WestJet (TSX:WJA) has made changes to its executive team.

Russ Hall has taken on the position of executive vice-president of guest service and information technology, while Don Bell's role has been expanded to executive VP of corporate culture and airports.

Hall comes to WestJet from AGTI Consulting Services (West) where he was a co-founder and held the position of president since 1999.

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Parkland Income Fund has named Michael Chorlton as its president and chief executive.

Chorlton spent the past six years as a senior vice-president at Renessen LLC.

Parkland Income Fund (TSX:PKI.UN) operates fuel outlets and convenience stores focusing in non-urban markets. Its head office is in Red Deer.

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BG North America LLC has appointed Glenn McNamara as president of BG Canada Exploration and Production Inc.

McNamara joins BG Canada from ExxonMobil.

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Anita Roncin becomes the VP of finance and CFO for Grande Cache Coal Corp. (TSX:GCE) as of Oct. 1. Roncin currently serves as company controller.

She will replace Thomas Pierce, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests. He will remain with Grande Cache Coal through Oct. 31 to assist in the transition.

Grande Cache Coal is an Alberta-based metallurgical coal mining company.

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Rolling Thunder Exploration Ltd. has appointed Jim Tyndall as vice-president of engineering. Most recently, he was the VP of engineering for Virtus Energy Ltd.

Based in Calgary, Rolling Thunder (TSXV:ROL.A, ROL.B) is focused on oil and gas exploration, development and production in Western Canada.

— with files from The Canadian Press

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