Jeremy Chan, corporate counsel of Methanex Corp., has been appointed president of the Hong Kong-Canada Business Association, Vancouver section.
Chris Hilliard, chair and managing director of MagPower Systems Inc., has been elected president of the Simon Fraser University Alumni Association.
Maurice Poulin has been appointed president of the Insurance Brokers Association of BC. He owns Poulin Agencies.
Beth McKercher has been appointed president of the Dunbar Village Business Association. She is proprietor of Splash Toys.
Craig Wisehart has been appointed program director of the Electronic Stewardship Association of BC. He was previously on the board of directors of the BC Trucking Association and was on the advisory committee for the Trucking Safety Council of BC.
Michael Aldridge has been appointed a director of Allon Therapeutics Inc., replacing Michael O’Brian ,who has retired. Aldridge is executive director and member of the board of Xenome Ltd.
Tamara Little has been appointed director, public affairs, at NATIONAL Public Relations. She was previously communications and government relations director for Partnerships BC and communications director to the Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Transportation and the Treaty Negotiations Office.
Rolf Skala, Darrell Mott and Crystal Kwon have joined Kryton International Inc. as director of marketing; operations manager; and public relations co-ordinator, respectively. Skala was previously director of Brand Visioneering, group director, Canada, for YPartnership and group account director at DDB. Mott was previously the Vancouver operations manager for Vicwest Corp. Kwon is PR manager of Five Hole for Food and was previously PR manager for the Vancouver International Dance Festival.
John McKendry has been appointed acting president of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, replacing David Atkinson, who has resigned. McKendry was previously special adviser to the president of Kwantlen and provost and vice-president, academic, at the university.
Keith Hill has been appointed director of Denovo Capital Corp. He is president and CEO of Africa Oil.
David Claassen, Rahim Esmail, Krista Johanson, Cherie Mah, Robert Wallis and Maria Zeldis have joined Borden Ladner Gervais LLP as associates. Claassen, Esmail, Johanson, Wallis and Zeldis all completed their articles at BLG. Mah was an articling student at BLG Calgary.
Nicholas Roos and Kareen Zimmer have joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP as associate in the banking and finance practice and partner in the securities and M&A practice, respectively. Roos completed his articles at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Zimmer was previously with McCarthy Tetrault LLP.
Brent Rentiers has joined Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP’s Kelowna office as an associate in the litigation group. He was called to the B.C. bar in 2011.
Rina Jaswal has joined Miller Thomson LLP as associate in the capital markets and securities group. She was previously with Clark Wilson LLP.
Justine Greene has been appointed executive director of the Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland, replacing Shannon Newman-Bennett, who has stepped down. Greene was previously a contract operations professional with the Vancouver Foundation, InspireHealth and AIDS Vancouver.
Richard Lyon has been appointed COO of Bellhaven Copper & Gold Inc. He was previously executive director of Angola LNG and CEO and global projects director for Australian-American Energy Co.
Lindsay Bottomer has been appointed to the board of Driven Capital Corp. He is vice-president of business development for Entree Gold Inc. and was previously president and CEO of Southern Rio Resources Ltd. Margo Peters has been appointed as the company’s corporate secretary, replacing Mark Achtemichuk, who remains as CFO and director. Peters is corporate secretary for the Progressive Exploration Group.
Warren Johnstone has rejoined Gemcom Software International Inc. as vice-president of global services. He was previously regional vice-president at Gemcom Africa and a mining analyst for Edison Investment Research.
Guy Gilron has been appointed vice-president, environment and community relations, at Cardero Resource Corp. He was previously director, environmental science, for Teck Resources Ltd.
Tayfun Eldem has been appointed president and CEO of Alderon Resource Corp. and Mark Morabito, former president, CEO and co-founder of the company, has been appointed executive chair of Alderon. Eldem was previously vice-president, expansion projects and engineering, and vice-president, operations and engineering for the Iron Ore Co. of Canada.
Abraham Jonker has been appointed to the board of EastCoal Inc. He is interim chair of Mandalay Resources Corp. and was previously CFO of Cambrian Mining Plc. and Western Coal Corp.
Pierce Carson and Robert Kramer have been appointed to the board of Canamex Resources Corp. and Basil Pantages has stepped down as a director. Carson is president and CEO of Santa Fe Gold Corp. Kramer was previously chair of the audit committee of Silver Bull Resources Inc.
Carson Seabolt has been appointed president and CEO of Worldwide Promotional Management Inc. He is an officer of Terra Nova Minerals and partner at Skanderbeg Capital.
William Woolford has joined the board of GMV Guyana Resources Inc. He was previously senior mining engineer, manager (mines), chief mining engineer, deputy commissioner and commissioner of the Guyana Geology & Mines Commission.
James Gibbons has joined International Enexco Ltd. as a member of its board and senior adviser to the company on corporate affairs. He was previously governor of Nevada.
Marion McGrath has been appointed corporate secretary of PMI Gold Corp. She is the owner of iO Corporate Services Ltd.
James Pratt has been appointed chief business officer of Functional Technologies Corp. He was previously CEO of Sepp’s Food Group and vice-president of corporate finance at Midland Walwyn Capital Inc.