EQT creates head of Risk and Compliance
Equity Trustees has created a new role - Head of Risk and Compliance - in the wake of its acquisition of ANZ Trustees Limited.
The company announced this week it had appointed Amanda Noble to the new position and that she would be reporting directly to Equity Trustees managing director, Robin Burns.
Noble will sit at the head of a new Risk and Compliance business unit which will be soley responsible for risk management and compliance across the entire organization.
“With the growth in the Equity Trustees business in recent years, increased regulatory and reporting expectations, significant expansion in scale through the ANZ Trustees acquisition, together with our objective to meet the highest standards consistent with our fiduciary obligations, an elevation in the profile and significance of this key function is now appropriate,” Burns said.
The announcement described Noble is an experienced senior executive with over 25 years of experience in both private and public sector roles, working predominately in risk and compliance, legal and operational positions.
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