3 February 2020 - Top level leadership appointment and acting arrangements now in place

From today, our new top level leadership structure comes into effect with new branches, leaders and reporting lines. Let’s run through what this may mean for you and your team.

Appointed branch leaders and other leader movements

Throughout January, recruitment has been progressing to appoint leaders for the top level leadership. You can get to know a little more about the appointed leaders on 'Our leaders' webpage to help you start putting a face to the name.

Please visit this page for the latest information on appointed leaders, and also leader movements and acting arrangements on your divisional pages found on the right hand panel.

For the remaining vacant roles, recruitment is progressing well and your divisional and branch leaders will make further announcements about these soon.

How this may affect you

  • Reporting lines - As part of the transition to our new top level structure, we have a number of teams moving in and out of divisions, as well as between branches. This means your reporting lines may have changed. If you are unsure which branch your team belongs to in the new structure, please check the updated structure information pack on your divisional page. This pack also includes information on the new reporting lines for Executive administrative and business support staff.
  • Systems – we are working to have our systems reflect the new structure as quickly as possible. In the meantime, there may be discrepancies between what is in the system and how your branch is functioning.
  • Governance – branch leaders will be reviewing and setting up divisional governance for us to operate efficiently as quickly as possible.
  • Operating rhythm – each branch leader will prioritise meeting new teams in the next few weeks, and establishing how the branch will operate.

How you can help

Teething problems are inevitable for this scale of change, so we ask that you speak up when you spot something that is not working. Please share thoughts and recommendations to your manager and divisional management office.

Next steps

We are now moving onto the detailed design of 15 branches with several of them bundled in the Finance and Investment, Operations, or Place design activities. Another five branches will be designed individually.

For our other branches, our organisational design is only one part of how we are transforming into a more integrated and collaborative organisation. There are other ways we can start working differently, such as reviewing our processes and workflows.

Details about the next steps for your branch will come through in the coming weeks from your branch leaders.