Harding leads Rio iron ore
Mining giant Rio Tinto has appointed Andrew Harding to succeed Sam Walsh as its iron ore chief executive. Mr Harding, who has headed up Rio's copper division since November 2009, has been with the company since 1992. His successor as copper chief executive will be Jean-Sebastien Jacques, who will remain based in London. Mr Harding will be based in Perth.
Campbell leaves Mirvac
Property developer Mirvac's former WA chief executive, Evan Campbell, will step down from the company at the end of the month after a consolidation of the group's operations. Mr Campbell was appointed chief executive of Mirvac WA in 2006 and was promoted to the role of national general manager of resource partnerships in February last year, focusing on building accommodation solutions for the resources sector. His resignation follows a decision to merge the company's resource partnerships division into its residential and commercial product lines.
Jones steps up to Deloitte chairman
Accounting firm Deloitte Australia has appointed its outgoing Western Australian boss, Keith Jones as its national chairman. Mr Jones will succeed current chairman Wayne Goss, who will retire on June 1. Deloitte announced last month that Mr Jones planned to resign as a partner as at May 31 after 15 years as WA head and would be replaced as WA head by Perth consulting partner Michael McNulty. Mr Jones is on the board of Deloitte in Australia and has also served 10 years on the board of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.
Hutchinson joins Resource Equipment
Former Forge Group boss Peter Hutchinson has been appointed to the board of Resource Equipment as a non-executive director. Mr Hutchinson was managing director of Forge from 2007 to July 2012 and its executive chairman from 2011 to June 2012. He joins the industrial equipment supplier just after it announced that weak market conditions would result in it experiencing zero profit growth in financial year 2013.
