Movers & Shakers

ASD seeks new CISO to drive REDSPICE cyber defence initiative; the soon-to-be standalone Health New Zealand appoints interim Chief Digital Officer; and DTA finds new CTO. – The interim Health New Zealand has appointed Stuart Bloomfield as interim Chief Digital...

Australia’s Federal Opposition appoints Shadow Financial Services Minister; the ASX promotes new CEO from within; and ANZ loses its Data and Automation Chief. Australia – The ASX has announced its replacement for retiring chief executive Dominic Stevens, with Helen Lofthouse...

NAB makes dual Chief Digital Officer and Chief Design Officer appointments; Regional Australia Bank lures financial services veteran to CIO role; and Integrity Life finds new tech chief. – NAB has announced two new senior appointments to its Digital, Data...

First-ever transformation chiefs appointed at Westpac and AIA Australia; Cuscal formally appoints interim CIO; and Australia’s corporate and financial watchdogs make a suite of exec changes. Australia – Westpac has promoted Yianna Papanikolaou to the newly created role of Chief...

SA Labor announces its new cabinet, with Susan Close to take on the Innovation and Science portfolio; QLD gets a new Chief Customer and Digital Officer after a six-month vacancy; and the Federal Government has appointed its first stand-alone Freedom...

Westpac appoints new Chief to lead its Banking as a Service arm; Medibank finds new CISO after a more than five-month vacancy; and Colonial appoints new head of digital. Appointments – Westpac has appointed Damien MacRae to lead its Banking-as-a-Service...

ANZ appoints its first-ever CTO; Great Southern Bank nabs former CommBank/CFS CIO; and Westpac reshuffles exec team in cost-cutting drive, re-homing Customer Services and Technology function. – ANZ has promoted Tim Hogarth to become the bank’s first Chief Technology Officer....

NSW establishes new Enterprise and Investment Department, with dedicated tech and innovation minister; WA once again shifts ministerial responsibility for Innovation and ICT; and DTA loses senior tech leaders, with Services Australia picking up two senior digital appointees. Appointments –...

Buy now, pay later specialist Zip Co on the hunt for new tech chief, with fellow BNPL Openpay losing its Group CEO; CBA appoints new marketing head; and IAG poaches Westpac’s GM of risk. Australia – The Commonwealth Bank (CBA)...

NAB appoints first-ever Executive for Technology, Data and Digital; AMP recruits AustralianSuper’s tech chief; and the RBA appoints new Payments Policy chief. Australia – AMP has recruited AustralianSuper’s inaugural group executive of technology Felicia Trewin, appointing her to lead the...

Sydney Metro, WA Health, and Queensland Government on the hunt for new tech chiefs; Victoria’s $2 billion innovation and research fund gets new CEO; and the ACCC appoints competition law veteran to its board. – Sydney Metro has created a...

ANZ creates dedicated CIO role for its Australian arm; The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appoints new tech chief; and Aussie BNPL player Zip Co poaches Citi’s global head of payments.  Australia – ANZ has appointed its current wealth chief...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) promotes its Deputy CIO to lead its tech function; TfNSW bids farewell to CISO after nearly three years served; while the SA Government announces mass recruitment drive for tech, engineering and digital design specialists to boost front-line...

AMP on the hunt for a new Chief Technology Officer; the Federal Government appoints Chair for its new three-person financial regulator oversight body; and Westpac seeks within to find the next Chief Executive of its NZ arm. Appointments Australia –...

OAIC chief reappointed for another three-year term as the Federal Government continues search for new FoI Commissioner; Victorian Government poaches Services Australia CIO to lead the DPC’s own Digital Victoria arm; and NSW appoints new 18-member digital identity advisory council,...