Allianz Retire+ welcomes MLC Life tech lead

The retirement income specialist has appointed to Justine Marquet to the newly created role of technical services.

Marquet's career has spanned superannuation, retirement, wealth, insurance and financial advice, giving her a deep understanding of the challenges Allianz Retire+ is committed to solving.

She joins from MLC Life where she oversaw technical service, research and regulatory change.

In that role, Marquet spearheaded the businesses response to regulatory changes for life products advocating for workable policy outcomes and delivering risk management tools and frameworks for multiple regulatory initiatives.

She also provided technical services and expertise to build internal capabilities, customer trust and provide partner support to the external market.

Before her three years at MLC Life,Marquet held similar roles at AIA Australia, AMP, AXA and BT Financial Group.

At Allianz Retire+, Marquet will help advisers and super funds navigate retirement planning.

She will work closely with chief product and marketing lead Simon Aboud and the broader Allianz Retire+ team to deliver these services while also supporting the rollout of the businesses' innovative longevity Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE) product, launched earlier this year.

"Justine's deep sector knowledge, strategic ability and understanding of the retirement landscape will be critical as we continue to engage with both superfunds and advisers to deliver a suite of retirement income solutions," said Aboud.

"We are committed to solving the issues facing retirees, superfunds and advisers. There is undeniable momentum from the industry to address the needs of retirees by providing solutions that deliver certainty and flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances.

Justine's skills and experience in understanding how we can support advisers and superfunds solve these challenges is really exciting and we are thrilled to welcome her to the team."