New recruits provided the opportunity for a shuffle and refresh of team roles.
Westpac NZ has announced a number of changes to its executive team.
Chief executive David McLean said: “we have a high-quality and cohesive executive team that has been stable for a long time, and we’re taking this opportunity to refresh some of their roles and responsibilities.” he said.
Two new recruits join the leadership team and several other of Westpac’s senior executives have taken on changed roles.
Andrew Henderson has joined the bank as chief information officer and is responsible for key technology functions including engineering, architecture, IT risk and maintaining tech standards and disciplines.
“Andrew is a Hawke’s Bay boy and we’ve lured him home to New Zealand after 16 years overseas in senior technology roles at ING and JPMorgan Chase,” McLean said.
Marc Figgins has accepted a role as the new general manager of human resources, and comes to Westpac NZ from Air New Zealand, where he has worked most recently as the general manager of people for revenue and operations.
McLean said Figgins is passionate about the Wespac focus on human-centric design and adopting new ways of working that support the potential of its people, in the context of a rapidly changing future of work.
The appointments of Andrew Henderson and Marc Figgins are subject to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand having no objections.
GMs with changed roles:
• Karen Silk takes up the role of general manager of the Experience Hub, which is the Agile division of Westpac NZ that focuses on developing and improving products and services. She was previously GM commercial, corporate and institutional banking.
• Simon Power takes on the role vacated by Silk as GM commercial, corporate and institutional banking, having been GM consumer banking and wealth.
• Gina Dellabarca has been appointed GM consumer banking and wealth, replacing Power. Dellabarca was most recently GM human resources and corporate affairs.
• Leanne Lazarus takes on a new role as GM customer outcomes, which has been created to focus on delivering a consistently outstanding experience for customers, reflecting that our highest priority is delivering consistently good outcomes for customers. Lazarus was previously GM operations and contact centres.
• Ian Hankins, CFO, has also taken on property and commercial services, which previously reported to Lazarus.
• Mark Weenink, general counsel, has added to his responsibilities external relations, which includes the media, social media, government relations and sustainability teams, which previously reported to Dellabarca.
New leaders:
• Marc Figgins joins Westpac NZ as the general manager of human resources.
• Andrew Henderson joins Westpac NZ as the chief information officer.
Unchanged executive team roles:
• David McLean is the chief executive.
• Carolyn Kidd is the chief risk officer.
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