in Dubai.
Bizzaca on library fund board
Kristy Bizzaca has been appointed to the board of the State Library of Western Australia Foundation. Ms Bizzaca is a heritage consultant and professional historian.
Fairweather to Allion Legal
Dirk Fairweather has been appointed as a principal and head of Allion Legal’s new litigation and dispute resolution group. Mr Fairweather was previously a principal at Maxim Litigation Consultants (which has merged with Lavan Legal).
Youds consults to Cauldron
Junior uranium explorer Cauldron Energy has appointed Simon Youds as operations consultant. Mr Youds was previously chief executive officer of African Iron and managing director, Australia of Consolidated Minerals. He was also recently appointed as technical consulting engineer at Chameleon Mining.
Hart heads medicine at Curtin
Curtin University has appointed William Hart as foundation head of medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Professor Hart’s role will be to lead the Department of Medical Education and Curtin’s proposed medical school. Professor Hart comes to Curtin from his role as director of the Gippsland Medical School, Monash University’s rural medical school.
Wilshaw joins Magnus
Former WA Business News journalist Blake Wilshaw has been appointed as senior associate in the Perth office of Magnus Investor Relations + Corporate Communication. Mr Wilshaw was most recently editor of Resource Stocks magazine, and has also worked at Aspermont Publishing in the UK.
New Realmark staff
Real estate agency Realmark has appointed Andrew Cryer as a property manager in the Leederville commercial team, Davina McDonald as a sales associate in the Scarborough residential team, and Sarah Crocker to work on the group’s publications in its in-house media business Xceed media.