AIA Australia to replace adviser team senior managers
Two senior managers of the AIA Australia adviser services team have left the company with immediate effect.
AIA chief executive Damien Green said he could not comment on the reasons why head of adviser services, David Mounsey, and national dealership manager, Niall McConville, were leaving.
However, he stated it was an opportunity to make management changes that would better position the company to reach its strategic and corporate governance objectives. He said he is excited about the recruitment drive that will seek out the best possible candidates, adding they will look both internally and externally.
“At AIA we always look from within and we always look to develop staff, but it’s also important to look externally as well,” he said. “Our benchmark is just to find the very best that we can.”
Green agreed that the war for talent would start heating up in 2010.
“I think there are a few people in the market now due to consolidation ... but generally I think the Australian market is very competitive,” he said. “We’ve got some strongly growing organisations and, therefore, organisations such as ours and others have to be on their toes in terms of employee value propositions.”
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