Movers & Shakers

Sarah McGregor has been appointed as a consultant with Professional Public Relations.

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Parker Bridge Recruitment has promoted Emma Calderon to senior consultant of the commercial accounting division in the Auckland head office.

Aaron Wills has joined the accounting and finance temporary/contract division in Auckland. He has recently returned from four years in recruitment with Parker Bridge in Dublin, Ireland.

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Hanna Jenkins has been appointed as Speights marketing manager. Jenkins comes to Lion after three and a half years at Frucor where she was the brand manager for Fresh-Up and McCoy. She studied at Lincoln University and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours and majoring in marketing.

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Drift Stoddart has been appointed team leader at recruitment agency Retailworld Resourcing. She replaces Victoria Chapman, who will be opening the new Adelaide office.

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Rotorua science company, Forest Research has appointed Dr Tim Strabala to lead its CellWall Biotechnology Centre (CBC). Strabala comes from AgriGenesis Biosciences, where he led teams conducting high throughput, whole-plant gene function discovery work and patent support research activities.

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Flight Centre has appointed Judy Davidson executive general manager for marketing, focusing on the Flight Centre, Sir George Seymour and FCm Travel Solutions. Before joining Flight Centre, Davidson spent several years in contract marketing roles with companies such as Singleton, Ogilvy and Mather, Air New Zealand and Auckland University of Technology.

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Tourism Australia has appointed Celeste Bradshaw as trade marketing co-ordinator in New Zealand. She joins Tourism Australia from Nobilo Wines Group, where she was marketing assistant.

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Astrograss New Zealand has appointed Peter Leeves as its chief financial officer.

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Adrienne Smith is the general manager home loans at Sovereign. She has held various roles in ASB Group over the past 18 years, most recently as general manager technology - insurance and investments at Sovereign. She takes over from Chris Barry who is leaving Sovereign.

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Team McMillan has appointed Geoff Fletcher to the company's board of directors. Fletcher is the former managing director of BMW Group New Zealand.