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As part of its continuing efforts to strengthen its executive team, Southern Cross Travel Insurance (SCTI) has made three senior appointments to drive and support its vision for growth in New Zealand and Australia.
David White joins SCTI and will take up his new role as the chief operating officer in March. White boasts more than 25 years of industry experience including leadership roles such as his most recent post at nib Insurance as the head of operation.
“It’s a great time to be joining the company,” White said. “I am looking forward to building on Southern Cross Travel Insurance’s already excellent reputation”
SCTI’s chief customer officer Jo McCauley joined the firm in November. In her new role, McCauley will look after sales, product and marketing. She was the former head of sales and marketing at The Warehouse Group Financial Services and also has several years of international product and marketing experience managing direct to consumer insurance portfolios with Tesco Bank in the UK.
Sharon Weymouth, meanwhile, head of people and performance, was appointed to her role in October. Weymouth joined SCTI from Sovereign, where she held several human resource roles prior to moving into senior management positions.
“I have absolute confidence this team will, together, bring new ideas and energy to what is already a highly successful and iconic business,” Southern Cross chief executive Chris White said. “We have exciting and bold plans for our operations in both Australia and New Zealand and these senior appointments signal our commitment to continued growth and developing new opportunities in both markets.”
The three key players have a combined 50 years of senior management experience. They will join recently promoted chief financial officer Louise Newsome and chief executive White, and together with a pending appointment to head of risk and compliance, they will make up an executive team of six.
Following the newly created roles, SCTI also made other non-executive appointments, which include Nick Bassett as head of marketing, Dave Linstead as head of IT, and Hema Nair as underwriting manager.
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