AMP Financial Services (AFS) has strengthened its focus on the corporate super business with a number of senior appointments to help drive AMP's corporate super strategy at a time of significant regulatory change and changing customer preferences.
AMP Director Corporate Super, Libby Roy has appointed the following people to her leadership team.
- Ilaine Anderson – Director, Account Management
- Warwick Angus – Director, Corporate Development
- Angus Bishop – Director, Field Effectiveness
- Hilary Inglis – Director, Corporate Super Investments
- Maria Loyez – Director, Value Proposition
- Justin Morgan – Director, SME Adviser Business
Ms Roy said the appointments to her leadership team are now complete with its final member, Warwick Angus, starting with AMP in late August, and reflect AMP's ongoing commitment to the corporate super business.
"Corporate Super is a core part of the AMP business and with the changes we are seeing across the industry it's more important than ever to have a strong team in place to ensure we're continuing to offer the right solution for employer groups, advisers and our customers.
"Along with the introduction of MySuper, changing customer behaviour and technological change are driving a shift in this sector.
"This presents opportunities to look at new ways of doing business while at the same time maintaining our focus on delivering an attractive corporate superannuation offer for both new and existing customers," said Ms Roy.
The new leadership team bring a depth of knowledge across superannuation, insurance, financial advice and operations.
The roles will focus on providing tailored support to clients from the SME market through to large corporate clients, relationship management, an ongoing focus on providing a strong investment offering and driving efficiencies within an environment of regulatory change.
AMP recently confirmed it will launch its MySuper offers from 1 January 2014. This will include a Lifecycle option available to its SignatureSuper customers, who are mainly large to medium businesses.
The Lifecycle option will provide a whole of working-life solution with active investment strategies in place to adapt to each stage of life. This will enable employers to offer employees a targeted solution for their retirement, regardless of their employees' level of engagement with their superannuation.
Ilaine Anderson – Director Account Management
Ilaine has 15 years' experience as a senior sales professional in the B2B space, having held a number of senior roles with Ansett and Drake International. Most recently Ilaine was Director Sales and Marketing at Computershare. Ilaine has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queensland.
Warwick Angus – Director, Corporate Development
Warwick was most recently with Computershare, and in his 10 years with the company he was responsible for business development, as well as holding other senior market and business leadership roles. Warwick has also held a number of senior sales and business development roles with Ernst & Young. He has a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University in Victoria.
Angus Bishop – Director, Field Effectiveness
Angus has over 20 years' experience working in operations roles, including a number of senior operations roles with GE both in Australia and internationally including Asia, Europe and Mexico. Angus has a Master of International Business from Newcastle University.
Hilary Inglis – Director, Corporate Super Investments
Hilary has over 15 years' financial services experience in both portfolio management and relationship management, across institutional, corporate, retail and private clients. Hilary was most recently part of the investment management team at ipac, and has held senior roles with financial services firms in the UK. Hilary has a Master of Business Administration from the Heriot Watt University at the Edinburgh Business School.
Maria Loyez, Director, Value Proposition
Maria was most recently with Optus where she held a number of senior roles including Head of Communications responsible for communications for consumer and small to medium-sized business divisions. Prior to that Maria worked in corporate development at Virgin Management Limited, and launched Virgin Mobile in France, South Africa and Canada. Maria has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Bristol University in the UK.
Justin Morgan – Director, SME Adviser Business
Justin was most recently with Suncorp where he held a number of senior roles, and prior to that was with American Express in the United States and Australia for 10 years. Justin has a Master of Business Administration from the Cranfield School of Management London.
