Vanguard appoints new CFO

Vanguard Australia (Vanguard) has announced the appointment of Johanna Platt as chief financial officer (CFO), effective July 2017.

Platt has more than 20 years' experience working in organisations across the consumer goods, logistics and retail sectors, and is currently the Australia & NZ CFO for document management and storage business Iron Mountain.

Commenting on her appointment, Vanguard managing director, Colin Kelton, said: "Johanna brings valuable experience to Vanguard Australia at a time when our sustained growth sees us serving an increasing number of investors across all market segments. We look forward to welcoming her to Vanguard, and seeing the finance division continue to focus on exceptional stewardship of our clients' investments under her leadership."

Platt replaces Daniel Shrimski who moved to Vanguard's US based headquarters earlier this year to take up the role of CFO for the US Retail Investor Group.