Michelle Amery has been appointed as the new country manager for the Symantec Enterprise and Consumer business in New Zealand, effective 1 January 2013. Amery, who has been the consumer country manager since August this year, will take on the expanded role reporting to Pacific region vice president & managing director Brenton Smith with a dotted line to Matthew Drake, senior director, consumer business, Pacific region. As the country manager for New Zealand, the security company says Amery will be responsible for the day to day operations of the business including sales, channels, distribution and systems engineering. Amery will be responsible for leading the New Zealand team across both Auckland and Wellington. First joining Symantec in 1991, Amery held a number of senior roles including running the Latin America business, establishing the global sales operations group, and leading Asia Pacific.