The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed Paul Kearney to the role of EGM People and Culture, effective July 5.

AFCA COO Justin Untersteiner says Mr Kearney, who comes from four years at ME Bank as GM of People Experience and Business Partnering, is an “energetic and progressive” human resources executive with extensive experience in leading complex organisational change programs.

“He’s passionate about improving the employee experience and has deep experience across people partnering, learning, leadership, workplace relations and talent management and acquisition,” Mr Untersteiner said.

Mr Kearney was formerly Deloitte’s Chief of Staff HR Transformation for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has also held HR and employee relations roles at the BBC, Fairfax and Swedish-American company Autoliv.