John Beveridge will be subject to election at the next annual shareholder meeting, scheduled to be on November 7.
Owen Batchelor and Tim O’Loan will join the Auckland-based company in April.
Luke Walker will continue to work from Morrison Mallett’s Wellington office.
Damien Tucker has had senior executive roles in a number of industries.
Dr Jim Mather is a widely experienced leader in Māori, Pasifika and mainstream organisations.
New recruits provided the opportunity for a shuffle and refresh of team roles.
Current board member John Duncan has been promoted to the role of deputy chair.
Russell McVeagh says litigator Kirsten Massey is to join the partnership.
Southern Cross is aligning its sales and marketing and customer experience teams into one team.
Paolo Ragone will step into the role of chief technology officer