Chantal Iorio and Lawson Branch have joined Berris Mangan, Chartered Accountants as manager of client services and manager of assurance, respectively. Iorio was previously manager at Cinnamon Jang Willoughby & Co. Branch was formerly a manager and audit senior at KPMG.
Natalie Godfrey has joined DDB Canada’s Vancouver office as senior planning director. She was previously strategy director at Mediacom London.
Sarah Weddell has been appointed vice-president and group leader of public affairs at Hill & Knowlton B.C. She was previously public relations manager at National and a caucus communications consultant for the Government of BC.
David Brodie has been appointed vice-president, Western Canada, and Liberty Lee has joined as account director at Optimum PR. Brodie was previously a political adviser in the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Prime Minister.
Karl DeMong has been appointed vice-president, operations, at Realm Energy International Corp. He was previously the completions and well services manager at Apache Canada Ltd. and global multilateral operations manager for Sperry-Sun Halliburton.
Wayne Cook and Richard Charlton have been appointed chair and member of the board of Crelogix Acceptance Corp. Cook was previously vice-president of Servus Credit Union. Charlton is vice-president, commercial credit, south region, for Servus.
Nancy Davies has been appointed vice-president, finance, and CFO of Tree Island Wire Income Fund. She was previously corporate controller with the company, audit manager at Ernst and Young LLP and vice-president, internal audit, at CHC Helicopter Corp.
Amir Novin has joined the Make-A-Wish Foundation of BC & Yukon as director of development and Kim Heron moved to director of communications and marketing. Novin was previously the sponsorship and marketing co-ordinator for the United Way of the Lower Mainland.
Sarah Woodgate has joined the Westin Grand Vancouver as director of sales and marketing. She was previously director of sales and marketing at the Hotel Indigo Vancouver.
John Furlong has been appointed to the board of Rocky Mountaineer. He was previously president and CEO of VANOC and president and COO of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Bid Committee.
Ron Usher has joined the Society of Notaries Public of BC as its general counsel and Peter Ramsay has been appointed a board examiner for B.C. notary students. Usher was previously senior counsel at Bell Alliance and staff lawyer at the Law Society of BC. Ramsay is senior partner at Ramsay Lampman Rhodes.
David Doherty and Nick Watters have joined Firebird Resources Inc. as strategic advisers. Doherty is founder and president of Inform Capital Corp., vice-president of corporate development for CuOro Resources Corp., a director of Doca Capital Corp. and was previously an investment adviser with Canaccord Capital. Watters is a co-founder and director of business development at Canaco Resources Inc.
William Cousins has been named COO and joined the board of Thelon Capital Ltd. He is managing director of Clear Fork Mining.
Brian Levet has been appointed to the board of Eurasian Minerals Inc. He was previously group executive for worldwide exploration with Newmont Mining Corp.
Wojtek Wodzicki has been apponted to the board of Newstrike Capital Inc. He is president and CEO of NGEx Resources Inc.
Dick Whittington has been appointed to the board of Kootenay Gold Inc. He was previously president and CEO of Farallon Mining.
Glenn Holmes has been appointed to the board of NSGold Corp. He is vice-president and CFO of NSGold and was previously CFO and vice-president of finance at Etruscan Resources Inc.
Kerim Sener has been appointed a director at Mediterranean Resources Ltd. He is the managing director of Ariana Resources PLC.
Brent Butler and Brian Richardson have been appointed president and CEO; and CFO of Superior Mining International Corp., respectively. Butler is a director of Redhill Resources Corp. and Siburan Resources Ltd. Richardson is CFO of Southern Arc Minerals Inc. and Bryant Resources Inc.
Ron Shon has been appointed to the board of Long Harbour Capital Corp. He is the president of the Shon Group of Companies and a director of China Education Resources Inc.
Patrick Downey has resigned as president and CEO of Aura Minerals Inc.
Susan Gillard and John Stratton have joined Image Group Inc. as account executive and manager, business development, respectively. Gillard was previously an account executive with AdCentives and Stratton was previously owner of Coal Harbour Clothing.
Bill Baker has joined the board of Simba Technologies Inc. He was previously chief technology officer of Visible Technologies, Inc., general manager of business intelligence at Microsoft and vice-president at Oracle Corp.
John Campbell has joined the board of Functional Technologies Corp. He is founder and chief investment officer at Camlin Asset Management Ltd. and co-founded CWC Capital.
Andrew Gutman has joined WebTech Wireless Inc. as a director. He was previously CEO of Speedware Corp. and the general manager of TSB International Inc.
Patrick Smith has been appointed chair of the board of Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. He was previously vice-president, systems integration and technology planning, for Sprint and board chair of Wavesat Inc. Smith replaces James Tocher who continues to serve as a board member and the president and CEO.