FORMER Normandy Mining Group senior group executive Ian Middlemas has been appointed as a non-executive director of Globe Petroleum Ltd. Mr Middlemas is non-executive chairman of heavy mineral sands explorer OmegaCorp Ltd and was recently appointed as a director of Sydney-based exploration company Xenolith Gold Ltd. He is also deputy chairman of West Perth-based mineral explorer Indo Mines Ltd, and on the board of copper company Sovereign Metals Ltd.