Carl Bergstrom
Frucor Beverages has appointed Carl Bergstrom as group managing director. He replaces Mark Cowsill who retired at the end of May after 18 years in the role.
Bergstrom has been ceo for Frucor’s New Zealand business since he joined the company in 2000. In this role he has led number of significant strategic projects including the acquisition of the Arano and Simply Squeezed juice businesses. He has also overseen the successful expansion of Frucor’s manufacturing operations, increasing capacity to support new product innovation and to meet domestic and international demand.
Bergstrom has been actively involved in the New Zealand Juice and Beverage Association for number of years, and held the role of president from 2004-2007.
Colin Christie
BDO New Zealand has appointed Colin Christie as the new chairman of its National Management Board. He succeeds Judith Stanway. partner and chairman of BDO Gisborne, Christie has worked on government taskforces, advisory groups and local business authorities.
Raewyn Lovett
A commercial partner in Duncan Cotterill’s Auckland office and the company’s chair, Raewyn Lovett has been appointed to the board of Quotable Value (QV), New Zealand’s largest valuation and property information company.
Roger Sutton
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), the agency established by the Government to lead recovery work in Canterbury, has appointed Roger Sutton as its permanent chief executive. Currently chief executive of Orion New Zealand, position he held for eight years, Sutton takes up his new role mid June.
Mark McLean
In his new executive role as general manager risk and support at SBS Bank head office, Mark McLean will oversee the good risk practices of the bank and further developing and enhance its systems. He has more than 15 years experience in the finance and banking sectors.
David Morris
Debitsuccess has appointed David Morris as group compliance manager. He brings over 20 years of expertise in the regulatory and compliance environments to this Auckland-based role having worked as senior ministerial advisor within the Ministry of Economic Development and as director of operations for the Motion Picture Association.
Mike Dickson
Recruitment and human resource consulting business Hudson has appointed Mike Dickson as general manager – Wellington. He joins from Hudson Scotland where he has been director leading the accounting and finance, and sales, marketing and communications practices.
Des Brennan
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has appointed new marketing director. Des Brennan is based in Auckland and leads NZTE’s work to highlight New Zealand’s business capability to the international market. He was previously chief executive of Yachting New Zealand and has held senior strategic leadership roles both on and off shore.
Greg Milner-White
Kensington Swan has promoted Greg Milner-White to partner in the environment and planning team. His practice includes acting for infrastructure providers, councils and contractors in relation to resource consent applications, designations, plan changes and environmental enforcement issues.
