Delaney and Clarke join TAL executive team
TAL has announced two new appointments to its executive team, with Macquarie's Justin Delaney and AMP's Anne Clarke set to join the company in the coming months.
Delaney, who is currently Macquarie's head of wealth products and platforms, has been named as the company's new chief operating officer, while Clarke will assume the role of chief general council.
TAL Group chief executive, Brett Clark, said the appointments were strategically important appointments to TAL executing on its strategy.
"We face a rapidly changing business and regulatory environment and it is the right time to create these roles and Justin and Anne are the right people to join the TAL executive team," he said.
"We undertook an extensive recruitment process and I am delighted at the high calibre of these two very well respected and talented individuals joining the TAL team.
"Justin is a very experienced senior wealth management and life insurance executive with strong experience in operations, strategy, value creation, and building organisations to deliver efficient, well designed products and service capabilities.
Clark said that Clarke will support the company achieve its business objectives within the regulatory and legal environment, providing broad strategic advice and managing important regulatory relationships.
"Anne is a very experienced senior wealth management lawyer and is highly regarded in the industry for both her technical skill and her ability to operate and communicate at senior executive, board and regulator levels. Anne also has a reputation for her comprehensive knowledge of the commercial and industry environment," he said.
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