Movers & Shakers

Ellen Read has been appointed as a consultant at Senate Communications in Auckland. Prior to joining Senate, she worked as media relations manager for the New Zealand Stock Exchange. Read has a background in business and political journalism.

MOTAT museum has appointed Geoff Andrews as its operations manager. He was previously northern regional manager for the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Richard Palmer has joined the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund as the programme manager for the $40 million seed co-investment fund. He joins NZVIF from Tower Limited where he was responsible for strategy and corporate finance for the group.

Mike Heath has been appointed general manager of RaboPlus, the new online savings banking channel for Rabobank.

Multi-channel marketing company Touchpoint has appointed Simone Kaho as senior account manager. Kaho has returned from Britain where she held the position of business development manager for Global Investor magazine

Caroline Laidlaw has been appointed project manager. Working with Touchpoint's service delivery team. She has recently returned from Britain where she managed the development of the e-commerce platform for Engine-IAC subsidiary and sports retailer MultiSports.

Edward Chen has joined Touchpoint as a Java developer. He is a graduate from Massey University with a bachelor's degree in information science, with joint majors in computer science and information systems.