She had also previously held senior positions at ANZ/OnePath.
Kerr said the appointment reflected the need for a dedicated role to lead strategy and change, during a period of significant growth and transformation.
“The life insurance industry is undergoing enormous structural and regulatory change making it critically important for life insurers to have experienced people with fresh ideas in key roles,” Kerr said.
“Maria is a respected professional who has successfully led strategic change across the life insurance value chain and has driven operational innovation.
“She is a high performer with a proven track record for delivering results and achieving strategic goals.”
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Hideki Yamagishi
FWD Fuji Life Insurance (FWD Japan) has appointed Hideki Yamagishi as representative director, president and chief executive, effective January 12.
Norio Tomono will step down as CEO and become FWD s country manager for Japan while still acting as representative director. The country manager role is a newly created one, a company spokeswoman said.
Yamagishi joins FWD from NFC Holdings, a Tokyo-based insurance brokerage, where he was most recently CEO for Japan. He will now report to Huynh Thanh Phong, FWD Group CEO.
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Ben Chan
Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has promoted Ben Chan to senior managing director from managing director for Asia Pacific.