Former Perpetual group executive of superannuation and operations, Michael Miller, has been recruited by Suncorp as chief financial officer of its commercial insurance division.
Miller has taken over from Matt Pearson, who now heads up the commercial claims division.
He had spent nine years at Perpetual filling various roles. Prior to his most recent role at Perpetual, he was the deputy CFO, group finance and had also spent time working with Deloitte in Brisbane, London and Sydney.
Suncorp commercial insurance chief executive officer Anthony Day said Miller had “extensive leadership experience and a broad financial services background.”
“The breadth of his financial services experience is a valuable addition to our leadership team,” Day said.
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