AIA Group has announce that Jayne Plunkett will join AIA as Group chief risk officer with effect from 1 November 2019. She will be a member of the Group Executive Committee and will report to Ng Keng Hooi, Group chief executive and president. Plunkett joins AIA Group from Swiss Re where she was ceo Reinsurance Asia, Regional president Asia and member of the Group Executive Committee, responsible for Swiss Re's businesses across Asia. Jayne succeeds Mitch New, who assumed the role of Group cro in March on an interim basis, following the departure of Jon Nielson. New continues in his role as Group General Counsel at AIA.