David Stitt has been appointed to the board of Bevo Agro Inc. He was previously a director of the company and, prior, managing partner of Banyan Capital Partners.
Stephen Fane has been appointed CEO of Valcent Products Inc. He was previously president and CEO of Hot House Growers Income Fund.
Nigel Prince has been appointed executive director of the Contemporary Art Gallery. He was previously curator at Ikon Gallery.
Graeme Roberts has been elected chair of the Motor Vehicle Sales Authority of BC. He is a member of the Victoria Airport Authority board and was previously mayor of Nanaimo and chair of the BC Public Service Commission.
Michael Rogers has been appointed to the board of Sirona Biochem Corp. He is president of Palmer Rogers Encore Ventures.
Kristan Ash has been elected chair of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Alumni Association board. Other new directors are: Harpreet Bains; Marc Bains, financial consultant, Investors Group Financial; Kelsey Filion; and Careena Sharma, marketing co-ordinator, Macdonald Realty Group Inc.
Olivia Lau has joined TD Bank Group as senior manager of field marketing. She was previously senior marketing manager at Rogers Wireless.
Savio Chiu has been appointed director of Otterburn Ventures Inc. He is manager of corporate finance for Baron Global Financial Canada Ltd.
Paul Healey has joined GrowthPoint Group as an executive partner. He was previously president and CEO of Mr. Lube Canada.
Rhonda Ceci has been promoted to senior matchmaker with Executive Search Dating Inc. She was previously a senior matching agent.
Ryan Matheson has joined Metropolitan Hotels as senior regional sales manager. He was previously director of strategic partnerships at International Conference Services and senior sales manager at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver.
Todd Howard has been appointed executive chef of CinCin Ristorante, part of the Top Table Group. He was previously head chef of Watermark Restaurant in the British Virgin Islands.
Adam Koebel has been promoted to sales planning lead at Marqui Solutions Inc. He was previously support and client operations. Randa Codron has been promoted to web marketing consultant. She was previously marketing communications specialist. Richard Sharp has been appointed vice-president of sales and marketing. He was previously vice-president, marketing.
Katherine Linton has joined Harper Grey LLP as an associate within the insurance defence group. She previously practised with Cox Palmer and was called to the B.C. bar in 2010.
Aaron Lightman has joined Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP as an associate in the corporate commercial, securities and mergers and acquisitions practice groups. He was called to the B.C. bar in 2009.
Gwun Yee has joined Lang Michener as an associate within the securities group. He previously practised with TransLink.
Lois Jackson has been elected chair of Metro Vancouver’s board. Richard Walton has been re-elected as vice-chair.
Catherine Roome has been selected as president and CEO of the BC Safety Authority (BCSA). She first joined the BCSA as vice-president of engineering and was later made COO. Roome is chair of the Actsafe board.
Jennifer Clarke has been appointed to the Provincial Capital Commission board. She is president of JPC Strategies Ltd.
Bryan Kerrison has been appointed president of Rare & Precious Gems. He was previously vice-president of marketing for the company and, prior to that, worked for De Beers.
Tim Smith has been promoted to vice-president of exploration at Kaminak Gold Corp. He was previously with Tanami Gold NL.
Ron Rimelman has been appointed vice-president of environment, health, safety and sustainability at NovaGold Resources Inc. He was previously vice-president of environmental services for Tetra Tech.
Neil Richardson and John Pattison have been appointed to the board of North American Nickel Inc. Richardson is COO of VMS Ventures. Prior to that, he was manager of exploration for Murgor Resources Inc. Pattison, who consults to VMS Ventures, was previously chief geologist with Exploration Syndicate, Inc.
George Paspalas has resigned as COO of Silver Standard Resources Inc. Joe Philips will assume his responsibilities. Philips was previously senior vice-president of project development for Pan American Silver Corp.
Brian Dalton, John Baker and David Porter have been appointed to the board of Alderon Resource Corp. Dalton was previously co-founder, president and CEO of Altius. Porter was previously vice-president of human resources and organizational effectiveness for Iron Ore Co. of Canada.
Antonio Ponte has been elected a director of Pebble Creek Mining Ltd. He is founder/chair of Raifin SA.
Shijia Tang has been appointed a director of Hawthorne Gold Corp. He is president of Skyocean.
David Cross has been appointed CFO of AndeanGold Ltd. He is a partner in Cross Davis & Co. LLP.
David Constable has been appointed to the board of Anglo Swiss Resources Inc. He is chair of U3O8 Corp. and Rockcliff Resources Inc. and on the board of Magma Metals Ltd. and Woulfe Mining Corp. Constable was previously vice-president of investor relations for FNX Mining Co. Inc.
William Lee has been appointed to the board of Riverside Resources Inc. He is a member of the boards of Vazix Corp. Inc., Golden Peaks Resources Ltd., Halo Resources Ltd. and Tinka Resources Ltd. Lee was previously acting director or CFO for Rochester Resources Ltd. and Jinshen Gold Mines Inc.
Ingvard Find has joined E.S.I. Environmental Sensors Inc. as president and CEO. He was previously commercial director, Latin America, for John Deere Water.
Donald Shumka has been appointed a director of Anfield Nickel Corp. He is managing director of Walden Management Ltd. and chair of the BC Arts Council.
Adrian Robertson has been appointed a director of First Pursuit Ventures Ltd. He is a director of Meadow Bay Capital Corp. and Urastar Energy Inc.
Shannon Ross has been appointed CFO of Canaco Resources Inc. Jeff Heidema has been named vice-president of exploration, Nick Watters director of business development and Meghan Brown director of investor relations. Ross was previously CFO and corporate secretary for Northern Orion Resources, ValGold Resources, Sultan Minerals and Emgold Mining. Heidema was previously a geologist with Cominco, Teck Cominco and Teck Exploration. Watters is a co-founder of Canaco. Brown was previously responsible for investor relations at Ventana Gold.
Ces Iewago has been appointed non-executive chair of the board of New Guinea Gold Corp. He was previously managing director of the Public Officers Superannuation Fund, country director and general manager of Merrill Lynch in Papua New Guinea and deputy managing director of Resources & Investment Finance Ltd.
Alex Granger has been appointed vice-president, business development, for East Asia Minerals Corp. He was previously with CIBC World Markets.
David Shaw has joined the board of Great Quest Metals Ltd. He was previously senior mining analyst, corporate finance, at Yorkton Securities Inc.
Nancy Olewiler has been elected chair of the TransLink board, succeeding Dale Parker, who has retired. Olewiler is director of the school of public policy in the faculty of arts and social sciences at Simon Fraser University.