Bernard Walsh has been appointed vice-chairman of the New Zealand Association for Migration and Investment, having served on its board for the previous year.
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Katrina Frost has been appointed commercial broker at Strata Funding, an independent commercial brokerage firm. She was previously with GE Commercial Finance, where she served
as associate director - sales. John Grayson has been appointed a director of Strata Finance. He has previously been pursuing his own property development interests.
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Business analysis firm Datamine has appointed Paul Cook as senior consultant and Melanie Archibald as account director/consultant.
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Stu Keast has joined business and IT consulting firm Asparona as principal e-business consultant. He was previously IT director at Peace Software.
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Recruitment firm Hudson has appointed Megan Smith as a recruitment consultant.
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Heith Mackay-Cruise has joined the board of the Auckland Theatre Company. He is an executive officer of publisher ACP Media.
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Building Research has appointed George Skimming to its board as a local government representative. He replaces Don Binney. Skimming is the director of building consents and licensing services for the Wellington City Council.
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Vice-president of corporate relations for McDonald's, Liam Jeory, has been appointed senior director of the Asia, Pacific, Middle-East and Africa region corporate relations, based in Hong Kong. McDonald's communications manager Joanna Redfern-Hardisty, assumes responsibility for the corporate relations team.
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Travel firm Flight Centre has appointed Emma Howard in the newly created position of product development team leader.
