Life group AIA Australia has appointed Sam Tremethick to the new role of national manager, strategic partnerships.

His appointment is part of a strategy announced last year to build AIA’s capacity with its dealer and platform partners.

“Sam’s extensive experience across financial services in the retail market will provide our dealership and platform partners with enhanced value and strategic insight,” Head of Retail Distribution Pina Sciarrone told insuranceNEWS.com.au.

She says it is the 15th new appointment for the company this year, reflecting AIA’s solid growth.

“The rest of the market is growing at about 10% and we’re experiencing more than twice that at 22%. We’ve been growing faster than the market for a number of years now and I’m confident we’ll be seeing those sorts of numbers next year as well.”

Mr Tremethick joins the new strategic partnerships team alongside National Dealership Manager David Tilley and National Client and Dealership Development Manager Amy Mitchell. He will report to Ms Sciarrone.