APRA appoints advice and policy head
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has appointed Clare Gibney as executive director for advice and policy.
She was an internal move from her role as general manager, resolution at APRA.
Gibney would replace Renee Roberts who would take up the position as executive director of banking.
The advice and policy division provided technical interpretations, legal, licensing, policy and regulatory liaison and advice to APRA and managed its licensing, crisis management and prudential frameworks.
Meanwhile, Carmen Beverly-Smith was appointed as executive director for superannuation, joining from the role of General Manager, Risk Transformation Delivery Integration at Westpac.
Jane Magill joined APRA from a long career at Macquarie in the newly-created role of chief of staff. Her most-recent Macqaurie role was as global lead- business operational risk, commodities and global markets group.
Finally, Bruce Young was appointed as executive director of technology and data, another newly-created role. This was an internal move from his role as general manager of operational resilience.
The appointments would take effect from 1 March, 2023 apart from Magill who would join the regulator in May.
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