Simon Rutherford was president of the Motor Industry Association from 2022 to 2024.
The new non-executive director has more than 35 years experience across retail, wholesale, licensing, marketing, and product development in Australia, NZ, and wider Asia-Pacific.
Former New Zealand Film Commission head of marketing Jasmin McSweeney appointed head of sales and acquisitions (NZ).
Greg Lowe will start as BEC’s new chair from February 1.
Alvin Soh is currently the CFO at Shuttlerock Ltd.
John Atherton will be based in the Mascot, Sydney office.
Fred Ohlsson joins the group in February from Amplifi Group, where he was managing director.
Jeff Sissons will lead NZISM into its next phase of growth and development.
Former Cabinet Minister to take over from Tim Grafton in April.
Nick Luckock, who joined the board as a representative of private equity firm HG Capital, will not seek re-election in February.