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Kate Woodruffe has been appointed NZ communications manager for Leighton Contractors. She was previously on secondment to the Northern Motorway extension project.
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Harcourts has appointed Marc Taintey as chief financial officer.
He has nearly 10 years of professional experience working predominantly in public practice focusing on accounting, taxation, and management consulting advice. He is a past account director at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
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Paul Bolte has been appointed chief operating officer of Bartercard New Zealand Ltd where he will lead a staff of over 130 and a nationwide network of 17 branches. CEO of a marketing company for the past nine years, he has worked in Australia, Asia and the United States.
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Victoria Carter has been appointed at Jucy Rentals Limited as an independent director. She is a director of Kidicorp Group Limited (NZX-KID), deputy chair of the Auckland Festival and a director of the Auckland Racing Club.
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Security software distributor Chillisoft has appointed Sim Bong as New Zealand sales manager. He was most recently country manager of accessory vendor Laser. He has an extensive track record in IT security sales and channel management, including roles with distributors Trend Micro and Renaissance.
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Canon New Zealand has appointed Mark Allright as national manager of finance and administration. He has more than 20 years commercial experience. Prior to taking on this role, he was the chief financial officer for Hortresearch, a Crown research institute, and he has held a range of senior financial roles with Ernst & Young and in the IT industry.