Marquet has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, having worked in various roles across product development, regulatory change, operations, and sales functions at institutions including AIA, AMP, AXA, BT Financial Group, Kaplan Professional Australia. Most recently, she was the head of technical services, research, and regulatory change at MLC Life.
As the head of technical services, Marquet will work with Simon Aboud, chief product and marketing officer at Allianz Retire+, and the rest of the Allianz Retire+ team to help advisers and superfunds navigate retirement planning by providing them with technical support and educational resources. She will also assist the company with the Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE) product, launched this year.
“Justine's deep sector knowledge, strategic ability, and understanding of the retirement landscape will be critical as we continue to engage with both superfunds and advisers to deliver a suite of retirement income solutions,” Aboud said, as reported by Financial Standard. “We are committed to solving the issues facing retirees, super funds, and advisers. Justine's skills and experience in understanding how we can support advisers and superfunds solve these challenges is really exciting, and we are thrilled to welcome her to the team.”
The appointment follows Allianz Retire+'s announcement of its Group Retirement Solutions to support superfunds preparing to deliver large-scale and multi-decade solutions to their members.