Risk People at 5 April 2016

New Appointments
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CommInsure Appoints Head of Life Product and Strategy
Sally Phillips has left CommInsure as head of life product and strategy, replaced by Frank Crapis. Crapis moves across from Munich Re. 

NAB Appoints GM of NAB Financial Planning, Project Director at NAB Wealth
Tim Steele is the new general manager of NAB Financial Planning, taking over from Paul Fog, who has moved on to a project director role at NAB Wealth. Steele previously managed ipac and Genesys. 

ClearView Appoints Head of Strategic Advice
Allison Dummett is now in the newly-created role of head of strategic advice at ClearView. ClearView owns ClearView Financial Advice and Matrix Planning Solutions, the latter of which Dummett co-founded.

Awards
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Hillross Adviser of the Year Award 2016

  • Tim Gray of Net Worth Financial Planners is Adviser of the Year
  • Nat Daley of Hillross Tweed Valley is the New Adviser of the Year
  • Hillross Macarthur (run by Peter Nonnenmacher) is Advisory Firm of the Year

Departures
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Munich Re Australasia MD, CEO, to Depart
Heinrich Eder, Munich Re's Australasia long-time managing director, has announced he will be stepping down from his role. Chief executive Nikolaus von Bomhard is to have his role taken over by Joachim Wenning in 2017.