Briefs: ANZ says 'G'day' to its first chief design officer, Queensland's first social bond
ANZ has appointed its first chief design officer, Opher Yom-Tov, effective from 4 September. Yom-Tov, after eight months as a design and innovation consultant at ANZ, has been tasked with building the bank's "human-centred design capability". Expressed in everyday terms, his team will be expected to deliver better experiences for customers and employees. Yom-Tov, who will report to ANZ group executive digital banking Maile Carnegie, brings over ten years' experience at global design and innovation firm IDEO in Silicon Valley and Shanghai, along with five years in human-centred design at Westpac Group. In 2014 he co-founded radio-related tech start-up AirShr, which was closed down at the end of 2016. The Queensland Government's first social benefit bond, arranged by NAB, has been launched to fund the state's first Multi Systemic Therapy program, to be delivered by social purpose organisation Life Without Barriers. The achievement of agreed outcomes from the program will trigger performance returns to investors. The A$8.2 million bond will pay a minimum coupon of three per cent per annum over its 6.75 year life. Coupon payments from the third-year onward are dependent upon the performance level for the reduction in frequency of offending, as well as meeting limits on the seriousness of offending behaviour.