AIA NZ Chief Partnership Insurance Officer Sam Tremethick is leaving the firm at the end of September to return to Australia.
As a result, the company has appointed Sharron Moana Botica as Chief Distribution Officer, and Angela Busby as Chief Customer Officer, effective 3 October 2022.
Botica is currently Chief Customer & Digital Officer at the firm and has more than 20 years’ experience in New Zealand’s life insurance industry.
Busby is currently AIA NZ’s Chief Strategy Officer and has more than 25 years’ financial markets experience, leading teams and developing strategies.
Before stepping into the strategy role, Busby held positions such as Chief People & Culture Officer at Sovereign. Of Māori descent, Busby is Te Rarawa and Ngati Tūwharetoa.
AIA NZ CEO Nick Stanhope says Tremethick has been a valuable member of the AIA NZ since joining the firm in 2019.
“In this time, he has worked tirelessly alongside our distribution team to help support our adviser and partner community. We wish him the very best as he heads back home across the Ditch,” says Stanhope.