Richard Adams has been appointed as CEO of CCL, taking over from Heather Graham, who has returned to the US for personal reasons.

"We would like to thank Heather for the contribution she has made during her time with us and wish her all the very best for her return to the States," CCL says.

"Our new leader, Richard, has a wealth of experience across Spark and Spark Business Group.

"Most recently leading our Consumer Channels business, he previously led our Business Sales - Service teams across Central and Southern New Zealand, and will be known to many of CCL's customers and partners."

CCL also notes Adams' experience in developing offerings for Spark Business Group's public and private sector customers, including ICT, data centre and cloud-based services.

Adams will commence in the role immediately.

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The company announced the appointment of several key individuals to its advisory board.

Advisors who have joined the team include Salesforce co-founder - founding architect Dave Moellenhoff, Dell global loyalty strategy lead Mitch Kennedy, IEEE fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering fellow, and Samsung AI center Montreal R-D vice president Dr Steve Liu. Liu was also Tinder chief scientist from 2016-2019.