ANZ has announced two executive committee appointments, following the departure of the group's deputy chief executive officer Graham Hodges, who has decided to retire after 27 years with ANZ. Alexis George has been promoted to deputy chief executive officer, which she will add to her current role as group executive, wealth Australia. George will take on responsibility for the group's service centres and will assist CEO Shayne Elliott with group-wide initiatives including ANZ's engagement with government, regulators and employees. She "will continue to lead the divestment of ANZ's life insurance, superannuation and aligned dealer group businesses and maintain the senior relationship management of our Wealth product partners in Australia," the bank said. George joined ANZ in 2013 as managing director insurance and has been group executive, wealth Australia since 2016. Prior to joining ANZ she was CEO Czech Republic and Slovakia at ING, responsible for banking, insurance and funds management and before that regional COO, Asia, accountable for product, marketing, IT and operations. Mark Hand has been appointed group executive of ANZ's Australian business and private banking unit, report to ANZ's group executive, Australia Fred Ohlsson. These appointments are effective 15 May 2018.