Contact hires Refining NZ CEO to replace Barnes

Contact hires Refining NZ CEO to replace Barnes
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans Sept. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Contact Energy has appointed Refining NZ chief executive Mike Fuge to replace Dennis Barnes. The board is yet to finalise a date for Fuge to take up his new role, but it is expected to be no later than March 16, chair Rob McDonald said. Fuge, who previously ran Melbourne-based Pacific Hydro, only took up his role at the Marsden Point oil refinery in August 2018. Prior to his 2014 move to Australia, he was chief operating officer at Genesis Energy and a senior executive with Telecom before that....

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