- Associations/Societies
Ken McCormack has been appointed president of the Automotive Retailers Association of BC. He was previously general manager of the BC Milk Marketing Board and executive director of the Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta.
- Energy
Christopher Brown has been appointed vice-president, exploration and operations, at Petra Petroleum Inc. He was previously exploration director for Aurelian Oil and Gas plc and Suncor Energy.
- General
Gord Nelson, regional vice-president, business market at Rogers Communications Inc., has been appointed a director at the Vancouver Board of Trade.
- Legal
Jeff Read has joined Borden Ladner Gervais LLP as partner in the corporate and commercial group. He was previously at Fraser Milner Casgrain.
Owais Ahmed has joined Harper Grey LLP as an associate in the commercial litigation and securities practice. He was previously an associate with Groia & Co. Professional Corp.
Jeremy Chan has been promoted to senior counsel at Methanex Corp. He is president of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association (Vancouver) and a director at the SUCCESS Foundation. He was previously corporate counsel at Methanex and senior associate at Miller Thompson LLP.
- Resources
Richard Haslinger, George Nicholson, Peter Rees and Jason Leikam have joined Stratton Resources Inc. as COO; vice-president, exploration; CFO; and vice-president, corporate development; respectively. Haslinger was previously vice-president, exploration, at Keegan Resources Inc. Nicholson was a founder of AZ Copper. Rees is CFO at Cayden Resources Inc. and was previously corporate controller at Keegan Resources and a manager at Deloitte and Touche LLP. Leikam was previously manager of corporate development at Silvermex Resources.
Don Larmour has been appointed to the board of Pacific Potash Corp. He is principal of Global Potash Solutions.
Bruce Youngman has been appointed a director of Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. He is chair and director of Strategic Metals Ltd. and director of ATAC Resources Ltd. He was previously president and COO of Canplats Resources Corp. and president, vice-president and director with Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
Mark Forsyth and Gregory Radke have been appointed to the board of Gold Hawk Resources Inc. Forsyth is principal of Cliveden AG and was previously a senior trader with the Tarafigura Group and head trader at Marc Rich & Co Investment AG. Radke is general counsel for Pala Investments AG and a director of Coalcorp Mining Inc. and Churchill Mining.
Charles Allen and Bob Middleton have joined Giyani Gold Corp. as president and vice-president of exploration, respectively. Allen replaces Alex Helmel, who will remain a director. Allen was previously president and CEO of Oneworld Energy Inc. and president at New Dawn Mining. Middleton is senior vice-president of exploration at Rainy Mountain Royalty Corp. and was previously vice-president of exploration and an independent director of Cascadia Resources Inc.
Shijin Qin has been appointed senior engineer at Sterling Group Ventures, Inc.’s Hongyu phosphate project. He was previously director of mining for the Yichang District Chemical Industry Bureau of Hubei Province in China and senior engineer and vice-chief engineer of Yichang Phosphorus Chemical Industry Group Ltd.
Khalid Amlani has been appointed CFO of Guyana Frontier Mining Corp. He was previously a manager at DMCL, Chartered Accountants.
Gary Powers has been appointed president and CEO of Mercer Gold Corp. He owns and operates a private management consulting business and was previously assistant deputy minister with the Yukon Territorial Government.
- Technology
Mark Kohler has been elected a director of QHR Technologies Inc. He is president and CEO of Exelerate Inc. and an adjunct professor at York University. He was previously interim CFO, chief risk officer and corporate secretary of Jameson Bank.
Shane Meyers has resigned from the board of VendTek Systems Inc.