John de Zwart has been appointed chief executive officer of Professional Investment Services.
Centrepoint Alliance has announced that managing director Tony Robinson will be departing from the company. Robinson, who joined Centrepoint Alliance in 2009, is retiring.
John de Zwart has been appointed by Centrepoint Alliance as managing director and CEO. De Zwart has had over 25 years experience in financial services, most recently as CFO of TAL. De Zwart replaces retiring CEO Tony Robinson.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has strengthened its third party distribution team with the appointment of Andrew Stadelmann as product specialist, based in Melbourne. Stadelmann previously held the position of strategy & business operations manager at Asgard, until his departure in late 2011.
Goldman Sachs' Jessica Jones has been recruited by the company to head the Third Party Distribution (TPD) team in Sydney. Jones has eight years experience working with the European team in business development across a variety of products and locations.
Goldman Sachs has added to its third party distribution team with the appointment of Ben Daly as key account manager for New South Wales and Queensland. Daly was previously an investment specialist with RARE Infrastructure.
Maureen Daley has been appointed by The Trust Company to lead its push into the superannuation market with a newly-created role as head of retirement services. Previously, Daley was COO and strategy manager with Kinetic Financial Services.
Tuan Pham has joined Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) as a senior portfolio manager specialising in Asian property securities. Pham was previously Perrenial's regional head of the Asia Pacific region.
Joseph Daguio has joined Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) as an investment analyst. Daguio's previous role was with Perennial Real Estate Investments where he was an equity analyst and dealer.
HSBC has announced that Tony Cripps will take over as Australian chief executive. Cripps was most recently HSBC's CEO for the Philippines.