CBA wealth and advice exec joins Allianz Australia

Money Management

Shez Ford, former executive at ANZ Wealth, CBA, and ING Australia, has been named Allianz Australia’s chief general manager, consumer, from August 2023. In this role, she would lead the firm’s consumer division, which focuses on the distribution of consumer products through its direct and intermediated channels. She made the move from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) where she had been for four years. She had held the position of the executive general manager, wealth and private, and executive general manager, advice and insurance.

Ford’s vast experience also included eight years at ANZ Wealth, where she had also been general manager of ANZ advice and direct distribution for over two years; 11 years at ING Australia; and eight years at PwC Australia. Her skills spanned sales, strategy, customer experience, operations management, tax, finance, risk and compliance management, governance, project execution, and leadership. Richard Feledy, managing director at Allianz Australia, said he was “delighted” to welcome Ford to Allianz and its senior leadership team.

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