Movers & Shakers

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,...

NAB looks abroad for new Chief Security Officer, Zurich appoints Country CEO to jointly lead its General Insurance and Life arms, and Judo loses its CISO following major exec rejig last month, as July sees a number of key movements...

June saw a number of noteworthy additions across Australia and NZ’s financial services sectors, with Judo Bank and CFS Superannuation also announcing major rejigs of their executive teams, and NAB revealing it will split its Chief Data Officer role –...

DTA loses its Chief Executive to government taskforce; South Australia confirms its next CISO; and The QLD Government fills six-month vacancy for prestigious Chief Entrepreneur role. – Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) Chief Executive Randall Brugeaud (pictured) will step down after...

May has seen several high-profile appointments and departures across Australasia’s financial services sector, with noteworthy additions to Westpac, AMP, and MLC Life. Australia – AMP’s former technology and operations chief, Sean O’Malley (pictured), has been appointed Managing Director of AMP...

ADHA and Tax Office lose their CISOs, while national spatial data specialist, Geoscape Australia, appoints a former Olympian as Chief Executive. – The Australian Digital Health Agency’s (ADHA) Chief Information Security Officer, Anthony Kitzelmann, has been poached by Airservices Australia....

April saw a number of high-profile appointments and departures across the financial services sector, with noteworthy additions to Medibank Private, Allianz and neobank Judo. – Alexis George, ANZ Deputy Chief Executive, has been appointed to lead the AMP group. George...