Whanganui and Partners board member Gaelle Deighton has been appointed its interim chief executive after the departure of Mark Ward.
The "immediate" departure of Ward, after 16 months in the job, was announced on May 29.
Deighton joined the Whanganui and Partners board in 2019.
At that time she was living in Auckland but had relatives in Whanganui and was planning to move here.
A Whanganui and Partners spokesperson said Deighton had many years of experience in economic development.