December saw a number of high-profile appointments across financial services, with noteworthy additions to First State Super, Heritage Bank and ANZ NZ.

AUSTRALIA

Heritage Bank has appointed Wayne Marchant to the position of Chief Information Officer and Darren Stephens to the position of Chief People Officer

Perpetual has appointed Tony D’Aloisio to the position of Company Chair

MetLife has appointed Allyson Carlile to the position of Head of People and Culture

GBST Holdings Limited has appointed Tam Vu to the position of Non-Executive Board Director

The Financial Services Council has appointed Allan Hansell to the position of Director of Policy

Equity Trustees has appointed Grant Currie to the position of Head of Superannuation Trustee Services

Yarra Capital Management has appointed Brett Davidson to the position of Chief Operating Officer

First State Super has appointed Damian Graham to the position of Chief Investment Officer

Standard Life Investments has appointed Archie Struthers to the position of Head of Investments

OneVue has appointed Matt Lawler to the position of Executive General Manager, Wealth Management

Colonial First State Asset Management has appointed Daniel Timms to the position of Director of Infrastructure Investments

NEW ZEALAND

AMP has appointed Jack Regan to the position of Group Executive, Advice and New Zealand

ANZ NZ has appointed Antonia Watson to the position of Managing Director, Retail and Business Banking

The Government of New Zealand has appointed Steven Joyce to the position of Minister of Finance

ASIA & ASIA-PACIFIC

Baidu Capital has announced the appointment of Zhang Jingling to the position of Chief Financial Officer

Indosuez Wealth Management has appointed Pierre Masclet to the position of Chief Executive Officer, and Sen Sui to the position of Commercial Head