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Fiona Kirk has been appointed to the position of human resources manager at FITEC. FITEC is the Industry Training Organisation for the forestry, wood manaufacturing, furniture, bio security and credit management industries. Kirk has extensive HR experience and has contracted across a variety of large organisations since 2005
including NZ Post, Telecom and most recently at ASB Bank.
Jackie Paul has joined Buddle Findlay's Christchurch office as a solicitor in the litigation team. Jackie specialises in employment law and civil litigation. She most recently practised in the UK as an in-house employment lawyer.
Bassam Maghzal has joined Buddle Findlay's Christchurch office as a senior solicitor in the corporate and commercial team. Bassam specialises in commercial and business matters and has a special interest in franchising.
Jos Kunnen has joined location intelligence specialists Critchlow Ltd as chief executive officer. Kunnen was CIO of Contact Energy from 2004 to 2006. Prior to that, he was the Australasian general manager of consulting and systems integration for Hewlett Packard, where he worked for 15 years.
Kim Sutton has been appointed as the new human resources manager at international property services company, DTZ. She previously spent nine years with Accor Hospitality in a number of roles and specialises in change management and staff development.
DTZ have also appointed Russell Clark to the position of Auckland valuations manager. Previous valuations manager, Mark Parlane, takes on the role of national valuations director.
Frank Willett has taken up the role of general manager, Vehicle Inspection New Zealand (VINZ) from early May. He replaces Chris Drake. Willett, formerly technical services manager of the Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers Association (IMVDA) was also a VINZ Testing Station branch manager, and vehicle compliance operations manager.
Matt Ensor has recently been appointed general manager - transportation at Beca. In this new role Matt will focus on Beca's national traffic engineering and transport planning services. Matt graduated from the University of Auckland with a civil engineering degree in 1990 and later combined this with qualifications in sociology and management. He has spent twelve years with Beca.
Regus has appointed a general manager for its New Zealand operations. Jasen Crompton will oversee domestic business, and any future expansion, from Regus' Auckland offices at 41 Shortland Street, CBD. Crompton joins Regus New Zealand from Regus UK. Prior to Regus, he worked for Nestle and Vodafone in the UK in a number of key roles across project management, sales and marketing and retail management.
Maurice Prendergast has been appointed as an independent, non-executive director to Comvita's board. Mr Prendergast has been the managing director of Pumpkin Patch since 1993.
Transfield Services has appointed Steve Webster to the role of executive general manager, facilities management.
He brings a wealth of experience to the role through his previous senior management positions within Transfield Services, including managing the rail division for four years. Steve also held several business development roles with the company between 2000 and 2005.
The Board of Fronde Systems Group Ltd recently announced that Ian Clarke has been appointed as new chief executive. He has been acting chief executive over recent months, and has been with Fronde for the past nine years in various roles including CFO and general manager south.
Cityhop, New Zealand's first car share company providing cars by the hour from car parks all over the city has appointed James Ure, operations manager.
A recent AUT graduate with a degree in Social Sciences and Public Relations, James has previously run his own landscaping business.
Mike Andrews has been appointed to the position of business development manager at Claude Neon; an architectural and corporate signage company. He brings more than 10 years' industry experience to the role and has previously managed large rollouts for companies such as Vodafone, Sony, Apple and Mondo travel.
Cameron Arthur has been appointed senior development manager at Mako Networks. He comes to Mako from the R&D division of Navico, a market leader in the marine electronics industry.
He has over five years project management experience with innovative R&D teams, and 10 years in the electronics industry.
Andrew Teirney has joined Mako Networks as a core system developer. Previously Andrew worked for an Australian point-of-sale company. Andrew brings network, hardware design and WAN optimisation experience with capability across a range of programming languages used in Makos systems.
North Shore Hospice Trust has just appointed a new team leader for their family support team. Formerly an office manager, Maxine Pye began at North Shore Hospice as an office volunteer while recuperating from a serious accident.
Stephen Peterson has been appointed as CLM Swim School manager. Prior to this appointment Stephen worked as a director for private swim schools in Auckland.
Shona Potier has been appointed as Manager of Froggies Swim School in Tauranga. Shona has a background in swim instructing and outdoor education.
Coo'ee, the New Zealand arm of the Coo'ee Marketing and Communications Network has appointed Annette Brooker as a partner. Over the last 13 years Annette has made a significant contribution to growth and diversification of its marketing support and communication services.
Sheldon & Partners Limited (registered valuers and property consultants) have appointed two new directors. Paul Sherrock has 12 years experience valuing both residential and commercial/industrial property and has a large client base in Waitakere City.
Jessie Jiang is a boomerang for Sheldons, returning to the company after four years working for Bayleys and Jones Lang LaSalle as a senior valuer. Jessie has a broad-ranging expertise in valuing commercial and industrial properties and will share the responsibility for the commercial valuation business.
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