KEY POINTS:
* Nik Gregg, formerly GM for VikoNZ and seconded to FujiNZs top job, has moved from Auckland to Whakatane, to become the GM of Energy Options.
* Zo Genet has joined Buddle Findlay's Wellington office as a solicitor in the corporate and commercial team. Genet worked in a private commercial practice and in-house for the Christchurch City Council.
* Ruth Clavis has joined Pip Kempthorne and David Bonehill at K2 Executive Search. With more than 14 years generalist experience, and having most recently been in a general management role, she has partnered with clients to meet their talent needs across a range of sectors.
* Vanessa Waldron has joined Buddle Findlay's Wellington office as a solicitor in the public law team. Prior to joining, she worked at the Ministry of Health, where she spent three years practising public law.
* Rebecca Grbin has joined Hay Group as the National Director of its Executive Reward Practice. She is a seasoned chartered accountant who was most recently Director of expatriate tax services at KPMG.
* William Meyer has joined information management and infrastructure services specialists TechTonics as a senior Network Architect / Consultant. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Cisco Certified Network Associate with ten years experience. He joins TechTonics from the United States.
* Dress for Success Auckland has appointed Sue Lewis-O'Halloran as their new executive manager.
* Optimation has appointed Jude Molyneux, a senior sales person with more than 17 years ICT experience, as client director in its Auckland branch. She comes from UK Systems Integrator Compel. The company has also appointed Cliff Bateman as manager, technology services. He comes from ICT services company Gen-i. Michael Tapp has joined as a solutions architect in the Technology Services team. He comes from Orion Health.
* To further strengthen its PeopleSoft/Oracle practice, Optimation has appointed three specialist consultants: Srinivas Asadi comes from Satyam. Kota Ando joins from Datacom and Wajid Ali, with almost ten years of PeopleSoft experience, comes from ITE (Institute of Technical Education Singapore).
* Spotless Services NZ Ltd has promoted Peter Blaas to the position of National Operations Manager - Commercial Services. He was previously Northern Divisional Manager for the Property & Facilities Division.
* The Langham Hotel Auckland has appointed Vincent Macquet to their executive committee in the newly created role of food and beverage manager. He has more than a decade's food and beverage experience working at numerous five-star properties in Australia, Mauritius, Rodriguez and Oman.
