AMP disbands e-business unit
Head of AMP’s e-business unit Barry Tomkinson will be leaving the company in early July as AMP disbands the unit and reintegrates it back into the AMP business units.
Tomkinson, who has been with AMP since 1990 and has a background in marketing and distribution, says the objectives of the e-business team, which was set up in March last year, have now been met.
"The team brought together a focus point for e-business and provided a lot of incubation work in areas such as screen scraping, the launch of AMP Direct, work on websites, and we're of the view now that this work has been done," he says.
Tomkinson says he fulfilled the role of a "change agent" at AMP, and before implementing the set up of the e-business team, was involved with setting up marketing of Ampac, which was previously Westpac Life before being bought out by AMP, and was also involved with the launching of AMP's office in Indonesia.
He says now that the e-business unit is being reintegrated back into the regular business units, it's a good time to move on. He will be taking a two month time-out from the industry to consider pursuing a related line in financial services.
"I want to make sure the next job is where I want to go," he says.
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