Challenger limited announced the appointment of Ms. Mandy Mannix to the new role of chief executive, customer, effective 2 November 2022. Ms. Mannix will lead the company's new Customer division, which was formed in May, overseeing all customer functions for the group. This includes customer strategy, product development, sales and marketing, and customer service across the organisation.

Ms. Mannix has spent the last three years as General Manager for distribution at MLC's Asset Management business. She has also held roles with BMO Global Asset Management and CQS in the United Kingdom, and also senior roles at Nomura and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (now Blackrock) in Australia and London. Mandy Mannix joins the company from MLC Wealth, where she has been General Manager, Asset Management Distribution since 2019.

In this role Mandy was responsible for distribution and client services activities for MLC Wealth's asset management division globally. Prior to this, Mandy was Head of Client Management (EMEA) at BMO Global Asset Management in the UK where she was responsible for client service, distribution and marketing for retail, wholesale and institutional clients. Mandy has also held senior roles at CQS UK, Nomura and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (now BlackRock) in Australia and London.