People Moves: Nasfund, Newcrest Mining, ANZ Bank, NAC, Vodafone, East West Transport, BAPNG, PNG Air
New CEOs for Nasfund and ANZ Bank, Newcrest CEO retires, changes at National Airports Corporation, new GM for East West Transport and new marketing head at Vodafone PNG and
Lachlan Halstead has been appointed Country Head, Papua New Guinea for ANZ Bank. He succeeds Mark Baker, who retires after ten years in the role.***
Rajeev Sharma will succeed Ian Tarutia as CEO of Nasfund, effective 1 April 2023. Sharma is a former CFO of Nasfund and has been Chief Operating Officer since February 2022.
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Newcrest Mining Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Biswas has retired. Chief Financial Officer Sherry Duhe has assumed the role of Interim CEO.
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Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation Walter Schnaubelt has suspended Rex Kiponge as Managing Director of National Airports Corporation. Joseph Tupiri has been appointed Acting MD for an initial period of three months.
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Dan Khaisir has been appointed East West Transport’s new General Manager.
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Mark Witthuhn is the new Chief Marketing Officer at Vodafone PNG.
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Mark Story has joined Business Advantage International as Senior Business Editor.
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Andrew Crompton has resigned as a Director of PNG Air.