January saw a number of high-profile appointments across financial services, with noteworthy additions to ANZ, Standard Chartered HK, and the Bank of New Zealand.

AUSTRALIA

ANZ has appointed Emma Gray to the position of Chief Data Officer

Avoka Technologies has appointed Matt Lewis to the position of Chief Executive Officer

Challenger has appointed Victor Rodrigues to the position of Head of Fixed Income

SocietyOne has appointed John Cummins to the position of Chief Investment Officer

Savills Investment Management has appointed Lee Tredwell to the position of Head of Investment, Australia

Bentham Asset Management has appointed Linden Smith to the position of Senior Analyst

NEW ZEALAND

The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has appointed Paul Carter to the position of Director, Retail and Marketing

Instant Finance has appointed Mike Foley to the position of Chief Information Officer

ANZ NZ has appointed Stewart Taylor to the position of Chief Financial Officer, Craig Mulholland to the position of Managing Director, Wealth, and David Bricklebank to the position of General Counsel and Company Secretary

ASIA & ASIA-PACIFIC

ANZ has appointed Sanjay Mathur to the position of Chief Economist, South-East Asia and India

Standard Chartered Hong Kong has appointed Mary Huen to the position of Chief Executive Officer, Samir Subberwal to the position of Regional Head of Retail Banking GCNA and Vicky Kong to the position of Head of Retail Banking Hong Kong.

PIMCO has appointed Kimberley Stafford to the position of Head of Asia-Pacific

Deutsche Bank has appointed David Lynne and James Boyle as Co-Heads of Global Markets, Asia-Pacific

UBS Wealth Management has appointed Ohad Greenfeld to the position of Head of Israel

The Alternative Investment Management Association has appointed Lilian Lee to the position of General Manager, Singapore