Appointments

Anthony Howard
Howard, principal of AJW Howard & Co and ex-CEO of Blue Star, has been appointed to the boards of information technology company Eagle Technology Group and telecommunications software product supplier CommSoft Group.
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Ken Lee
Melbourne Enterprises International (MEI NZ) has appointed Lee, formerly executive director, student affairs with Manuaku Institute of Technology, as its new chief executive officer.
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Sir Ross Buckland
Sir Ross has joined the board of Australasia’s largest food company Goodman Fielder as non-executive director.
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Denis McNamara
McNamara, partner at law firm Simpson Grierson, will be the Embassy of Mexico’s main contact in the upper North Island, following his appointment as Honorary Consul of Mexico.
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Simon Tong, John Hoonhout
Compaq Computer New Zealand has formed two new business groups – Compaq Global Services and the Solutions Group. Tong has been appointed as director of the former and Hoonhout as Solutions Group director.
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Jim Syme, Alan Clarke, Phil Newland
ElderCare New Zealand has announced number of changes to the company’s board reflecting its moves into the wider healthcare market. Syme joins as chairman and an independent director; ElderCare CEO Clarke joins as an executive director, and Newland, group managing director of Cullen Investments, is appointed as director.
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