Brian Blake
Leadership development and research institute Excelerator has appointed Blake, managing director of DB Breweries, as its new chairman. board member since 2005, he succeeds outgoing chair June McCabe.
David Mackenzie
Christchurch City Holdings (CCHL) has appointed Mackenzie as its next chairman. He takes over from current chairman Syd Bradley, who steps down in October after nine years in the role. former commercial law partner, Mackenzie is now an independent consultant and director of Lyttelton Port Company, the Alliance Group and Meta NZ.
Tamsyn Alley
Previously general manager group marketing operations for SkyCity Entertainment Group, Alley now has responsibility for the strategic direction of Flight Centre’s marketing and advertising programme as its general manager of marketing.
Stuart Bremner
ASB Group Investments has appointed Bremner as its new head, replacing John Smith who is now head of group product with ASB Bank. Bremner has worked for number of international blue chip organisations, and brings 16 years’ experience to his new role.
Kevin Egan
GE Commercial Finance has appointed Egan as its new CFO in Australia/New Zealand. He replaces Todd Smith who is now the CFO for GE Real Estate Asia.
Andrew Maughan
International engineering and environmental consultancy MWH has appointed Maughan as senior management consultant based at its head office in Christchurch. Maughan has 15 years of consulting experience and will be responsible for project start-ups and delivery, business process improvement and business.
Gavin Lennox
Nextspace, 3D visualisation industry consultancy, has appointed Lennox as its CEO. Most recently vice president, global sales and marketing, with healthcare software exporter Healthphone, he replaces Nextspace’s establishment CEO Roy Davies who is now chief technology officer and research director.
Peter Moran
Comvita has appointed Moran as chief financial officer. Past experience includes senior finance roles with Caltex NZ, Gen-i, Telecom NZ and Bomac Laboratories.
Bruno Dente
Previously based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Dente has joined the Hamilton office of professional services firm Deloitte as partner in the firm’s audit practice. His 13-year professional services career also includes prior experience in auditing roles in the UK.
Bill Luff
Luff is the new chief executive officer of Canterbury Development Corporation (CDC), replacing Chris Pickrill who, after 12 years leading the agency, is exploring new business opportunities. Previously chief executive of Tasman Energy, Luff is currently Lyttelton Port Company’s deputy chairman and chairman of Christchurch City Networks.
Rachel Broadmore
The Langham Auckland has new marketing and communications manager. Broadmore has returned to New Zealand after seven years in the United Kingdom where she was public diplomacy manager at the New Zealand High Commission. She replaces Katie Malone, who is director of communications for Langham Place, Hong Kong.
Sarah Judkins
Ten years’ experience in corporate turnaround for KPMG in Hong Kong, sees Judkins appointed as senior manager in KPMG’s corporate restructuring services division in New Zealand where she will focus on solvent recovery and performance improvement.
