Appointments

Gavin Mitchell
Mitchell is the new business development manager at WEL Technology part of the Spectrum Resources Group, which develops and markets billing software for large utilities throughout the world.
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Merryn Price
Price has joined Fresh Media as director, business development, the recently formed communications company. She was formerly business development manager for Communicado. Other directors of Fresh Media are Tui Ruwhiu, Bruce Gatward-Cook, Jef Grobben and Mike Hennessy.
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Amanda Morgan
Morgan has been appointed general manager at Lakeside Convention Centre. She joined Lakeside as financial controller in December 1996, and later became assistant general manager.
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Jon Peterson
Goodman Fielder has appointed Peterson as chairman. He was deputy chair since 1994 and has had 40 years’ experience with international food group Unilever in Australia, Europe and North America. The new deputy chair is Sir Dryden Spring.
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Stuart McKenzie
Advantage Group has appointed McKenzie as chief financial officer. HE spent 10 years with Television New Zealand in number of senior financial management roles, most recently as chief financial officer.
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Robin Axam
Axam is the new marketing director for Cato Partners. She was previously managing director of Gfk Marketing Services in Australia.
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Rodney Samuels (pictured), Robert Ejubs, Sean Hallissey
Stamford Plaza Auckland has appointed Samuels as business development manager. Other new appointments include Ejubs as front office manager and Hallissey as chief engineer. Ejubs has worked in hotels throughout Australia, including Northern Queensland, Northern Territories and New South Wales, and Hallissey has worked in London hotels.
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Y.C.Koh
American Express has appointed Koh as vice president of establishment services for the Japan/Pacific-Asia and Australia region.
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Darren Gibbs, David Green
Deutsche Bank New Zealand has appointed Gibbs as senior economist, after spending three years with Treasury in Britain, where he provided fiscal advice to the British government.
Green is director of the Global Banking and Investment Banking divisions, responsible for Deutsche Bank’s lending, structured financing, and debt advisory activities in New Zealand.
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Bill Farmer
Farmer will become chief operating officer and director of Internet company Eforce. Jack L Pors becomes an independent director of Eforce, and Paul Fairbairn is its new creative director.
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David Poole, Campbell Scott
DB Breweries has appointed Poole as regional sales manager, On-Premise for Auckland and northern regions. Scott has been appointed business development manager, northern region, based in Hamilton.
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Peter Saunders
Strathmore Group has appointed Saunders as chief financial officer. He has l8 years in financial management, most recently with Internet and software organisations.
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T.J. Huang
Asia Online has appointed Dr Huang to its board. Asia Online established presence in New Zealand when it acquired the Internet Company of New Zealand (ICONZ) in September last year. Huang is the founder of Systex Corp, large system integrator and financial information provider in Taiwan.
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