AMP has appointed John Keating and Shaune Egan to key leadership roles in its Wealth Solutions and Customer team.

Mr Keating, previously AMP’s Head of Platform Products, has commenced as Head of Wealth Distribution, Southern Region.  Reporting to Nicole Mahan, AMP’s Director of Wealth Distribution, Mr Keating’s focus is to support AMP aligned and non-aligned advisers across Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia in providing high quality insights and wealth solutions to their customers.

“In leading AMP’s platform business and driving the considerable growth of AMP’s North platform in recent years, John understands what advisers’ value and require to support their customers in achieving their financial goals,” commented Ms Mahan.

Mr Egan will commence at AMP as Head of Platform Development on 19 November 2018, reporting to Rod Finch, AMP’s Director, Superannuation, Retirement and Investments. He joins AMP from MLC, where he led the wrap platform and managed account business.

Mr Finch said “Shaune is a highly experienced financial services executive, with extensive knowledge of the wrap platform market and wealth product management”.

“Shaune will continue to strengthen the capabilities of our award-winning North platform, working closely with advisers and customers to ensure it provides access to high-quality investment products and efficient administrative functionality,” said Mr Finch.

AMP’s North platform has grown from A$16 billion in assets under management at 31 December 2014 to more than A$39 billion at 30 September 2018.