People on the move

EL Technology has named two business development managers to market the company overseas. George Dow will be business development manager in the United States and Tim Carswell the Australian representative. Mr Dow has had eight years in utilities in the United States and Mr Carswell was with automation supplier Elsag Bailey.

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Roberta Slater has joined the Carlton Hotel Auckland as business development manager. She has a background in United States and Australian hotels, and was sales manager at the Ritz-Carlton in Sydney.

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Caroline Sayle has become a director of Noble & Associates which has changed its name to Sayle Noble & Associates.

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The former director of information technology at Auckland University, Clayton Wakefield, is joining ASB Bank as group general manager, technology and operations. Mr Wakefield has a background in IT and in financial services in London and Edinburgh, and was general manager online for Telecom.

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Warren Dalzell has joined investment bankers Northington Partners as director advisory services. He heads a new division covering strategic development, competitiveness, change management and technology application. He has been a senior manager and strategist in various industries here and overseas.

Robert Bamfield has joined the firm as a senior business analyst. He has worked in international finance, commercial banking and hedge trading in the Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand.

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Mike McKee is heading the New Zealand and Australian operations of Informix Software as general manager. He began his IT career with Progeni in the 80s and joined Informix in 1990.

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Alison Thom is the inaugural CEO of the Ngapuhi Runanga. She was the director of Safe Network Inc, a sex offender treatment programme.

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Andrew Clay is the new director of emerging markets for PeopleSoft's consulting practice in the Asia-Pacific region. He has had 10 years in IT, and was director of e-business for Oracle. Tony Gibbon becomes e-centre manager for the company for Asia-Pacific after working in outsourcing, bureau, consulting and ERP applications with IXOS and GE.