Chemical firm Orica says former oil and gas head Russell Caplan has been elected company chairman to take over from Peter Duncan next year.
Mr Caplan is a director of Aurizon, chairman of the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust and chairman of CRC CARE.
He was previously chairman of Shell in Australia and a director of Woodside Petroleum.
Mr Duncan will retire at Orica’s next annual general meeting, in January 2014.
A director of Growthpoint Properties Australia Maxine Brenner has been appointed an Orica director, effective immediately.
Ms Brenner is also managing director of investment banking at Investec Bank (Australia).