Leila Fourie will be the new chief executive of the Australian Payments Clearing Association, Rob Craig, chair of the APCA board, said yesterday.Fourie joins APCA from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange where she served as "director, post-trade and information services."Prior to this, Fourie was managing director of the card division of Standard Bank. Fourie forged her career at Accenture and Andersen Consulting.She holds a PhD from the University of Johannesburg.Fourie replaces Chris Hamilton who left APCA in May after ten years.