The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has appointed an expert in open systems architecture, investment management software and systems development to its top technology post.
AMP’s chief information officer has been promoted to enjoy a direct reporting line to the chief executive officer, the financial services heavyweight announced today.
Telstra's KAZ subsidiary has appointed superannuation veteran Tony Gold to a newly created chief information officer role in its business services division.
Qantas has announced its new chief information officer (CIO), with current head of IT business services John Willett to take over the reins from Fiona Balfour, who is departing for the CIO role at Telstra.
Medibank Private chief information officer (CIO) Surinder Singh has left the health fund to return to his systems integration company.
Genworth Financial has hired a new chief information officer to replace Christopher Hatzidis, who left the mortgage insurer to join Aussie Home Loans last October.
The multi-billion dollar merger of financial services giants Suncorp and Promina looks set to create a new chief information officer role at what would be one of the nation's largest companies.
The NSW Minister for Commerce, Eric Roozendaal, has the state government's new chief information officer, after a five-month interruption to its "People First" IT overhaul.
The National Australia Bank has replaced chief information officer Ian Crouch with the current executive general manager of financial services Australia, Ian MacDonald as part of a management restructure designed to rebuild the reputation of the financial heavyweight.
Aviva Australia CIO Sharam Hekmat is not one to rush into things without his eyes wide open. He tells Renai LeMay why a large HP outsourcing contract was split into several chunks and the reasons for bringing some services in-house.
The National Australia Bank has taken a pre-tax writedown of AU$409 million on its software assets for the year as botched initiatives such as its notorious global enterprise resource planning project take their toll on the financial institution's full-year bottom line.
The information technology industry continues to suffer from growing pains associated with its immaturity relative to other aspects of business, a panel including some of Australia's leading chief information officers has concluded.
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