Karcher Enterprises Subsidiary Appoints Senior Vice President

Robert W. Wisely has been appointed senior vice president of marketing for the Carl Karcher Enterprises Inc. subsidiary CKE Restaurants Inc. in Anaheim. He has held the same position previously, from 1985 to 1990. After that, he became a franchisee, operating seven stores in Sonoma County. Wisely returned to Carl Karcher Enterprises Inc. as head of marketing on an interim basis in November.

* Robert R. Taber has joined Bozell-Salvati Montgomery Sakoda in Costa Mesa as a senior partner in charge of account service. He will supervise the Taco Bell corporate account team and field force. Taber joined the advertising agency from Ally & Gargano Inc. in New York, where he was executive vice president and management director for the Dunkin’ Donuts account.

* Perry Pappous has been appointed assistant to the president of the Consumer Electronics Group of Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. in Cypress. Pappous joined the company as senior attorney, providing legal services to Mitsubishi Electronics and other subsidiaries. Before that, he was staff attorney for MAI Basic Four, a computer manufacturer.

* Lance C. Blue has been appointed senior vice president of Marine National Bank in Irvine. He was previously Orange County regional vice president of Imperial Bank for four years and was with First Business Bank for four years in a similar position. Blue was also founding president and a director of Commerce Bank.

* Michael D. Thompson, president and chief executive of American Sterling Corp., has added the title of chairman of the board. John Lock, formerly senior vice president, has been appointed executive vice president of the Irvine hazard insurance tracking and processing company. Also, Wade Hardcastle, formerly vice president of underwriting, is now vice president of the company’s new insurance services department.