Clerk of the House CIO Deborah Braithwaite has been headhunted by IBM to run its project management office for the multi-million-dollar Joint Border Management System (JBMS). Braithwaite had earlier been Customs manager of information systems, for five years.
Inland Revenue has disestablished the position of chief information officer.
A spokesman says two IT divisions have been created, one to focus on day-to-day business and the other on future IT requirements and strategy.
ASB has appointed Russell Jones as the bank's head of group technology.
Jones has worked for paper company Sappi in both South Africa and Europe, as well as Carter Holt Harvey in New Zealand and International Paper in the US.