^{(Pictured: Ash Stevens and Emily Sayes)}
Aotearoa’s full-service communications and PR agency, Pead, has welcomed two new team members working across digital, social and corporate practice areas:

• Emily Sayes joins the Corporate team as Senior Account Manager. She will be developing the agency's corporate communications offering alongside clients such as the Centre for Sustainable Finance, Precinct Properties, Pure Advantage and Southern Cross Partners.
• Ash Stevens has started in the social and digital team as an Account Manager, working with clients such as Atopis and Best Foods.

On the appointments, Pead's Partner of Corporate and Digital, Louisa Kraitzick said the business was "excited to welcome new talent into the fold".

"Emily and Ash have both hit the ground running and are already delivering exceptional work for all our clients," she said.

"Understanding how to bring stories to life across different digital and social channels is not a 'nice to have' for companies, it is a must these days. Ash has joined to power up our organic social capability and content creation even further. Whereas, Emily has joined to increase our corporate offering, with a particular focus on sustainability and financial services."