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FINDEX NAMES NEW PARTNER AND MANAGER Findex and Crowe Horwath confirm the appointments of former KPMG associate director Amelia Hartney, and New Zealand MOFAT diplomat Sam Lawrence
ANZ APPOINTS DIGITAL BANKING HEAD Carnegie has been named ANZ group executive digital banking, reporting directly to CEO Shayne Elliott. In addition to developing digital solutions for the bank’s eight million retail, commercial and institutional customers, as well as staff, Carnegie will also champion a “group-wide innovation culture at ANZ based on developing and attracting servicefocused, technology-literate, innovative and experimental people and teams”, according to Elliott. MAILE
Sam Lawrence and Amelia Hartney
Horwath has appointed Amelia Hartney to the position of associate partner, performance consulting, and Sam Lawrence to senior manager global trade and customs. Commenting on the appointments, Peter Gardiner, executive managing partner, specialist services, said, “Our global partner firms continue to source access to leading clients across our network of 110 offices in Australia and New Zealand. Therefore it is imperative that we continue to invest in our people. Talent such as Amelia and Sam are with us to ensure that our clients maximise their commercial effectiveness.” Joining after a decade at KPMG, Hartney will be working to build on the company’s consultancy offering, specifically acting as a mentor and leadership coach to Crowe Horwath’s extensive regional small business clients nationally. FINDEX/CROWE
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Hartney will also be working closely with businesses across Australia, helping them to gain government support via federal and state-based funding programs. Hartney and her team will be providing government relations consulting, specifically the Victorian Boost Your Business and Defence Industry Supply Chain Program initiatives and federal R&D Tax Incentive program. During her time as a management consultant for KPMG in Melbourne, she worked across several areas of the firm, most recently as program leader for Access Asia, a specialist group providing knowledge helping Australian companies plan and execute international operational strategies. Hartney said, “I love helping to develop and strengthen leadership teams and this role allows me to do what I am passionate about — helping people and businesses
reach their full potential.” Lawrence, an international agricultural trade specialist, is a former diplomat with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and has extensive experience negotiating Australia’s free-trade agreements. Lawrence joins Findex in a dual capacity, working between performance consulting and tax advisory, focused on global trade. He will work closely with Hartney and Richard Nutt, associate partner global trade and customs, to assist in designing and building a suite of trade-focused services for organisations, large and small. Lawrence commented, “The opportunities to increase Australian businesses’ share of global trade are truly exciting. I’m excited to use my experience to help our clients develop their ties with global trading networks and, ultimately, increase their exporting capabilities.” AB
DAMIAN PERCY HEADS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS and Adelaide Bank has appointed industry veteran Damian Percy to a newly created leadership role. Percy – who joined the bank in 1999 – will become the company’s first head of strategic partnerships within the partner connection division. Executive Bruce Speirs said the appointment would see Percy working closely with the third-party banking, leveraged and portfolio funding business, so the organisation can continue to build on its “strong partnering culture” while broadening existing partner relationships. BENDIGO