Movers & Shakers

Integrated business solutions provider Navision has announced the appointment of Boris Lamb as partner manager to drive the company's expansion in New Zealand.

Lamb is set to spearhead Navision's strategy to build the brand in New Zealand and to further develop the channel of seven Navision Solution Centres and base of 50 clients.

New Zealand Herald distribution manager Chris Brown has been appointed newspaper sales manager for New Zealand's largest newspaper.

Brown has a background in sales and operations, joining the Herald from Progressive's tobacco distribution business Red Arrow. Retail sales, distribution and the newspaper sales and marketing customer contact centre will report to the position.

Hanover Securities Ltd, the investment banking arm of the Elders Finance Group, has appointed John Webster, Graham Clark, and Grant Hetherington as financial facilitators for both the private and commercial sectors.

Errol Lizamore is the new chief executive of the New Zealand Bankers' Association. He is an experienced banker, whose career spans more than 32 years in New Zealand and overseas.

Wayne Scurrah has been appointed general manager of the North Harbour Stadium Trust. He was most recently managing director of Schwarzkopf New Zealand. Deputy chairman Peter Fitzsimmons is succeeding Chris Aiken, who has retired as chairman.

National Business Review yesterday appointed former McGraw-Hill publishing executive David Page as its corporate development director. He was general manager, sales and marketing, for Britain and northern Europe before taking up his new position.

Clear Communications has announced that Neil Miranda will be joining the company as executive general manager networks.

Miranda will lead, develop and optimise Clear's network resources.

Woolworths (NZ) Ltd has named the management team launching the new Woolworths stores at Gull service stations around the North Island.

The Woolworths at Gull team is headed by Neil Smith-Pilling as national operations manager. In his 27 years with Woolworths he has held many senior positions, including regional operations manager in Auckland and Wellington and general manager Big Fresh.

Geoff Cassin is category manager for Woolworths at Gull. Formerly retail merchandising manager for Gull Petroleum, he is responsible for ranging, promotion and pricing.

Mark Yagmich is retail merchandising specialist. He has had eight years with Woolworths, most recently as grocery operations manager (Auckland).

He is responsible for setting up the new store.

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