ANZ has made a top-level appointment to head up private banking and family offices, this publication exclusively reports.

Australia’s ANZ has confirmed the hire of Anindya Dutta to the post of global head - private bank and family offices, this publication can exclusively report.

Dutta was until recently managing director - global head - private and retail banks at Credit Agricole and was responsible for managing Credit Agricole CIB's relationships with private and retail banks globally on a multi-asset basis. He had been with the French bank for in the region of 15 years.

In his new role, which is based in Singapore, Dutta will report to Dominique Blanchard, who is global head of investor sales at ANZ based in Hong Kong.

Among other previous appointments ANZ has recently created include, a new digital media position as part of its effort to improve relationships with clients and stakeholders. Amanda Gome, previously the publisher of Fairfax business magazines such as BRW and Smart Investor, assumed the newly-create role of group head of strategic content and digital media.

In this post, she leads the strategic development of digital content relationships, as well as support ANZ's businesses in building commercial linkages through social media. She reports to Paul Ed.