Movers and Shakers

Lara Syddall is the new CEO of Heart Children. Heart Children was started by two Mum's 25 years ago and is now a nationwide organisation.

Ross Burney will join the board of Maven Wines. Burney has previously been with NZWS, Glengarry Hancocks, Fosters Group, Rongopai Wines and Pernod Ricard. Martin Greig has been appointed international sales manager. Greig began his sales career in the frozen foods and later confectionary divisions of Nestlé New Zealand and his experience in the wine and liquor industries includes stints at Corbans Wines, as market manager for Asia Pacific.

Phil Purchase and Milan Kumar have been appointed the roles of manager - payment solutions. Phil joins Flo2Cash from Paymark and ASB Bank where he held customer and business development roles.

Milan has eight years account management and sales expertise.

Rachel Scott has been appointed by Hamilton law firm Norris Ward McKinnon has appointed as a solicitor in their dispute resolution & employment team. Rachel brings a strong background in tax litigation and will continue to focus on tax law, litigation and employment matters.

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