RICHARD Patty has been appointed chairman of the Gascoyne Development Commission’s board.
Mr Patty, general manager of Nor-West Seafoods, had been deputy chairman and replaces former chairman Kevin Leahy who resigned his position to fill a vacancy in the State’s Legislative Council.
Peter Green of Exmouth will replace Mr Patty as deputy chairman.
Upper Gascoyne Shire councillor Inge Stocks will join the board as a local government representative.
She replaces Marshall Hipper who held the role for five years.
Laurence Bellottie from Denham, Carnarvon councillor Karl Brandenburg, Exmouth councillor Veronica Fleay and Doug Hunt from Coral Bay and Andy Munro will continue as board members.