Kearney joins AFCA to lead people and culture

Paul Kearney will join the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) as its new executive general manager of people and culture.

Kearney has spent the last four years with ME Bank as its GM of people experience and business partnering. "Paul is an energetic and progressive HR executive who has a great deal of experience in leading complex organisational change programs," said AFCA COO Justin Untersteiner. "He's passionate about improving the employee experience and has deep experience across people partnering, learning, leadership, workplace relations, and talent management and acquisition.

"Paul will be an asset to AFCA as we continue to implement our vision to be a world-class ombudsman, with a world-class experience for our people."

Before joining ME Bank, Kearney spent time with Deloitte as an international human capital management consultant. He was also the chief of staff for HR transformation in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He's also held roles with the BBC and Fairfax.

Kearney will start in his new role in July.