Allianz Retire+ makes exec appointments

Yasmine Raso

Senior Journalist

8 February 2023

Allianz Retire+ has announced three new appointments in its leadership team, with a new Head of Marketing, Head of Human Resources and Chief Financial Officer.

Sandrine de Bonhome has held several global roles with Allianz across risk management, product development and capital management, and has relocated from the firm’s headquarters in Munich to commence as Chief Financial Officer for Allianz Retire+.

“We are committed to delivering flexible retirement solutions to superfunds, platforms and advisers. We have assembled the right people with the right skills to realise this vision,” Allianz Australia Life Insurance CEO, Adrian Stewart, said.

“Sandrine is a highly credentialed risk management specialist, boasting a Bachelor of Mathematics from the Universite de Namur, a Master of Mathematics from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Master of Financial Mathematics from Kings College London.”

The former Head of Marketing at Perpetual, Jason Hunt brings close to 20 years of experience in marketing in the wealth management space to the new role, and Sandra Bridgewater has over two decades under her belt working across the APAC and EMEA regions in HR.

“These new appointments continue to bolster our expertise in delivering greater certainty to Australian retirees,” Stewart said.

“Jason offers a unique mix of product and relationship management expertise communicating across institutional, wholesale and retail channels. His most recent role as Perpetual Asset Management Australia’s Head of Marketing saw him deliver strong results in driving the strategic growth of the business.

“We also welcome Sandra, who has extensive experience managing people in various HR leadership positions over her twenty-year career. Sandra is committed to building and influencing the people and culture agenda to deliver commercial people and culture solutions.”

These latest executive appointments complete the firm’s “redirection” with its new CEO after three hires were announced at the end of last year as well, with Andrew Stewart joining as the Head of Distribution, Malcolm Weir as Head of Life Protection and Jasmine Jirele as a new Board member from the Allianz Life business in the US.

“We have aligned our business to help our partners deliver on the objectives of the retirement income covenant which came into effect from July last year,” Stewart said.

“We now have deep sector expertise within the business, and are well positioned to support advisers, trustees and superfunds deliver retirement solutions to their clients and members.”