Catherine Sumner promoted to Group External Communications Lead

Emily Deville has joined IFS Chocolate as Communications and Brand Partner. She was previously Public Relations Manager at Wesfarmers Health (Priceline Pharmacy). Prior to this, Emily worked in-house within the pharmaceutical and retail sectors.

THE ICONIC has promoted Alena Darcy to Head of Communications and PR. She has been with the company for nearly five years, most recently as Senior Communications and PR Manager. Prior to this, she worked in-house at David Jones and also consulted agency-side for AMPR and Sibling (WPP).

Rituraj Sapkota has been named Communications Lead - Intergenerational Strategic Plan at NFP, Central Pacific Collective. He has recently finished a stint at DairyNZ as Senior Corporate Communications and Media Advisor. Prior to this, Rituraj worked in communication roles in central as well as local government, following his time as a multimedia journalist at Whakaata Māori.