Commercial law firm Lowndes Associates, has appointed patent attorneys Evelyn Body and Dr Stephen Parker. Body has been a registered patent attorney since 2003 and Parker is a registered patent attorney specialising in chemical and biological products.
Advanced audio technology firm Phitek Systems has appointed Paul Gardner as its chief
financial officer. Prior to returning to New Zealand in 2004, he had held the position of VP, international mergers and acquisitions at TeliaSonera.
Kiran Bhikha has been appointed as a director at O'Halloran HMT. His specialisation is in business valuations and acquisitions.
Real estate firm Barfoot & Thompson, has appointed John Urlich as the manager of its city commercial branch. Urlich joined the firm as sales manager in 2004 from Bayleys.
Law firm Phillips Fox has appointed Gwen Rashbrooke as senior associate at its Wellington office. Before joining the firm she worked for four years as a specialist superannuation lawyer at London firm Slaughter and May.
IT and consulting company Infinity Solutions has promoted Liz Stockley to manager, business consulting. She previously led the company's knowledge and information management practice.
Strategic Asset Management has appointed Moira Irving as business development manager. Between 2002 and 2004 she was managing director of Enable. She was the National Party Candidate for the New Plymouth electorate and councillor for the Taranaki Regional Council.
Law firm Buddle Findlay has made four appointments to its Auckland office. Claire Black has joined as a legal adviser in the financial services team. Prior to this she spent three years working in Edinburgh for DLA.
Christie McGregor has joined as a senior solicitor in the employment team. Prior to joining the firm, McGregor spent seven years working for Tompkins Wake.
Alex Shieff has joined as an HR adviser. Shieff has a background in psychology and spent two years at Genesis Energy working in organisational development.
Vanessa Evitt has rejoined the firm as a senior solicitor in the corporate services team.
Lindsay Cowley is the New Zealand marketing manager for Zintel Group. She was previously general manager of business strategy and marketing for Telecom Fiji.
