MOVES

Simon Blair to step down at CBA

CBA chief executive Ian Narev has announced that Simon Blair, the bank's group executive of international financial services, will step down in late October.

Northern Trust APAC head returns to Chicago

After three years heading up Global Fund Services (GFS) - Asia Pacific, Camie West is returning to Chicago to become GFS' head of strategic client relationships. West has been succeeded by Melbourne-based Peter Jordan who earlier this year was appointed head of Global Fund Services - Aust & NZ.

Peter Jordan

Northern Trust names APAC head

Northern Trust has appointed Peter Jordan as head of Global Fund Services (GFS) for the growing Asia-Pacific region, based in Melbourne.

Iain Perry

Ibbotson appoints analytics and risk specialist

Ibbotson Associates, part of the Morningstar investment management division, has appointed Iain Perry to head performance analytics and investment risk. Perry joins from Perpetual Investments where he was a senior research analyst.

Managedaccounts.com.au bolsters sales team

Doug Kirkman has joined the sales team at managedaccounts.com.au, a subsidiary of listed company Managed Accounts Holdings Limited, after eight years as principal of Melbourne-based advisory firm, Cameron Walshe Financial Planning.

Kate Mills

New chief for the Financial Executives Institute

Former BRW editor and senior editor at the Australian Financial Review, Kate Mills, has joined the Financial Executives Institute of Australia (FEI) as it's new chief executive officer.

Sean Hughes

UniSuper appoints legal, risk & compliance executive

Sean Hughes has confirmed his appointment as executive manager - legal, risk & compliance for UniSuper. Hughes was the inaugural CEO of New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority from 2010, and previously held senior executive roles at ASIC, NAB and ANZ.

Julie May leaves OneVue for editorial role

Julie May has departed her marketing and communications role at OneVue to take up the position of editor at financialobserver. May was previously a senior journalist at Morningstar and before that a journalist and editor at Westpac.

Josh Mathews

OneVue appoints new Media & Communications Manager

Josh Mathews has taken up the role of media and communications manager at wholesale superannuation solutions provider OneVue. Mathews was previously a reporter for PRIME7 News and takes over from Julie May who has departed OneVue for an editorial role at financialobserver.

Mason Willoughby-Thomas

Australian Ethical appoints Portfolio Manager

Mason Willoughby-Thomas has moved into the role of portfolio manager of the Australian Ethical Larger Companies Trust at Australian Ethical. Willoughby-Thomas spent three years at ING Investment Management as a senior equity analyst before joining Australian Ethical in 2012.