AMP Financial Services has made a number of key appointments to its new senior management team, following its acquisition of AXA Australia.
The appointments have been made across three business areas: Wealth Protection and Mature Products, Strategic Marketing and Sales, and Banking and Wealth Management Products.
In Wealth Protection and Mature Products, reporting to Director Ian Campbell, the appointments are:
- Michael Rogers, Director Retail Risk (previously AXA GM Financial Protection)
- Robert Bergin, Director Group Risk (previously AXA Head Group Insurance)
- Bernadene Gordon, Director Underwriting and Claims Policy (previously AMP Head of product Proposition for Wealth Protection Products)
- Gopal Raman, Director Mature Products and Business Support (previously AMP Head Strategy and Operations Wealth Protection Products)
- Stephen Varney, Director Pricing & Reinsurance (previously AXA Head of Pricing and Reinsurance)
In Strategic Marketing and Sales, reporting to Director Adrian Emery, the appointments are:
- Barry Wyatt, Director of Sales (confirmed into the role in August)
- Michael Paff, Director Strategic Marketing (previously AMP Director of Wealth Protection Products)
- Cam Cimino, Director of Business Marketing (previously AXA GM Digital Business & Service Relationships)
- Belinda Meyers, Director of Business Operations (previously AMP Head of Directors Office)
In Banking and Wealth Management Products, reporting to Director Rob Caprioli , the appointments are:
- Chris Jansen, Director Contemporary Wealth Management Products (previously AMP Acting Director of Wealth Management Products)
- Robert Baillie, Director Pricing (previously AXA Head of WM Pricing and Risk)
- Steve Burgess, Director Platforms (previously AXA GM platforms)
- Brad Green, Director Business Operations (previously AFS Director Strategy & Growth)
- Mike Lawrence, Managing Director AMP Bank (unchanged)
- John McIlroy, Director Multiport (unchanged)
AMP’s advice businesses leadership teams, which include AMP Financial Planning, AXA Financial Planning, Hillross, Charter, Genesys and ipac remain unchanged.
Speaking about the appointments, AMP Financial Services Managing Director, Craig Meller, said: “The merger of AMP and AXA is about taking the best of both businesses to create a new, more competitive and customer focused AMP and these appointments demonstrate that we are doing just that. We look forward to the significant contribution the team will make.”
