Shachi Kurl has been appointed director of provincial affairs for B.C. and Yukon at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. She was previously a legislative reporter for /A News Vancouver Island, associate producer, Global National News, and a contributing columnist for the Vancouver Sun.
Annalisa King has been appointed to the board of Afexa Life Sciences Inc. She is senior vice-president and CFO of Best Buy Canada Ltd. and was previously senior vice-president of business transformation for Maple Leaf Foods.
Marvin Mitchell has been appointed to the board of EcoMax Energy Services Ltd. He was previously exploration manager for Ranger Oil Ltd.
Marc Blythe has joined the board of Strategem Capital Corp. He is CEO, president and director of Tarsis Resources Ltd. and was previously corporate senior mining engineer for Placer Dome Inc.
Tourism Vancouver has announced its new board of directors for 2011-2012: Howard Jang (chair), executive director, Arts Club Theatre Co.; James Terry, executive vice-president, Rocky Mountaineer; George Bartel, president and CEO, Vancouver All Terrain Adventures; Carolyn Bauer, general manager, Yellow Cab Co.; Ken Cretney, general manager, Vancouver Convention Centre; Larry Donen, chief brand steward, Jamjar; Nicholas Gandossi, general manager, Opus Hotel Vancouver; Gordon Johnson, regional vice-president and general manager, Delta Hotels & Resorts; Bob Lindsay, owner and operator, Monk McQueens Fresh Seafood & Oyster Bars and LIFT Bar Grill View; Jonas Melin, general manager, Inn at False Creek – Quality Hotel Downtown Vancouver; Sue Roberts, managing director, CongressWorld Conferences Inc.; Robert Safrata, owner, West Coast Sightseeing/Grayline; John Sandor, general manager, Sutton Place Hotel; Dennis Skulsky, president and CEO, BC Lions Football Club; and Marion Harper Treskin, general manager, the Westin Grand Vancouver.
John McGoran has been appointed to the board of Prophecy Platinum Corp. He was previously co-founder of Imperial Metals Corp., founder of Fleck Resources and Northern Platinum Ltd. and director of Prophecy Coal Corp. John Kerr and Michael Sweatman have resigned as directors of Platinum.
James Turner has been appointed to the board of Pan Terra Industries Inc. as a geological consultant and Michael Slater has been appointed an independent director. Gregory Marr has resigned from the board, but remains as CFO. Turner is CFO of Anglo-Canadian Uranium Corp. and a geologist with Entourage Mining. Slater was previously president of Motivation Industrial Equipment.
Graham Clark Jr., chair of United Silver Corp. has been appointed interim president and CEO of the company, replacing Charles Pitcher, who has stepped down. Clark was previously senior vice-president and general counsel at Newmont Mining Corp.
John Thomas and Robert Atkinson have been appointed CEO and director, respectively, of Cassius Ventures Ltd. Thomas is president and a director of the company. Atkinson is a director of Sprott Resource Lending Corp., Tasman Metals Ltd., Hansa Resources Ltd. and Spur Ventures Inc. and was previously president and CEO of Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon & Co. Ltd.
Steve Cook and Alistair Maxwell have been appointed to the board of Cayden Resources Inc. Cook is a tax partner at Thorsteinssons LLP and is on the board of Skeena Resources Ltd. and was previously on the board of Brett Resources Ltd. Maxwell was previously president and CEO of Clarus Securities Inc., head of sales and trading at Loewen Ondaatie McCutcheon Ltd. and a financial analyst at the Royal Bank of Canada.
Don Demens has been appointed COO of Western Forest Products Inc. He was previously senior vice-president of sales and manufacturing at the company.
Rick Zimmer, Hak-Kyun Shin and Jan Castro have joined the board of Capstone Mining Corp. Zimmer was previously president and CEO of Far West Mining Ltd. Shin is the director general for business development and foreign investment at KORES and was previously director for coal business development and foreign investment before becoming the COO and a director for KORES Canada Corp. Castro is CEO of Pala Investments AG. Colin Benner and Stephen Quin have resigned from the board.
Greg Gibson has been appointed to the board of F.D.G. Mining Inc. He is president, CEO and a director of Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc.
James Hutton has been appointed to the board of Salazar Resources Ltd. He is president and CEO of Hutton Capital Corp. and Hutton Capital Management and was previously founder, president and CEO of the Canadian Dominion Resources Group and president and CEO of the CMP Resource Group.
Michael Dake has joined the board and has been appointed president, CEO and secretary of Cricket Resources Inc. He is a partner at Whaler Capital Corp. and serves on the board of Shamrock Enterprises Inc.
Michael Dake has joined the board of Taipan Resources Inc. He is president, CEO and secretary of Cricket Resources Inc., a partner at Whaler Capital Corp. and is on the board of Shamrock Enterprises Inc.
Harry Knutson has been appointed chairman of the board of AgriMarine Holdings Inc. following the resignation of John Reynolds. Knutson is founder of Nova Bancorp Group.
Fred Sveinson has been appointed director of Fire River Gold Corp. He was previously president and CEO of Gold City Industries Ltd. and founder, president and CEO of Merit Mining Corp.