Movers and shakers

TMP Advertising & Communications has appointed Warwick Kennedy as client service director in Auckland. Kennedy's background includes nine years with Sheffield progressing to associate director before establishing his own search and selection practice in 1999.

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Simpson Grierson has appointed Tim Stephens as a partner at the law firm in Wellington.

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Multi-channel marketing company Touchpoint has appointed Lawrence Brock as account director. He was previously general manager of Gen-i subsidiary Asterisk.

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Chapman Tripp has appointed Katherine Sutcliffe, trade mark attorney and Imogen Fowler, senior solicitor. Sutcliffe is a registered New Zealand patent attorney. Fowler previously worked at Russell McVeagh.

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Advertising agency TBWA\Whybin has promoted Sarah Goldring to group account director leading the ASB team. Sarah Chitty has been promoted to account director on the ASB and Sovereign accounts. Tracey Hazelwood is appointed as account manager for the ASB account. Matt Wilson joins the firm from Vector as account director, working predominantly on Playstation. Aisha Ahmed also joins as an account manager. She was previously with PR firm Text100.

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Flight Centre has appointed Jo Rendall as the business leader for Infinity Holidays, the company's in-house wholesale division. Rendall has been part of the firm's wholesale division for more than eight years. The company has also appointed Greg Parker as product nation leader, responsible for the company's inhouse ticketing, wholesale and contracting divisions.

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Heather Kean has been appointed HR director for Merck Sharp & Dohme NZ. Kean was a founding shareholder of recruitment firm Pohlen Kean. She arrives from Frucor Beverages where she was organisational development manager.

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Bridget Beaurepaire has been appointed as corporate affairs director for Merck Sharp & Dohme NZ. She was previously public affairs manger for the company, prior to which she was corporate communications manager for Carter Holt Harvey.