{"id":116473,"date":"2025-11-03T23:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116473\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:53:08","slug":"media-leak-forces-iag-nz-to-unveil-chief-executive-amanda-whitings-upcoming-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116473\/","title":{"rendered":"Media leak forces IAG NZ to unveil chief executive Amanda Whiting\u2019s upcoming departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">IAG (Insurance Australian Group) is NZ\u2019s largest general insurer. It trades under the AMI, State, NZI, NAC, Lumley and Lantern brands, and provides products sold by ASB, BNZ, Westpac and The Co-operative Bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">Last night, the Australian Financial Review published an article saying recruitment firm, Egon Zehnder, was sounding out potential external and internal candidates to run the insurer\u2019s NZ business. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">The publication said it got word of the news from \u201csources with knowledge of the process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">Whiting was appointed chief executive in July 2021, having joined IAG in 2008. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">The company didn\u2019t specify whether Whiting would move into a new role at IAG in Australia, or leave the insurer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">IAG group chief executive Nick Hawkins told staff Whiting\u2019s decision to return to Australia was \u201ccarefully thought-out\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe is an integral member of my leadership team and is highly regarded in the NZ market and by her team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFor now, Amanda will continue to lead our NZ business with the same dedication and focus as always and, at the right time, will play a key role in the smooth transition to new leadership, as she returns to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">Jen\u00e9e Tibshraeny is the Herald\u2019s Wellington business editor, based in the parliamentary press gallery. She specialises in government and Reserve Bank policymaking, economics and banking.<\/p>\n<p>Listen and subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1049-today-in-business-287718209\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1049-today-in-business-287718209\/\" target=\"_blank\">Today in Business<\/a> podcast \u2013 the top headlines from the NZ Herald business team summarised and delivered by an artificial intelligence (AI) voice as an easily digestible recap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IAG (Insurance Australian Group) is NZ\u2019s largest general insurer. 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