Lydian International Ltd. announced that its Board of Directors has selected Howard H.J. Stevenson to be the company's President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of April 1, 2014. Stevenson, who will also become a director of the company upon taking up his role as President and Chief Executive Officer, will succeed Dr. Timothy Coughlin, who will retire from these positions and continue to serve as a director of the company in a non-executive capacity. Currently Stevenson is President and Chief Operating Officer of Alacer Gold Corp.