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The AMP management team
The AMP management team is responsible for implementing the policies and strategies set by the board, and running the general operations and financial business of the company.

 

Alexis George
Chief Executive Officer
Blair Vernon
Chief Financial Officer
Rebecca Nash
Chief People, Sustainability and Community Officer
Nicola Rimmer-Hollyman
Chief Risk Officer
Alexis George
Chief Executive Officer

BCom, FCA, GAICD

Alexis George was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AMP Limited in August 2021. She is responsible for leading the AMP business. In addition, Alexis was appointed to the AMP Limited Board and AMP Bank Board in August 2021.

Experience

Alexis has more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry in Australia and overseas. She spent seven years at ANZ, including most recently as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, working with the CEO to drive group-wide strategic initiatives in addition to having responsibility for its shared service centres and banking services. As the Group Executive Wealth Australia, Alexis led ANZ’s ~$4 billion wealth divestment program, including the separation and sale of its life insurance and superannuation businesses to Zurich and IOOF. Prior to ANZ, Alexis spent 10 years with ING Group in a number of senior roles, including CEO Czech Republic and Slovakia, responsible for banking, insurance and funds management, and Regional COO Asia, responsible for product, marketing, technology and operations.

Directorships of other ASX listed companies

  • None

Government and community involvement

  • Member, Chief Executive Women Australia (appointed October 2016)
  • Member, Financial Services Council Board (appointed September 2023)
  • Member, Australian Bankers Association Council (appointed August 2021)
Blair Vernon
Chief Financial Officer

BBS

Blair joined AMP in 2009 and took up the role of Chief Financial Officer in July 2023.

Experience

Blair was previously CEO/Managing Director of New Zealand Wealth Management from January 2017, and prior to this served as AMP’s Director Retail Financial Services; Director of Advice & Sales and General Manager Marketing and Distribution. Blair has over 30 years’ experience across the financial services sector in New Zealand and Australia.

From August 2020 to January 2021, Blair also served as Acting CEO for AMP Australia, where he was responsible for AMP’s wealth management and banking divisions with a focus on strengthening client-led outcomes.

Rebecca Nash
Chief People, Sustainability and Community Officer

BBus, GAICD, GradCert

Rebecca was appointed the Chief People Officer in November 2021 and is responsible for leading human capital strategy, employee experience, talent and succession, leadership, performance, remuneration, recruitment, diversity and inclusion, cultural transformation and employee development. Rebecca is also accountable for corporate communications and sustainability. Rebecca joined AMP in April 2020 as Group Director People.

Experience

Rebecca has more than 25 years of local and global multi-sector experience. Prior to joining AMP, she spent seven years at Perpetual as the Group Executive, People & Culture, where her portfolio included sustainability and business transformation.
During her time at Perpetual, Rebecca served as a Director of Perpetual Trustee Company. Prior to Perpetual, Rebecca held senior roles with National Australia Bank and Accenture. Rebecca is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Stanford Business School and Harvard Business School’s Women on Boards program (2018). She holds a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a change management qualification from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Nicola Rimmer-Hollyman
Chief Risk Officer

BA (Hons), MSc, CMIAA, QAIP

Nicola joined AMP in August 2019 as Head of Internal Audit and became Chief Audit Executive in February 2020. She was appointed Acting Chief Risk Officer in February 2022 and Chief Risk Officer in May 2022, leading AMP’s Risk Management function across the group.

Experience

Nicola has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, both domestically and internationally, during which time she has built a deep understanding of regulation, risk, governance and control. Nicola has held various roles in financial services organisations and regulators, including most recently with ANZ as General Manager of Audit for the Wealth business, and at Barclays, HBOS and the Financial Services Authority in the UK. Nicola is also a past President of the Chartered Institute of Internal Audit in the UK and a former board member of the Global Institute of Internal Audit.

Nicola holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Middlesex University and a Masters in Audit Management and Consultancy from the University of Central England.

Kavita Mistry
Chief Technology Officer
David Cullen
Group General Counsel
Sean O'Malley
Group Executive, AMP Bank
Edwina Maloney
Group Executive, Platforms
Kavita Mistry
Chief Technology Officer

BSc, MSc

Kavita was appointed Chief Technology Officer in January 2024, and is responsible for leading the group’s technology strategy to ensure a digital first approach aligned to AMP’s strategy of a simplified, customer-centric business.

Experience

Kavita is an accomplished technology leader with expertise in driving transformational change to deliver strategic and commercial objectives. Kavita has more than 20 years’ experience across a variety of technology roles specialising in financial services, including superannuation, investments, digital, data, cloud, lending, and corporate technology.

Prior to AMP Kavita was at AustralianSuper, where she held the roles of co-acting CTO and Head of Enterprise Technology. At AustralianSuper she established and transformed technology capabilities across investments, member experience, cloud infrastructure, employee experience, data, and enterprise technology assets. Prior to this, Kavita held various senior positions over 14 years at ANZ, including leadership roles within Home and Business Lending technology.

David Cullen
Group General Counsel

BCom, LLB, LLM

David joined AMP in September 2004 and was appointed Group General Counsel in May 2018. David has group-wide responsibility for AMP’s legal and governance functions.

Experience

David has over 30 years’ experience in the legal profession, with extensive experience in the areas of M&A, corporate law and corporate governance, having worked in law firms in Perth and Sydney and with the ASX. Prior to his appointment as Group General Counsel, David was the Group Company Secretary and General Counsel, Governance at AMP, which included acting as Company Secretary for AMP Limited.

David holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of WA and a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.

Sean O'Malley
Group Executive, AMP Bank

MBA, BCom, FIML

Sean O’Malley was appointed the Group Executive of AMP Bank in September 2021. He is responsible for the management and growth of AMP Bank, and for Marketing across the group.

Experience

Sean joined AMP in May 2013 and has over 25 years of experience in delivering enhanced business results, predominately in financial services industries. He has deep and broad leadership experience, having performed multiple roles across the AMP business, including as Director of AMP Contact Centres and Operations Transformation with a focus on transforming the customer experience, and Director of AMP Direct, where he designed the organisational structure and operating model of AMP’s direct-to-client advice model. Sean joined the bank as Director of Technology and Operations in 2016, focused on leading capability and technology enhancements, and the Future AMP Bank Core Program. In April 2021, Sean was appointed to Managing Director AMP Bank. Sean is responsible for leading the bank, delivering its future growth strategy, uplifting its digital capability and ensuring the ongoing delivery of high‑quality products and services to customers.

Edwina Maloney
Group Executive, Platforms

LLB, GradDip Applied Finance & Investment (FINSIA)

Edwina was appointed Group Executive Platforms in July 2023. The Platforms business provides superannuation, retirement and investment solutions to advisers and their clients.

Experience

Edwina is a seasoned executive, board director, consultant, and transformational leader having held senior executive roles across wealth management; superannuation and funds management businesses. In June 2021, Edwina was appointed Director, Platforms at AMP, with end-to-end accountability for AMP’s Wealth Superannuation Fund, Wrap Platforms and SuperConcepts SMSF business (which was sold on 30 June 2023).

Previously, Edwina led AMP Capital’s Global Product function, responsible for its Managed Investment Schemes, offshore domiciled funds and separate accounts. Before AMP, Edwina held various senior leadership roles at Perpetual Investments responsible for strategy; business development; product innovation and management functions. She was also a management consultant with Accenture specialising in wealth management and began her career as a lawyer with DLA Piper (then Phillips Fox).

Edwina holds a Bachelor of Laws (QUT) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment (FINSIA). She is a Director of NMMT Limited and ASFA.

Matt Lawler
Group Executive, Advice
Melinda Howes
Group Executive, Superannuation and Investments
Matt Lawler
Group Executive, Advice

DipFinPlan, Dip Applied Finance and Investment (FINSIA)

Matt was appointed Group Executive Advice in July 2023, and is responsible for leading AMP’s Advice business, which provides professional services to a network of aligned and independent financial advisers.

Experience

Matt is a highly experienced leader in financial services having held senior executive roles across financial advice, wealth management, superannuation, investments, mortgages and banking. Matt joined AMP in July 2021 to lead and transform AMP’s advice business.

Matt has extensive experience in large scale advice transformations and a deep knowledge of building and operating successful advice businesses. He has led advice and mortgage broking businesses at MLC/NAB, was CEO of Yellow Brick Road, an ASX listed business, and Executive Director at Loan Market and Wealth Market, both privately owned businesses.

Matt holds a Diploma in Financial Planning from RMIT University and a Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from FINSIA.

Melinda Howes
Group Executive, Superannuation and Investments

BEc, FIAA, GAICD

Melinda was appointed Group Executive Superannuation and Investments in January 2024, joining from KPMG where she led the Actuarial and Data Analytics team. She leads AMP’s Investment business and the Superannuation (Master Trust) business which serves personal and corporate super members.

Experience

Melinda has deep expertise in superannuation with more than 30 years in the industry. She also has experience in wealth management, life insurance, general insurance and not for profit organisations, including as CEO of the Actuaries Institute and Policy Director at ASFA.

Having spent eleven years at BT Financial Group in the 1990-2000’s, Melinda was Managing Director, Superannuation for seven years from 2014 where she led the transformation and simplification of BT’s complex heritage superannuation business to a modern digital enterprise, migrating $31bn and 560,000 members from multiple products to the go-forward offer.

Melinda is an actuary and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. She has executive and non-executive director experience and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has been an active member of ASFA and the FSC over many years, including serving on ASFA’s board and the FSC superannuation board committee.

Alexis George
Chief Executive Officer
Blair Vernon
Chief Financial Officer
Alexis George
Chief Executive Officer

BCom, FCA, GAICD

Alexis George was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AMP Limited in August 2021. She is responsible for leading the AMP business. In addition, Alexis was appointed to the AMP Limited Board and AMP Bank Board in August 2021.

Experience

Alexis has more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry in Australia and overseas. She spent seven years at ANZ, including most recently as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, working with the CEO to drive group-wide strategic initiatives in addition to having responsibility for its shared service centres and banking services. As the Group Executive Wealth Australia, Alexis led ANZ’s ~$4 billion wealth divestment program, including the separation and sale of its life insurance and superannuation businesses to Zurich and IOOF. Prior to ANZ, Alexis spent 10 years with ING Group in a number of senior roles, including CEO Czech Republic and Slovakia, responsible for banking, insurance and funds management, and Regional COO Asia, responsible for product, marketing, technology and operations.

Directorships of other ASX listed companies

  • None

Government and community involvement

  • Member, Chief Executive Women Australia (appointed October 2016)
  • Member, Financial Services Council Board (appointed September 2023)
  • Member, Australian Bankers Association Council (appointed August 2021)
Blair Vernon
Chief Financial Officer

BBS

Blair joined AMP in 2009 and took up the role of Chief Financial Officer in July 2023.

Experience

Blair was previously CEO/Managing Director of New Zealand Wealth Management from January 2017, and prior to this served as AMP’s Director Retail Financial Services; Director of Advice & Sales and General Manager Marketing and Distribution. Blair has over 30 years’ experience across the financial services sector in New Zealand and Australia.

From August 2020 to January 2021, Blair also served as Acting CEO for AMP Australia, where he was responsible for AMP’s wealth management and banking divisions with a focus on strengthening client-led outcomes.

Rebecca Nash
Chief People, Sustainability and Community Officer
Nicola Rimmer-Hollyman
Chief Risk Officer
Rebecca Nash
Chief People, Sustainability and Community Officer

BBus, GAICD, GradCert

Rebecca was appointed the Chief People Officer in November 2021 and is responsible for leading human capital strategy, employee experience, talent and succession, leadership, performance, remuneration, recruitment, diversity and inclusion, cultural transformation and employee development. Rebecca is also accountable for corporate communications and sustainability. Rebecca joined AMP in April 2020 as Group Director People.

Experience

Rebecca has more than 25 years of local and global multi-sector experience. Prior to joining AMP, she spent seven years at Perpetual as the Group Executive, People & Culture, where her portfolio included sustainability and business transformation.
During her time at Perpetual, Rebecca served as a Director of Perpetual Trustee Company. Prior to Perpetual, Rebecca held senior roles with National Australia Bank and Accenture. Rebecca is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Stanford Business School and Harvard Business School’s Women on Boards program (2018). She holds a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a change management qualification from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Nicola Rimmer-Hollyman
Chief Risk Officer

BA (Hons), MSc, CMIAA, QAIP

Nicola joined AMP in August 2019 as Head of Internal Audit and became Chief Audit Executive in February 2020. She was appointed Acting Chief Risk Officer in February 2022 and Chief Risk Officer in May 2022, leading AMP’s Risk Management function across the group.

Experience

Nicola has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, both domestically and internationally, during which time she has built a deep understanding of regulation, risk, governance and control. Nicola has held various roles in financial services organisations and regulators, including most recently with ANZ as General Manager of Audit for the Wealth business, and at Barclays, HBOS and the Financial Services Authority in the UK. Nicola is also a past President of the Chartered Institute of Internal Audit in the UK and a former board member of the Global Institute of Internal Audit.

Nicola holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Middlesex University and a Masters in Audit Management and Consultancy from the University of Central England.

Kavita Mistry
Chief Technology Officer
David Cullen
Group General Counsel
Kavita Mistry
Chief Technology Officer

BSc, MSc

Kavita was appointed Chief Technology Officer in January 2024, and is responsible for leading the group’s technology strategy to ensure a digital first approach aligned to AMP’s strategy of a simplified, customer-centric business.

Experience

Kavita is an accomplished technology leader with expertise in driving transformational change to deliver strategic and commercial objectives. Kavita has more than 20 years’ experience across a variety of technology roles specialising in financial services, including superannuation, investments, digital, data, cloud, lending, and corporate technology.

Prior to AMP Kavita was at AustralianSuper, where she held the roles of co-acting CTO and Head of Enterprise Technology. At AustralianSuper she established and transformed technology capabilities across investments, member experience, cloud infrastructure, employee experience, data, and enterprise technology assets. Prior to this, Kavita held various senior positions over 14 years at ANZ, including leadership roles within Home and Business Lending technology.

David Cullen
Group General Counsel

BCom, LLB, LLM

David joined AMP in September 2004 and was appointed Group General Counsel in May 2018. David has group-wide responsibility for AMP’s legal and governance functions.

Experience

David has over 30 years’ experience in the legal profession, with extensive experience in the areas of M&A, corporate law and corporate governance, having worked in law firms in Perth and Sydney and with the ASX. Prior to his appointment as Group General Counsel, David was the Group Company Secretary and General Counsel, Governance at AMP, which included acting as Company Secretary for AMP Limited.

David holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of WA and a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.

Sean O'Malley
Group Executive, AMP Bank
Edwina Maloney
Group Executive, Platforms
Sean O'Malley
Group Executive, AMP Bank

MBA, BCom, FIML

Sean O’Malley was appointed the Group Executive of AMP Bank in September 2021. He is responsible for the management and growth of AMP Bank, and for Marketing across the group.

Experience

Sean joined AMP in May 2013 and has over 25 years of experience in delivering enhanced business results, predominately in financial services industries. He has deep and broad leadership experience, having performed multiple roles across the AMP business, including as Director of AMP Contact Centres and Operations Transformation with a focus on transforming the customer experience, and Director of AMP Direct, where he designed the organisational structure and operating model of AMP’s direct-to-client advice model. Sean joined the bank as Director of Technology and Operations in 2016, focused on leading capability and technology enhancements, and the Future AMP Bank Core Program. In April 2021, Sean was appointed to Managing Director AMP Bank. Sean is responsible for leading the bank, delivering its future growth strategy, uplifting its digital capability and ensuring the ongoing delivery of high‑quality products and services to customers.

Edwina Maloney
Group Executive, Platforms

LLB, GradDip Applied Finance & Investment (FINSIA)

Edwina was appointed Group Executive Platforms in July 2023. The Platforms business provides superannuation, retirement and investment solutions to advisers and their clients.

Experience

Edwina is a seasoned executive, board director, consultant, and transformational leader having held senior executive roles across wealth management; superannuation and funds management businesses. In June 2021, Edwina was appointed Director, Platforms at AMP, with end-to-end accountability for AMP’s Wealth Superannuation Fund, Wrap Platforms and SuperConcepts SMSF business (which was sold on 30 June 2023).

Previously, Edwina led AMP Capital’s Global Product function, responsible for its Managed Investment Schemes, offshore domiciled funds and separate accounts. Before AMP, Edwina held various senior leadership roles at Perpetual Investments responsible for strategy; business development; product innovation and management functions. She was also a management consultant with Accenture specialising in wealth management and began her career as a lawyer with DLA Piper (then Phillips Fox).

Edwina holds a Bachelor of Laws (QUT) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment (FINSIA). She is a Director of NMMT Limited and ASFA.

Matt Lawler
Group Executive, Advice
Melinda Howes
Group Executive, Superannuation and Investments
Matt Lawler
Group Executive, Advice

DipFinPlan, Dip Applied Finance and Investment (FINSIA)

Matt was appointed Group Executive Advice in July 2023, and is responsible for leading AMP’s Advice business, which provides professional services to a network of aligned and independent financial advisers.

Experience

Matt is a highly experienced leader in financial services having held senior executive roles across financial advice, wealth management, superannuation, investments, mortgages and banking. Matt joined AMP in July 2021 to lead and transform AMP’s advice business.

Matt has extensive experience in large scale advice transformations and a deep knowledge of building and operating successful advice businesses. He has led advice and mortgage broking businesses at MLC/NAB, was CEO of Yellow Brick Road, an ASX listed business, and Executive Director at Loan Market and Wealth Market, both privately owned businesses.

Matt holds a Diploma in Financial Planning from RMIT University and a Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from FINSIA.

Melinda Howes
Group Executive, Superannuation and Investments

BEc, FIAA, GAICD

Melinda was appointed Group Executive Superannuation and Investments in January 2024, joining from KPMG where she led the Actuarial and Data Analytics team. She leads AMP’s Investment business and the Superannuation (Master Trust) business which serves personal and corporate super members.

Experience

Melinda has deep expertise in superannuation with more than 30 years in the industry. She also has experience in wealth management, life insurance, general insurance and not for profit organisations, including as CEO of the Actuaries Institute and Policy Director at ASFA.

Having spent eleven years at BT Financial Group in the 1990-2000’s, Melinda was Managing Director, Superannuation for seven years from 2014 where she led the transformation and simplification of BT’s complex heritage superannuation business to a modern digital enterprise, migrating $31bn and 560,000 members from multiple products to the go-forward offer.

Melinda is an actuary and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. She has executive and non-executive director experience and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has been an active member of ASFA and the FSC over many years, including serving on ASFA’s board and the FSC superannuation board committee.