Justine Marquet
Allianz Retire+ has announced the appointment of Justine Marquet to the newly created role, Head of Technical Services.
Ms Marquet is a highly credentialed leader with over 20 years’ experience in financial services, working across product development, regulatory change, operations and sales functions. Her career has spanned superannuation, retirement, wealth, insurance and financial advice, giving her a deep understanding of the challenges Allianz Retire+ is committed to solving.
The retirement income specialists welcome Ms Marquet from MLC Life where she was most recently Head of Technical Services, Research and Regulatory Change. Throughout her tenure at MLC Life she led a specialist team to analyse and deliver insights from product and market research.
Ms Marquet spearheaded the businesses response to regulatory changes for life products advocating for workable policy outcomes and delivering risk management tools and frameworks for multiple regulatory initiatives. She also provided technical services and expertise to build internal capabilities, customer trust and provide partner support to the external market.
In her new role, Ms. Marquet will provide technical support and educational resources to help advisers and superfunds navigate retirement planning. She will work closely with Chief Product and Marketing Officer Simon Aboud and the broader Allianz Retire+ team to deliver these services while also supporting the rollout of the businesses’ innovative longevity Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE) product, launched earlier this year.
“Justine’s deep sector knowledge, strategic ability and understanding of the retirement landscape will be critical as we continue to engage with both superfunds and advisers to deliver a suite of retirement income solutions,” said Mr Aboud.
“We are committed to solving the issues facing retirees, superfunds and advisers. There is undeniable momentum from the industry to address the needs of retirees by providing solutions that deliver certainty and flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances.
Justine’s skills and experience in understanding how we can support advisers and superfunds solve these challenges is really exciting and we are thrilled to welcome her to the team.”
