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Managed Accounts Holdings Ltd announces strategic appointments

08 Apr 2019
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Managed Accounts Holdings Ltd* (Company) (ASX: MGP) announces several internal promotions to add further depth and experience to the executive and distribution teams. The new appointments include Craig Giffin as Chief Risk Officer, Sanja Petrovic as Head of Information Technology and Luke Peterson as Relationship Manager within the Distribution team.

Mr Giffin joined the group in 2016 as a consultant and most recently held the role of Head of Risk Management, Legal and Compliance. He has over 30 years’ experience in executive director level business management roles.

In addition, Mr Giffin has extensive global experience having held executive regional and global roles in risk management and compliance at Nikko Asset Management Limited, Barclays Global Investors, Fortis Investments, BNP Paribas and St. George Bank.

The group also announced the appointment of Sanja Petrovic as Head of Information Technology responsible for aligning the technology strategy and solutions with the Company’s business plan. Ms Petrovic joined the group in 2008 as a Programmer Analyst and most recently held the position of Head of IT for the MDA division.

Ms Petrovic has extensive IT experience across various aspects of the IT function including vendor management, infrastructure migration, software development and integration as well as data migration.  Ms Petrovic is dedicated to delivering client-centric solutions and to aligning the technology and business strategies.

Mr Peterson has been promoted to the role of Relationship Manager within the Distribution team effective July 1, 2019. Mr Peterson joined the group in 2012 and most recently held the role of Client Service Officer.

“The calibre of these internal promotions is testament to the breadth of experience we have within the business,” said Peter Brook, Non-Executive Chairman.

“These appointments, complemented by the recent announcement that Bruce Hawkins will be joining as CFO, strengthen the Company’s plans for future growth.”

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*Shareholders of Managed Accounts Holdings Limited will vote on the new name Xplore Wealth Limited on 12 April 2019

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