Count Financial has appointed Colonial First State general manager of advice Marianne Perkovic as a director to the board.
Her appointment follows court and shareholder approval of the firm's acquisition by Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
Perkovic was chief executive of Count, before joining Colonial in November 2009 as general manager of distribution. She spent more than 11 years with Count in various roles.
She was nominated by CBA and appointed to the Count board along with CBA group executive wealth management Annabel Spring, CBA wealth management chief financial officer Michael Venter, Commonwealth Managed Investments alternate director Peter Taylor and CBA wealth management strategic development general manager David Lane.
Count directors Alden Halse and Andrew Geddes have resigned from the board.
"Count has ... appointed nominees of Commonwealth Bank to the board of Count so as to give those nominees, acting together, control of the board of Count," the firm said in a statement yesterday.
The appointments were effective immediately.
