Movers & Shakers

Dairy industry specialist John Whittfield has been appointed a partner of insolvency and recovery specialist firm McDonald Vague & Partners. He was previously an associate of the firm.

Simon Thompson has been appointed chief operating office of interior design and project company Gaze Commercial. He joins the company from Foodstuffs (Auckland), where he was the manager of its store development division.

Andy Wilson is the industrial sales manager, gas, for UnitedNetworks. He was previously the company's electricity consumer account manager in Wellington.

Alex Duncan has been appointed director, corporate finance, of Fonterra Co-operative Group from early next month. He joins the company from professional services firm Andersen New Zealand, where he has been lead partner in the corporate finance practice.

Brent O'Callaghan has joined the legal partnership of Carter and Partners. He has been with the firm since 1995 and specialises in litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution.

There are four new partners at law firm Simpson Grierson: Peter Eady (banking and finance, Wellington), and in Auckland, Karen Ngan (commercial), Alan Potter (commercial) and Michael Weatherall (resources and infrastructure).

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