Board Moves August 31, 2023

Andrew Muir has resigned as managing director of Caprice Resources, and Philip Re has been appointed a non-executive director. Over the last two years, Mr Muir has been involved in the expansion and exploration efforts of the Murchison and Northampton projects, and the acquisition of the Mukinbudin REE project. Mr Re is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Secretary who specialises in corporate advisory, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and investment banking for ASX-listed companies.

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has appointed Stephen Carter as chief executive from 11 September. Paul Rennie will then step down as interim chief executive and continues as non-executive chair. Mr Carter has over 30 years of experience within the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, as well as extensive contacts and experience in both the technical and business aspects of the pharmaceutical industry. He has also started up, and ran, a number of smaller private and public-listed companies.

Sayona Mining has appointed non-executive director James Brown as interim chief executive, to guide it through a transitional phase in operations and corporate structure. Mr Brown has been on the board of Sayona since 2013. He is also the managing director of Morello Corporation, which is confident that this appointment will have no impact on Mr Brown’s ongoing leadership in overseeing the company’s exploration activities at both the Nevada and Western Australian projects.

Colin Noid has resigned as non-executive director of VDM Group. He has been with the company in various executive roles since February 2012, before joining the board in November 2019.

Global electric vehicle company Vmoto has appointed Joan Dabon as company secretary, following the resignation of Loren King after a year in the role. Ms Dabon is a Chartered Secretary with Source Governance and has been providing company secretarial and corporate advisory services to ASX- and NSX-listed companies across a variety of sectors including mining, property development, logistics and distribution, manufacturing, and agriculture.

Zuleika Gold has appointed current company secretary Michael Higginson as non-executive director, and Jonathan Lea has resigned as managing director and retiring from the board after completing a three-month notice period to ensure an orderly handover. Mr Higginson is a professional director and company secretary with extensive experience in public company administration, ASX Listing Rules, the Corporations Act, capital raisings, corporate governance, financial reporting and due diligence. He was previously a non-executive director of the company from February to July 2022.