Anne Tardif and Simon Douglas have joined Signals Design Group as graphic designer and web developer, respectively. Tardif was previously a freelance designer and Douglas was a web designer and developer at Avatar.
Mary Jordan has been re-appointed and Robin Chakrabarti and Susan Senecal have been appointed to the board of Coast Capital Savings. Jordan is chair of the Vancouver International Airport board and a director on the Vancouver Aquarium and Vancouver Opera boards. She previously served as a director of the Vancouver Board of Trade. Chakrabarti is founding partner at Empresario Capital and was previously vice-president, finance, and vice-president and general manager for Canadian Springs. Senecal is vice-president, operations, for A&W Food Services of Canada and previously served as director of operations and general manager for A&W. She is on the board of the Canadian Restaurant and Food Services Association.
Geoff Lee and Charles Austin have been appointed CEO and CFO of Long Harbour Capital Corp., respectively. Lee is a co-founder and former CFO of the company, senior officer and director of Central Asia Mining Corp., co-founder and director of Functional Technologies Corp. and principal of Bellwether Investments Ltd. Austin, also a co-founder of Long Harbour, is president of Austin & Briggs Investments Inc. and an officer and director of Central Asia Mining Corp. and Bamet Resources Corp.
Patrice Pratt, Anita Braha and David Wong have been elected to the board of Vancity. Pratt is a strategic planning consultant, Braha is a lawyer who runs her own practice and Wong is vice-president and master limited partnerships controller for Teekay Corp.
Simon Johnston has resigned as artistic and executive director of Gateway Theatre.
Kenton Low, vice-president, marketing, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and Cliff Kanto, founder and managing director of Mercer Bradley, have joined the board of H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.
Arthur Klein has joined Pacific Business Brokers as business broker. He was previously an independent consultant.
Ray Castelli, CEO of Weatherhaven; John DeLucchi, managing partner, Western Canada, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Mike Graham, president, Canadian region, EnCana Corp.; Eric Harris, managing partner, Harris & Co. LLP; Doug Horswill, senior vice-president, environment and corporate affairs, Teck Resources Ltd.; Hank Ketcham, chair, president and CEO, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.; Terry Lyons, chair, Northgate Minerals Corp.; Paul McElligott, president and CEO, TimberWest Forest Corp.; Fiona MacFarlane, managing partner, Western Canada, Ernst & Young LLP; Robert McFarlane, executive vice-president andCFO, Telus Corp.; Richard Prokopanko, director, corporate affairs and sustainability, Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.; Tamara Vrooman, president and CEO, Vancity Credit Union; and Don Wright, president, BCIT, have been appointed to the executive committee of the Business Council of BC.
Emily Armstrong has been appointed regional director, public relations – Pacific Northwest at Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. She was previously manager, travel media relations, North America, at Tourism Vancouver.
Elena Do has joined Lawson Lundell LLP in the banking and debt financing group as an associate. She was called to the B.C. bar in 2008.
Zena Caul, Peter Jeffrey and Ali Jamal have been appointed director of operations, B.C. division; vice-president, B.C. division; and director of sales and business development, B.C. division, respectively, at Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME). Caul was previously director of events at CME. Jeffrey is principal of PDJ and Associates and was previously chair of the board at CME. Jamal was was previously director of business development at CME.
Kimberly Hall has been appointed marketing and event co-ordinator with the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters – B.C. division. She was previously event and sponsorship co-ordinator with the City of Surrey, special events division.
Rick Valouche has been elected president of the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA). He is managing broker and co-owner of the TRG – The Residential Group Realty and former president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. Joining Valouche as officers of the association are vice-president Jim McCaughan of Landmark Realty, past president Moss Moloney of Re/Max Performance Realty and CEO of the BCREA, Robert Laing.
Martin Carsky and Bob Garnett have been appointed executive vice- president and CFO; and chair of the audit committee, respectively, at Great Panther Silver Ltd. Carsky is CEO of Con-Space Communications Ltd. and was formerly a director and chair of the audit committee for Spectrum Signal Processing, Pacific Safety Products and Con-Space Communications. He replaces Raakel Iskanius, who has resigned as CFO. Garnett is a director and vice-chair of Translink and a director of VRX Worldwide Inc. He was previously owner and president of Eaglequest Golf Centers Inc. and a director of Coast Capital Savings.
Peter Barnes has been appointed non-executive chair of CB Gold Inc. He was previously CEO of Silver Wheaton Corp. Giles Baynham, formerly the executive chair, will become the president.
Peter Mah and Carlos Paranhos have joined Luna Gold Corp. as vice-president, operations, and director of exploration, Brazil, respectively. Mah was previously group executive at Newmont Mining Corp. and mine general manager for Debeers. Paranhos was previously exploration co-ordinator for AngloGold Ashanti.
David Jan has been appointed CFO of Prophecy Resource Corp. He was previously head of investor relations at Western Coal Corp. Irina Plavutska, formerly interim CFO, has been appointed corporate controller of Prophecy.
David Calabrigo, Alistair Cook, Mark Feldinger, Wayne Guthrie, Alan Nicholl and Douglas Warstler have been appointed senior vice-president, corporate and legal affairs and corporate secretary; senior vice-president, wood products operations – Canada; senior vice-president, forestry, environment and energy; senior vice-president, sales and marketing; senior vice-president finance and CFO; and president, U.S. operations, respectively, at Canfor Corp. Calabrigo was previously vice-president, corporate development, general counsel and corporate secretary at Canfor. Cook was previously vice-president, capital projects, at Canfor. Feldinger was previously vice-president, manufacturing at Canfor. Guthrie was previously vice-president, sales and marketing, at Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Nicholl was previously corporate controller at Canfor. Warstler was previously CFO of New South Companies Inc.
Patrick Smith and Walter Segsworth have been appointed to the board of Heatherdale Resources Ltd. Smith is president and CEO of Heatherdale and was previously managing director, exploration, and exploration executive with Rio Tinto. Segsworth was previously president, COO and director at Homestake Mining Co. and is past director and chair of the Mining Association of Canada and the Mining Association of BC.
Gordon Keevil has joined the board of Lions Gate Metals Inc. He is vice-president, corporate development, of Imperial Metals Corp.
Tanya Jakusconek has been appointed to the board of Tahoe Resources Inc. She was previously director of equity research and precious metals analyst at National Bank Financial.
Murray Hunter, CFO of Copper Fox, has resigned and Catherine Henderson, previously the company’s corporate comptroller, has been named interim CFO.
Peter Miles and Allan Armitage have joined Simba Gold Corp. as president and CEO; and director, respectively. Miles is a director of the Gamehost Income Fund and the Vancouver Aquarium and Marine Science Centre, Guerrero Exploration Inc. and is the founder, president and CEO of Sanatana Resources Inc. Armitage is a senior geologist with GeoVector Management Inc. and was previously vice-president of exploration for Uranium North Resources and Triex Minerals Corp.
Jeffrey Reeder has resigned as a director of AM Gold Inc.
JJ Jennex has been appointed vice-president, corporate affairs, with Excelsior Mining Corp. He was previously strategic adviser at the Exploration Group and vice-president, corporate development, at Red Lion Mgmt.
Troy Fierro has been appointed to the board of Grayd Resource Corp. He was previously COO with Fronteer Development Group Inc. and vice-president, operations, with Metallica Resources Inc.
Paul Taggar has been appointed CFO of New Hana Copper Mining Ltd., replacing Matthew Kavanagh, who has resigned. Taggar was previously corporate controller at Fronteer Gold Inc. and manager for KPMG, LLP.
Jo Harris has joined the board of Columbia Yukon Explorations Inc. She is prinicipal of Jo Harris & Associates and was previously senior project manager at B.C.’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Brian Barry has joined the board of Tasktop Technologies. He is chief technology officer of XIA Systems and CEO of Bedarra Research Labs.