Former AIA Chief of People moves into new role

AIA Australia has announced that Eleanor Ottaviano has been appointed as head of transformation and legacy, effective January 2018.

Ottaviano was most recently the firm's chief people and culture officer.

In her new role, Ottaviano will focus on business transformation as part of the recent transaction with the Commonwealth Bank (CBA). On 21 September 2017, AIA announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the life insurance businesses CommInsure in Australia and Sovereign in New Zealand, and will also enter into 20-year strategic bancassurance arrangements with CBA in Australia and ASB Bank in New Zealand.

Ottaviano's successor as chief people and culture officer is Charlotte Ward, who joins AIA Australia from BP where for the last eight years she has headed up BP's global capability development and was a director of the Global Leadership Academy based in London.