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Mangawhai. Managing Director at Monaco from 2006 to April this year, Carl’s portfolio at Monaco included brands such as Casio, Pioneer, Omega, Everdure, Robinhood, Omega Altise and Blanco.
Donna Rapsey is the new South Island Sales Manager at Damar Industries. Donna however will be well known for her no less than 13+ years with sales agents Strikeforce in merchandising, field representation and account management.
Chloe Roebuck has been promoted from Business Development Manager at Crest Showers to the role of Sales Manager. Chloe has been with Crest for over five years, before which she was in Client Relations for Mondiale Warehousing & Distribution.
Lance Spalding is Mitre 10 NZ’s new National Manager Trade & Commercial
and heads up the
Mitre 10 Trade
team, following
former GM Trade
Derek Heard’s
move across to
the co-operative’s
multi-year
transformation program. Having
been part of Mitre 10 Trade since 2016, Lance’s new role is focused
on customer experience excellence, developing and modernising the trade business, and working closely with building supplies merchandise team to manage and mitigate current supply and logistical challenges. Before Mitre 10, Lance managed Fletcher Building’s PinkFit insulation installation network.
Brooke Storey has left Autex Industries, where she has been Account Manager for the last three years, to become
Architect &
Designer Business
of The Jones
Family Business,
comprising
Kitchen Things,
the Applico
distribution arm
(brands including Smeg, Baumatic, Classique etc) and Jones Services. Prior to joining Autex, Brooke was Northern Territory Sales Manager for Mitsubishi Electric NZ (BDT), over 2015-2019.
Myles Whitcher, COO of Mitre
10 MEGA Hamilton (Te Rapa and Ruakura) and Director of Waikato Frame & Truss 2013-2017, is now Director and Board Chair at Emergency Consult, a New Zealand based tele- health service provider. Most recently Myles has been Chief Executive Officer of Livingstone NZ, a Hamilton property business.
hard news
More of the same with 2022’s most trusted
The results of the 2022 Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands survey are out with, yet again, Whittaker’s showing as New Zealand “Most Trusted” brand.
The other most trusted brands in categories relevant to our readers are as follows:
• BBQs Weber
• Car Care Products Turtle Wax
• Coffee Machines, Small Kitchen
Appliances Breville
• Cooking Appliances Fisher & Paykel • DIY Power Tools Bosch
• Garden Power Tools STIHL
• Gardening Products Yates
• Heat Pumps Mitsubishi Electric
• Home Builders GJ Gardner
• Home Improvement Stores Mitre 10 • Lawnmowers Masport
• Paints Resene
• Vacuum Cleaners Dyson
www.trustedbrands.co.nz
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MAY 2022 | NZHJ 11