Allianz Retire+ has announced three new appointments to its leadership team.
Jason Hunt joins the company as Head of Marketing, Sandrine de Bonhome has relocated from Allianz headquarters in Munich to take on the role of Chief Financial Officer and Sandra Bridgewater starts a new position as Head of Human Resources.
Allianz Australia Life Insurance CEO, Adrian Stewart said, “We are committed to delivering flexible retirement solutions to superfunds, platforms and advisers. We have assembled the right people with the right skills to realise this vision. These new appointments continue to bolster our expertise in delivering greater certainty to Australian retirees.”
Speaking on the appointments, Mr Stewart said, “Jason brings nearly two decades of marketing experience to the business. He offers a unique mix of product and relationship management expertise communicating across institutional, wholesale and retail channels. His most recent role as Perpetual Asset Management Australia’s Head of Marketing saw him deliver strong results in driving the strategic growth of the business.”
“Sandrine is a highly credentialed risk management specialist, boasting a Bachelor of Mathematics from the Universite de Namur, a Master of Mathematics from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Master of Financial Mathematics from Kings College London.
Sandrine is a specialist in corporate risk management, product development and capital management. She has over a decade of experience working with Allianz, holding multiple positions across the group and the globe. We are thrilled to have Sandrine relocate to Australia from Allianz headquarters in Munich to support our growth ambitions.
We also welcome Sandra, who has extensive experience managing people in various HR leadership positions over her twenty-year career. Sandra is committed to building and influencing the people and culture agenda to deliver commercial people and culture solutions.”
The appointments of Jason, Sandrine and Sandra follow a raft of senior hires for the company towards the end of last year. Including Andrew Stewart joining as the Head of Distribution, Malcolm Weir as Head of Life Protection and Jasmine Jirele as a new Board member from the Allianz Life business in the US. This now completes the re-direction of the business under the new CEO.
Mr Stewart continued, “We have aligned our business to help our partners deliver on the objectives of the retirement income covenant which came into effect from July last year. We now have deep sector expertise within the business, and are well positioned to support advisers, trustees and superfunds deliver retirement solutions to their clients and members.”