Movers & Shakers

Robin Davidson has been appointed New Zealand's new senior trade commissioner to south east Africa. She previously headed Trade New Zealand's team of onshore regional account managers.

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Judith Collins has joined law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts' employment law practice as special counsel, employment law. She is chairwoman of the Casino Control Authority.

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Simone Wheeler has become marketing director for the Asia Pacific region for content management and integration services company Factiva. An Australian, she was last marketing director of the Time publication Asiaweek.

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Crossley Gates joins Phillips Fox in Auckland as a consultant within the insurance claims team. He was last with NZI.

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David Taylor has joined the management consulting firm of Morrison Low and Associates in its Auckland office. He was previously strategic development manager at Countrywide Bank.