Telecom Corp, the county’s biggest phone company, has appointed Lion finance director Jolie Hodson as its new top number cruncher. Hodson will take up the role of chief financial officer from June, replacing Nick Olson. She’s currently a Sydney-based finance director of Lion’s beer, spirits & wines Australia division, its biggest business unit. Telecom’s general manager of commercial finance Tim Bluett …

Federated Farmers is warning New Zealand’s levy paying meat farmers that if the Primary Growth Partnership vote fails, farmers will be throwing away scientific investments vital for its future. “Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre executive supports the Collaboration for Sustainable Growth PGP,” says Jeanette Maxwell, Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson “The biggest thing farmers tell me they want is unity …

Pyne Gould Corp, the asset management company controlled and managed by George Kerr, reported a return to first-half earnings and forecast a full-year profit, reflecting year-earlier charges that won’t be repeated in the current period. Profit was $1.5 million in the six months ended Dec. 31, from a loss of $27.1 million a year earlier, when it recognised impaired asset …