• AMP announces several high calibre appointments to its North leadership team
• All three roles report to AMP Group Executive for Platforms, Edwina Maloney.
• Growth in North’s managed portfolios now exceeds $18bn in funds under management
AMP has bolstered North’s client servicing, investment operations and managed portfolios expertise, continuing to develop North to be the market-leading wrap platform for super and retirement savings.
Sharyn Baker has joined as Director of Operations, with Mike Way appointed earlier this year as Director for Strategy and Transformation. Both roles are newly-created positions in AMP’s Platforms business.
In addition, David Hutchison has been appointed as General Manager of Managed Portfolios and Investments, focusing on partnering with our North advisers to develop market-leading managed portfolio solutions and helping North to continue its trajectory as the fastest-growing managed portfolio business in the market.
Sharyn Baker
Sharyn Baker is an experienced financial services leader with over 20 years of experience in leading and implementing large-scale change, driving innovation and embedding high performing cultures across various organisations including NAB and MLC as well as working in a consulting capacity for several wealth management and Financial Services clients.
She joins AMP after working for BT Financial for the past eight years, where she was most recently Head of Service and Operations. In her new role, Sharyn will be accountable for the end-to-end administration, client servicing, investment operations, third-party relationships, data and risk and compliance functions across Platforms.
David Hutchison
David Hutchison is an accomplished professional with over 20 years of experience in product management, investments, and consulting, including senior roles at MLC and NMG Consulting.
In his new role at AMP, he will be responsible for helping advisers run their investment proposition (including Managed Portfolios) efficiently via the North platform, continuing the strong flow and rapid growth of North as a highly competitive platform. David will work closely with the team on further developing and accelerating growth plans for North’s managed portfolio and investment menu business.
Mike Way
Mike Way joined North earlier this year, bringing 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry both in Australia and globally, having delivered numerous large and complex strategic transformations impacting up to 100,000 staff and 20 million customers at a time.
Mike’s most recent role was Strategy Partner at Deloitte, working with Executive teams and Boards to improve organisational performance through growth strategies, digital and data strategy, customer experience design, business and operating model design, and transformation execution. Mike is responsible for delivering on North’s growth aspirations through effective strategy design and transformation delivery.
Edwina Maloney, AMP Group Executive, Platforms said:
“I am excited for Sharyn, David and Mike to bolster our bench strength at North, as we continue to drive our strategy and transformation plans with a strong focus on product leadership and client servicing of the highest calibre.
“Part of our Platforms strategy is to bring the right capability into our business that will help us turn strategy into action and drive an agile delivery approach to transformation.
“Our new hires bring broad market experience and are all keenly aware of the strength of our North offer. The next step will be to continue to build on North’s market-competitiveness, extend our adviser footprint and drive greater awareness of North’s leading functionality.
“We have an exciting opportunity to continue to drive innovation through North, differentiating through market-leading retirement solutions like MyNorth Lifetime for both existing and new customers.”
