AMP blends in AXA executives

AMP Limited's acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific is continuing to be reflected in key senior management appointments across AMP Financial Services.

In a flurry of appointments announced today, the company revealed it had blended both AXA and AMP personnel across its key operational areas.

AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Meller announced that the former AXA director of sales, Barry Wyatt, had been appointed as director of sales within AMP's strategic marketing and sales division, while AMP's former director of wealth protection products Michael Paff had been named as director of strategic marketing and AXA general manager of digital business and services relationships Cam Cimino had been appointed director of business marketing while Belinda Myers had been appointed as director of business operations.

He said that in the Banking and Wealth Management Products division Chris Jansen had been appointed as director of contemporary wealth management, while AXA's head of wealth management pricing and risk Robert Baillie had been appointed director of pricing, and AXA's general manager, platform, Steve Burgess had been appointed director of Platforms.

AFS director of strategy and growth, Brad Green has been appointed as director of business operations, while Mike Lawrence will continue as managing director of AMP Bank, as will John McIlroy as director of Multiport.

In the Wealth Protection and Mature Products division, AXA general manager of Financial Protection Michael Rogers has been appointed director, retail risk, while AXA head of group insurance Robert Bergin has been appointed director of group risk, and Bernadene Gordon has been appointed as director of underwriting and claims policy and Gopal Raman has been appointed director of mature products and business support, with AXA's head of pricing and reinsurance, Stephen Varney, being appointed director of pricing and reinsurance.

The AMP announcement said the company's advice businesses leadership teams including AMP Financial Planning, AXA Financial Planning, Hillross, Charter, Genesys and ipac remained unchanged.