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Change At The Top Of Tech Operations At ANZ
The lender has appointed a new group executive for technology, while its chief information office is leaving.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, which is selling its Asian wealth and retail banking operations, has appointed a new group executive for technology, as part of a set of changes that will see Scott Collary, chief information officer, leave the firm.
The bank appointed Gerard Florian to the post, reporting to Shayne Elliott, ANZ’s chief executive. Florian previously worked at Dimension Data, where he was chief strategy officer for the global cloud business unit. Among other roles, Florian was chief technology officer and chief marketing officer for Dimension Data’s Australian division. He takes up his new post on 30 January 2017 and will be based in Sydney.
He will be a member of the group executive committee with responsibility for defining the bank’s technology strategy and building and managing its technology infrastructure.
“Gerard’s appointment together with the appointment of Maile Carnegie as group executive, digital banking earlier this year, highlights the critical importance of technology to transforming ANZ to compete effectively in the digital age,” Elliott said in a statement.
Collary will leave ANZ later this month.
Elliott added: “Scott has made a very strong contribution since he joined us in 2014. He has established great working relationships between technology and our businesses, continued to strengthen reliability and efficiency of ANZ’s systems, and built a cohesive team and culture within technology. I thank him for his service and wish him every success in the future.”
As reported in October, ANZ is selling its retail and wealth management business operating from Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Indonesia to DBS Bank, becoming the latest firm to spin off such operations to Singapore-headquartered lenders. Earlier this year, ANZ said it was reviewing these operations, prompting speculation about a sale.
The businesses are being sold at a price that represents an estimated premium to net tangible assets at completion of around A$110 million ($83.6 million).