AXA Australia continues to implement its strategies with the creation of three new general management roles within its Distribution team.
With immediate effect, the following appointments have been announced:
- Tim Mitchell Adams: General Manager, Sales
- Paul Harrop: General Manager, National Accounts
- Barry Wyatt: General Manager, Marketing & Strategy
Mr Mitchell Adams will manage the operational elements of AXA’s national sales teams, including its state-based business development teams, while Mr Harrop’s brief is to have a greater focus on relationship building, account intelligence and product sales across the current National Accounts segment.
Mr Wyatt will be responsible for the operational elements of AXA’s marketing and strategic support capability, including Platforms, Professional Development, Investment & Research, Risk, Marketing Services and Brand/PR Management.
Each appointee comes from within AXA’s current management team, and all will report to AXA’s GM Sales and Marketing, Adrian Emery.
The creation of these three new general management roles has in turn created three further senior positions, whose appointments have also been announced:
- Steve Blanche: Head of Financial Protection Sales
- Barbara Glover: Head of Investment Sales
- Jim Decarlo: Head of Platform Sales
According to AXA, these additional appointments will increase the company’s focus and key resources on its core product sectors of Financial Protection, Investment and Platforms.
Meanwhile, it is understood high level meetings between NAB and AXA’s parent, AXA SA are continuing, following the lapsing of AMP’s exclusive right to deal with AXA SA, which terminated on 6 February.
But while its exclusivity agreement has now lapsed, AMP’s statement to the ASX concludes with the comment: “AMP continues to consider its position in relation to AXA AP.”
If the NAB/MLC bid for AXA Asia Pacific is accepted and passes regulatory scrutiny, its takeover of AXA is expected to be completed in the second quarter of the year.
