The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has undergone a change of the guard with Chris van Aanholt named the institute's new president.
Finsia's vice president van Aanholt replaces outgoing president Michael Shepherd who has completed his two year term.
In his first duty as president, van Aanholt pledged to strengthen its of policy and advocacy program for all members.
"Over the next two years we will increase our focus on delivering premier professional services, strengthening our policy and advocacy program and further developing our portfolio of services to support our members at all stages of their career path," van Aanholt said.
"Now more than ever, it's imperative that the finance sector encourages greater workforce participation, especially amongst women and professional retirees."
van Aanholt has served as vice president on the Finsia board for the past two years and as a director since 2005.
He is presently Westpac group head of operational risk and compliance.
"In recent years, Chris has been instrumental in the creation and repositioning of Finsia, keeping us at the heart of the industry as we embraced the significant convergence between banking, wealth management and capital markets," Finsia chief executive Martin Fahy said.
Finsia represents financial services throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Its reach extends to more than 21,000 professionals working across the broad categories of banking, wealth management and capital markets.
