Movers & Shakers

Building Research has announced the appointment of Bill Smith to its board. Smith is the general manager of Tasman Insulation New Zealand, a company with manufacturing operations in Auckland and Christchurch.

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Kelvyn Eglinton has been appointed as strategy director for the Auckland Regional Physical Activity and Sport Strategy. Eglinton was previously regional development manager for Counties Manukau Sport and technical advisor for SmartGrowth in the western Bay of Plenty.

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Michele Teague is to join Restaurant Brands as general manager of marketing in February next year, after more than two years at Air New Zealand, where she was global marketing manager. Eva Knox becomes KFC marketing manager in January, after five years in a similar role with Cadbury Confectionery.

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Ben Humphrey has joined Buddle Findlay's Auckland office as a solicitor in the litigation team. Prior to joining Buddle Findlay, he spent 2 1/2 years as a litigator.

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Organisational performance and career transition specialist Right Management Consultants has appointed Sally Watson as a consultant in its Auckland office. Watson is a performance management specialist who joins Right from Accenture where she was a manager in the human performance line in New Zealand and Britain.

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Lowndes Associates, a corporate and commercial law firm has appointmented John Shaw. He has spent the last four years as a consultant in corporate governance, risk management, legal compliance and company and securities law.

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Momentum Consulting Group has appointed Paul Leacock to its executive leasing team as a senior consultant. He was most recently with Madison Recruitment as national sales manager. Gary Adam has been appointed senior consultant and arrives at Momentum Consulting from Mainland Products.

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IT services company Unisys has appointed Reuben Khoo as vice president and managing director of Global Financial Services, Asia Pacific. He joins Unisys from Hewlett-Packard where he was in the financial services consulting and integration business.