{"id":79778,"date":"2025-10-21T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=79778"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T05:33:30","slug":"acenda-group-leadership-team-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/acenda-group-leadership-team-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Acenda Group Leadership Team Named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acenda Group has announced its new leadership team with appointments taking effect once Nippon Life\u2019s acquisition of Resolution Life is completed \u2013 which is expected to occur by the end of October.<\/p>\n<p>The team will report to future Group CEO <strong>Chris de Bruin<\/strong> upon completion of the transaction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sean McCormack<\/strong> &#8211; Group Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing product and distribution, and supporting the Group\u2019s planned expansion into longevity and retirement solutions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew Beevors<\/strong> \u2013 Group Claims and Innovation Officer, responsible for the Group\u2019s Claims function and driving innovation in claims and customer care<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lisa Hayes<\/strong> \u2013 Group General Counsel, responsible for leading the Group\u2019s Legal and Corporate Services functions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter Histon<\/strong> \u2013 Group Chief Information Officer, leading the Group\u2019s infrastructure transformation, modernisation, and data initiatives<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Lucey<\/strong> \u2013 Group Chief Investment Officer, leading the Group\u2019s investment strategy and management of investment portfolios<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grant Willis<\/strong> \u2013 remains CEO of Asteron Life in New Zealand. Grant will join the Acenda Group Leadership Team and report to the Asteron Life Board<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jane Murray<\/strong> \u2013 continues as Chief Operating Officer for Acenda Life<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yvonne Le Bas<\/strong> \u2013 Group Chief Financial Officer (previously announced)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Karen Malzard<\/strong> \u2013 Group Chief Risk Officer (previously announced)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nupur Bhushan<\/strong> has been appointed Interim Group Chief People Officer to support the business through its initial phase of integration, while a search is ongoing for this role. Nupur is an experienced People and\u00a0Commercial leader and brings experience leading through transformations, including roles at WiseTech\u00a0and ResMed\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_77786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77786\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77786\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2025\/06\/Chris-de-Bruin.jpg\" alt=\"Chris de Bruin\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris de Bruin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>De Bruin said: \u201cThese appointments will be instrumental in leading the formation of the Acenda Group, as we aim to build a bigger, more dynamic business focused on growth, innovation and exceptional customer outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe appointment of our new Group Chief Commercial Officer, Sean McCormack, is central to our strategy\u00a0ensuring we position the business to capture growth by maximising our product and distribution capabilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/resolution-life-bought-by-nippon-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resolution Life Bought by Nippon Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acenda Group has announced its new leadership team with appointments taking effect once Nippon Life\u2019s acquisition of Resolution Life is completed \u2013 which is expected to occur by the end of October. The team will report to future Group CEO Chris de Bruin upon completion of the transaction: Sean McCormack &#8211; Group Chief Commercial Officer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":79782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-appointments","category-company-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}