Movers & Shakers

Claire McGowan has joined investment bankers Northington Partners as a senior investment analyst. Following her doctorate in molecular biology, she did an MBA, whose major project was in risk management of pharmaceutical products.

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Toni Jacobs has been appointed general manager at Chubb Protective Services. He previously spent 15 years with Rentokil, much of it at senior management level.

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Food design and events company Austin's has appointed Turkish-born Jenny McGarvie to the newly-created position of senior sales executive. Before leaving Turkey with her New Zealand-born husband, she was sales and marketing manager at a 650-room, five-star resort in Bodrum.

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Business figure and Maori leader Arama Kukutai has been appointed senior trade commissioner to North America, covering the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Trade New Zealand says he will be based in its Los Angeles office for three years. He was last working as TNZ's general manager, corproate services.

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Alistair Darroch has joined Duncan Cotterill's Nelson office as an associate. He practises commercial litigation and insurance law, and has moved with his family from Wellington to Nelson.

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Ian Marshall is the new general manager sales and marketing for Masport. He comes from seven years with electronics giant Philips.