Movers & Shakers

Nigel Owen has joined Tech Pacific as a product manager specialising in Hewlett-Packard servers and storage. He worked for 15 years with Hewlett-Packard including account managing HP Procurve Networking.

PR and crisis management firm Sorensen Group has appointed Kate Alexander as a manager in Auckland. She has experience in corporate and consumer communications and joins the company from Pead PR.

Courtney Gallagher has joined the company as account executive in Auckland, after two years in consultancy including previous experience with Lindenberg and Partners and Network PR.

Kate McGavin has become an account executive based in Wellington, after joining the firm in 2001. A graduate of Victoria University, she has a bachelor of arts majoring in art history and sociology.

Atrax Group has appointed Tom Irvineas national sales manager. He joins the company from a senior sales consultant role in a food machinery manufacturing and importing company.

Angela Neighbours has joined Momentum to head up its people development division. Before joining the company she ran her own business, People Dynamics, offering leadership development, team building and organisational strategy.

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