Movers & Shakers

Robert Brooke has become the first general manager of the Boating Industry Training Organisation. It sets and runs the marine industry's modern apprenticeship and training schemes.

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Michaela Dumper will be the marketing director of New Zealand Wines & Spirits from November. She has been with NZWS for more than five years. Paul Couldrey has taken the newly-created position of national sales manager, on-premise and wine. He was last the company's regional sales manager, northern.

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Dr Ann Sullivan has been appointed associate professor in the Maori Studies Department at the University of Auckland. She was previously a senior lecturer in political science and public policy at the University of Waikato.

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John Hornell is the new chief executive officer of the Hepatitis Foundation.

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