AXA Health Makes 2 New Appointments to Executive Committee

AXA Health has announced two new appointments to its Executive Committee – Ash Danga will join as the new Transformation Director and Christian Hall will take on the newly created role of Strategy and Propositions Director.

Over the past 20 years, Ash has had a career in financial services delivering transformational change for customers and organisations globally. He is currently Head of Digital for Global Markets at HSBC, where he has been for the past eight years.    

Prior to this, Ash was the Product Head for the delivery of the mobile banking platform at Lloyds Banking Group and has also spent time working with the NHS in delivering transformational change across hospital trusts.   

Commenting on his appointment, Ash said: “I’m really looking forward to starting my new role at AXA Health. I’m passionate about helping improve and transform the way the organisation operates in order to deliver the best outcomes for members and enhance the experience for those who use our services.   

“I have a deep understanding of financial services and customer-led product design, and I’m keen to start using my expertise and experience to continue the excellent work already underway and continue to drive the business forward.”     

Ash will join AXA Health on Tuesday 24 September.    

Christian joins AXA Health from the AXA UK&I CEO office. Previously, he has held a range of strategy and finance roles within Allianz, LV and Aviva and his vast experience will be a real asset to the newly created role.    

Christian said: “I’m excited to move to a new role within AXA and take on a new challenge within Health.    

“The priorities for my role include ensuring sustained focus on strategy and feeding this into the development of AXA Health’s products and propositions, to ensure we continue to expand and develop to provide the best experience for our members.”   

Heather Smith, CEO, AXA Health added, “We’re making good progress on our digital transformation journey and now is the time to build on this and accelerate it further, with the development of this new role. Ash will be instrumental in helping us achieve our aims and I look forward to his arrival later this month. We always strive to make improvements and develop our services, to ensure we offer the best experience and high standards to our members.    

“I’d like to thank Neil Driscoll, our Interim Transformation Director who has helped us make significant strides forward in the delivery of our plans and has been a valued member of the team. Neil will stay with us to ensure a detailed handover to Ash.   

“I’m also delighted that Christian will be staying within AXA to continue developing and driving forward our strategy and the propositions we offer, to ensure the best experience and service for our members.”  

Ash and Christian will join the Executive Committee, alongside Ali Hasan, who will join AXA Health as Commercial Director on 15 November 2024.