Betty Hasker has been appointed executive director of the Circle Craft Co-operative Association. She is director of operations for Spud.ca and was previously vice-president of sales and director of development for Joel Berman Glass.
Arvinder Singh Bubber has been reappointed chancellor of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He is principal of A.S. Bubber and Associates, was previously chair of the board of governors at Kwantlen and is on Simon Fraser University’s presidential advisory council on India.
David Afseth and Robert Gayton have been appointed directors of LNG Energy Ltd. Afseth is president and CEO of LNG. Gayton was previously vice-president of finance with Western Silver Corp. and is currently a director of Nevsun Resources Ltd., Amerigo Resources Ltd., Palo Duro Energy Inc., B2Gold Corp., Quaterra Resources Inc., Western Copper Corp., Silvercorp Metals Inc. and Eastern Platinum Ltd.
Leona Fleck has been appointed branch manager at Envision Financial’s Yarrow branch. She was previously assistant branch manager and branch manager of the Hope and Fleetwood branches, respectively.
Mark Devereux has been appointed CEO and director of Greenscape Capital Group Inc. He was previously a partner at Thomas MacDonald Butler, Barristers & Solicitors, president of Mill Reef Holdings, vice-president, corporate affairs, for Blue Zone, Inc. and president of English Bay Office Management Ltd.
Daniel Scott has joined FINCAD as vice-president, marketing and product management. He was previously marketing director with Misys Plc.
Rick Viventi has been appointed chair of the Trucking Safety Council of BC. He is director of safety at Arrow Transportation Systems.
Paul Holden has been appointed president and CEO of the Burnaby Board of Trade. He was previously group publisher and director of custom publishing at BIV Media Group.
Lars Ekman has been appointed executive chair and president of Protox Therapeutics Inc. and Allison Hulme and Mark Brunswick have joined as COO and head of research and development and head of regulatory affairs, respectively. Fahar Merchant and Nina Merchant have resigned as president and CEO and senior vice-president, development and regulatory affairs, respectively. Ekman was previously chair. Hulme was previously executive vice-president and head of global development at Elan Pharmaceuticals. Brunswick was previously a reviewer of biologics at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Stuart Maddin has been appointed to the board of Sirona Biochem Corp. He is clinical professor emeritus in the department of dermatology and skin science of dermatology, faculty of medicine, UBC, where he is the director of the clinical trials unit. He is also editor-in-chief of Skin Therapy Letter and co-founder and chair of SkinInformation.com.
Britt Andersen has been appointed CEO of the Coast Mental Health Foundation. He was previously regional manager, donor services, for the B.C./Yukon region of Canadian Blood Services.
Gordon White has been appointed director of development at the Children’s Hearing & Speech Centre of BC. He was previously an independent communications and fund development consultant, the fund development director at the Tyee and foundations director of Ecojustice Canada.
Kamal Silva has been appointed executive chef at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. He was previously executive sous-chef at Spectrum on One restaurant and executive chef for the Fairmont Vancouver Airport.
Douglas Fletcher has joined McMillan LLP in Hong Kong with the capital markets and mergers and acquisitions group and China practice. He was previously with Nesbitt Burns and Citigroup.
Paul Mochrie has been appointed general manager of human resources for the City of Vancouver. He was previously executive director of business management, supplier relations and systems with the BC Ministry of Health, director of strategic initiatives with the Fraser Health Authority and director of human resource services with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
Kunpeng Li has been appointed vice-president of business development at Huakan International Mining Inc. He was previously manager, overseas business, at Tianjin Huakan Group.
Ian Gallie has resigned as CFO and director of Catalina Metals Corp. Doug Fulcher and Alec Peck have been appointed director and CFO, respectively. Fulcher is president and CEO of Burnstone Venture Inc. and was previously president and CEO of Abacus Mining and Exploration. Peck was previously vice-president in the corporate finance group of CM Oliver and Canaccord Capital Corp.
James Ashton has been appointed mine manager for Scorpio Gold Corp. He was previously project engineer and chief engineer at Fronteer Gold.
Julio Espaillat, president and CEO of GoldQuest Mining Corp., has been appointed to the company’s board.
Ralph Lutes has been appointed vice-president, Asian affairs, and chief representative, China, at Teck Resources Ltd. He was previously at Stikeman Elliott LLP, where he practised corporate and commercial law, and was managing director and counsel with CIBC World Markets.
William Armstrong has joined the board of EurOmax Resources Ltd. He is a director of Taseko Mines Ltd. and was previously general manager, resource evaluation, at Teck Cominco Ltd.
Faldi Ismail has been appointed deputy chair and CEO of Kalimantan Gold Corp. Ltd., replacing Rahman Connelly. Ismail was previously a director of the company.
Thomas Kelly has been appointed to the board of Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. He is CEO of Apurimac Ferrum. Jeffrey Franzen has resigned from the board.
Donald Cameron has been appointed vice-president of exploration for Caza Gold Corp. He was previously director of technical services with Kinross Gold and chief geologist for Hecla Mining Co.
Jason Cunliffe has been appointed chief geologist at Metalline Mining Co. He was previously the South American exploration manager for Hochschild Mining plc. and Underworld Resources.
Lyndsie Gangnon has been appointed director of human resources at Selwyn Resources Ltd. She was previously an independent HR consultant, an HR manager with the Walt Disney Co. and area HR manager with Lafarge North America.
Dave Foster has joined Simba Technologies Inc. as vice-president of engineering.He was previously vice-president of product development at Colligo Networks, director of quality assurance at Electronic Arts Canada and director of engineering at Motorola Wireless data division.
Ron Holcomb has been appointed vice-president of business development at Tantalus Systems Corp. He was previously president and CEO of PES Energize, senior consulting manager at Virchow Krause and general manager at Lowell Light and Power and Cable Television.