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The Bank of New Zealand has made several key appointments: Bruce Lake is now head of projects and change management (technology and operations). Lake rejoins Bank of New Zealand after three years with Westpac, New Zealand; Lachie Spence has been made head of product, pricing and performance (strategy and marketing). Spence has been in Bank of New Zealand's finance team for nearly five years; Brigit Corson is now manager sourcing (technology and operations). Corson has has extensive property management experience.
SAP New Zealand has appointed Richard Syers as New Zealand sales director. Richard joins SAP from Fronde (formerly Synergy) where he was regional manager for Asia Pacific.
Stretchmaster Products (NZ) Ltd has appointed Vicki White as national accounts manager. White's previous role for the past three years was in field sales with Stretchmaster.
Auckland-based Executive Travel has appointed Wendy van Lieshout as general manager. Wendy's previous role was marketing manager of United Travel.
Security software distributor Chillisoft has appointed Sim Bong as New Zealand sales manager.
Responsible principally for channel sales and development, Bong was most recently country manager of accessory vendor Laser.
Yogita Shanker has been appointed chief operating officer of online shopping company Shop NZ Ltd Yogita was previously in the furnishings industry where she held positions in IT, purchasing and production.
Mr Brian Andrews has been appointed financial controller of the company. He has recently been employed as a general manager in the sports and recruitment industries.