Movers & Shakers

Suzanne Kerr-Bell has joined law firm Buddle Findlay's Wellington office as a senior solicitor in the financial services team. Prior to joining Buddle Findlay she worked for ANZ National Bank. Charlotte von Dadelszen has rejoined Buddle Findlay's Wellington office as a senior solicitor in the property team.

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Garry McManus has been appointed operations manager of RaboPlus, Rabobank's new online savings and investment bank. He joined Rabobank in 2002 as operations manager for rural and prior to that he worked on projects at AMP Bank.

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Unisys has appointed Brett Hodgson as New Zealand managing director.

Based in Wellington. He was most recently the organisation's general manager global outsourcing and infrastructure services and Southern region manager.

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Phillippa Wilkie joins Chapman Tripp as a senior solicitor from Allen & Overy in London. She will be practising in the fields of trusts, partnerships and charities.

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Bayer CropScience, New Zealand, has appointed Dr Han Eerens as product development manager, covering the northern half of the North Island from his location in Hamilton, near Ruakura. He joins the firm from AgResearch where he has been working as a scientist for 17 years.

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Andrew Bowman, former general manager of TQ3Navigant, has been appointed managing director of the First Travel Group.

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John Dolan has been appointed New Zealand manager of Apprentice Training New Zealand, a non-profit organisation that employs engineering apprentices. Dolan was most recently the engineering sector manager for the Department of Corrections.

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Elizabeth McIntyre has joined Walt Disney Television International (Australia/New Zealand) as director of marketing based in Sydney. Prior to this she managed Ford Australia's V8 Supercar sponsorship marketing program.

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Building Research has appointmented Mike Sentch to its board. Sentch is the manager of Project Roofing, a company he jointly established in 1984.

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Advertising agency, FCB New Zealand has appointmented Derek Lindsay as media director. He was the co-founder and managing partner of media agency Spark.

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Lindsay replaces Anna Chitty who is re-locating to Shanghai in May after four years with FCB.