Vice President, Finance and Administration, Steven Pillar, and Provost and Vice-President, Academic, Murray Knuttila are pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Harper to the position of Associate Vice-President, Human Resources effective Feb. 1, 2010.

Pauline McCormack will be retiring from the position Jan. 31, 2010. Pauline and Darren will be working together through January to ensure a smooth transition.

Darren has been in the Office of Human Resources & Environment, Health and Safety for 13 years.

Darren moves from his current role of Director, Human Resources Services where he has overseen a variety of HR portfolios including faculty and staff relations, recruitment, health management, compensation, learning and development and HRIS.

He is a graduate of Brock’s BBA program where he majored in Organizational Behaviour.

Darren has begun meeting with members of the Brock community to discuss the AVP, HR portfolio and we offer him our congratulations and look forward to his continued success in his new role at the University.