THE ICONIC promotes team member to Head of Communications and PR

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.

Andy Walsh has joined Swift as Media Relations Lead, Asia-Pacific.

Based in Kuala Lumpur, he leads strategic communications and press engagement for the company.

Andy brings more than a decade of communications experience across the finance, government, and higher education sectors spanning Australia and the U.K. Prior to this, he was a Journalist.

Simon Shepherdson has joined Pacific Energy as Principal, Communications and External Affairs. He was previously at aluminium company, Alcoa Australia, as Senior Communications Advisor. Prior to this, Simon was at Perth-based independent media, investor and communications firm, Spoke.