Keith Jones in for George at Gindalbie
Gindalbie Metals chairman George Jones will step down from the role in April - coinciding with the company officially launching its Karara iron ore project in the Mid West. He will be succeeded by Keith Jones, who is due to become national chairman of accounting firm Deloitte in June after holding the managing partner role in Perth for more than a decade. George Jones initially stepped down from the chairman role at Gindalbie in 2009 due to health issues, but resumed the chair the following year after its then chairman Geoff Wedlock died in a plane crash in West Africa. Mr Jones remains chairman of Sundance Resources, which is in long-running takeover negotiations with China’s Hanlong Mining.
Dowling takes chair at Sirius
Former Ernst & Young Perth managing partner Jeff Dowling (pictured) has been appointed chairman of nickel explorer Sirius Resources. Mr Dowling will take over from current chairman Steve Lowe, who has opted to step aside and remain as a non-executive director. Mr Lowe acts as business manager for Mark Creasy - who is Sirius’ largest shareholder and joint venture partner on its Nova project - which prompted Mr Lowe to step down from the chairman role. Mr Dowling spent 40 years at Ernst & Young. Since retiring from the accounting firm, he has been appointed as a director of Atlas Iron and chairman of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority.
Craig heads NEC in WA
Global technology firm NEC Australia has appointed Paul Craig as its WA state manager, to lead the integration of NEC’s historical communications solutions business with its newly acquired IT services business in WA from CSG. Mr Craig was most recently general manager of Ajilon’s solution centre, and prior to that has held senior management roles in consultancies and corporations in the US and Australia, including American Management Systems (AMS), CGI Group and Ameritech, now part of AT&T.
