The University of Auckland's department of property has appointed associate professor Dr Laurence Murphy as head of department. Murphy has been with the university for 11 years lecturing in the school of geography and environmental science. In his new role, he aims to grow the department's research output, develop the graduate programme and consolidate industry connections.
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RedSheriff New Zealand has employed two new staff. Sarah Calkin has joined RedSheriff as business development director with overall responsibility for sales and personal responsibility for high-value client growth and industry sector sales strategies. Simon Hislop has joined as business development manager, tasked with growing and managing RedSheriff's list of smaller clients.
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IT services company and Hitachi storage reseller Hosting and Datacentre Services (HdS) has appointed Andrew Chapman business development manager. Chapman was most recently commercial director at British publicly listed IT hosting and infrastructure company Redbus Interhouse, where he managed seven European datacentre operations servicing more than 40 telecommunications companies.
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Mark O'Connor has been appointed general manager marketing at Deer Industry New Zealand. O'Connor has been in a marketing role with Deer Industry New Zealand since January 2000 and before that worked for Tourism New Zealand.
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Holcim has announced two key appointments. Jeremy Smith has been appointed general manager of Holcim New Zealand's cement division, in Christchurch. Murray Mackenzie has been appointed general manager of Holcim Lime, which has plants at Otorohanga, Te Kuiti and Dunback, in Otago.
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Pharmacybrands has announced the appointment of expatriate New Zealander Alan Wham to the position of chief executive officer of the pharmacy owning company. Wham is at present managing director of 3M Pharmaceuticals in Sydney and is also that company's regional director for Asia, Australasia and Africa.
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Outward Bound has appointed Steve Hall as school director. Hall has more than 15 years' experience in outdoor education ranging from ski instructor and mountain and glacier guide, to training manager and then deputy school director of Outward Bound. He will take up the role in December replacing existing school director, Craig McDowell.
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