A snapshot of moves and news in 2014

In 2014 Industry Moves added 763 moves to our database of over 2030 executive and board appointments and departures. Here's a look back at some the year's biggest moves, the breakdown of males and females, the busiest months, the top five moves by clicks, plus the five most popular blog posts.

The year in stats

763........Number of moves
530........Number of people
122........Female
408........Male
278........Organisations involved
1,158....News articles
July........Month of most appointments
June.......Month of most departures

Top 5 highest rating blog posts

1. Is the star fund manager dead? Read
   
2. How long is too long to be out of the workforce Read
   
3. Where are they now? Chris Corneil on life after Russell Investments Read
   
4. Is a Chief Investment Officer necessary? Read
   
5. Cooper and Sherry's personal super strategies Read
   

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Top 5 moves by clicks

1. Former ANZ MD launches wealth management business Read
   
2. Redundancy for Australia Post Super's investments' head Read
   
3. Frontier senior consultant to lead DMP Asset Management Read
   
4. Jo-Anne Bloch to lead global Innovation Hub in NY Read
   
5. Eaton Vance Australian head to depart Read
   

...and a few of the biggest moves of 2014

Future Fund appoints new CIO Read
Craig Meller appointed Chief Executive Officer & MD at AMP Read
Andrew Lill departs AMP Capital for Chief Investment Officer role at Ibbotson Read
AUSCOAL appoints David Bell as CIO Read
LUCRF names new CEO Read
AMP appoints Head of Research Read
Vision Super appoints Stephen Rowe as Chief Executive Read
New Chair at VicSuper Read