Stephen Latham's role as COO Life & Investments at Zurich has been made redundant amidst changes that include Zurich's decision to withdraw from the Australian group life market. Latham joined Zurich in 2005 to lead the product team for Zurich Investments. In 2009 he was appointed COO Investments and in 2012 he moved into the role of COO Life & Investments when previous COO, Chris Rutherford retired.