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Konica Minolta has appointed Warwick Beban as national manager, strategic accounts. He will also take on the role of southern region manager. Beban has most recently worked at Telecom where he was head of corporate and business, Telecom mobile.
ACE Insurance has appointed Mark Downes as New Zealand casualty manager. He currently works for the firm in London and will take up his new job in February. Stephen Burt has been appointed property underwriter. He was most recently an insurance broker at Willis.
Marketing firm WRC has appointed Andy Mitchell as group account director to lead the agency's Lion Nathan business. Mitchell was formerly with AIM Proximity as business director.
Roy Rodriguez has been appointed sales manager for DocScan Limited, a document work flow solutions company based in Albany, Auckland.
Gordon Fulton has been appointed chairman of the board at Ernst & Young. He replaces Michael Stanley. Fulton is a partner and professional practice director of the assurance practice for Ernst & Young New Zealand. He has been a member of the Board for three years.