Our regular round-up of the latest major CIO appointments from around the world:

AUSTRALIA

Peter Alexander, formerly Australian Government Information Management Office online services branch assistant secretary, has become CIO for the Department of the Treasury.

Brewing company Foster’s has announced Dean Matthews as its new CIO.

Crisis intervention hotline Lifeline has recruited Chris Hardy as CIO, formerly of Medibank Health Solutions.

Airline Virgin Australia has poached former Qantas CIO Segar Reddy to lead its new information services division, which came about through the merger of its IT division and business systems design and development division.

BAHRAIN

Retail and commercial banking institution BMI Bank has announced the appointment of Sami Al Jamea as its new CIO.

CANADA

Imvescor Restaurant Group has named Steven Doyle as its CIO.

CHINA

Media and export marketing group Global Sources Ltd has announced the retirement of CIO Bill Georgiou at the end of January 2012, with Peter Zapf, the company’s current COO, scheduled to take over the role.

COLOMBIA

Mark Morgan is the new CIO at Oversight Risk Consulting.

DENMARK

The former CIO of BHP Billiton Stainless Steel Materials in Australia, Frits de Vroet, has taken on a new role as a chief process officer with logistics specialists Damco (part of AP Moller-Maersk), based in Copenhagen.

FINLAND

Juha Turkki as the new CIO at mobile phone manufacturer Nokia.

GERMANY

Benno Zollner, formerly head of Fujitsu Technology Solutions’ service business operations, has taken on the role of CIO for Fujitsu’s CEMEA&I region, with additional CIO responsibility for the company’s Global Business Group.

UK

Global insurance group Aviva has appointed Cathryn Riley as its new CIO.

US

Pacific Gas and Electric Company has announced the appointment of Karen Austin as SVP and CIO.

Michelle Robinette McKenna is the new CIO at Constellation Energy.

Philip Long, director of information technology services and CIO at Yale University has retired after 40 years. Len Peters replaces him as associate VP and CIO.

Financial services company NCB has named Gerard J. Donlin as the bank’s new CIO.

Jack Wolford is the new CIO of accounting and business advisory firm Schneider Downs.

Wholesale hardware cooperative True Value Co has hired a new CIO, Rosalee Hermens.

Flint Waters is the new CIO for the State of Wyoming.

Bank of America has named David Reilly as the company’s shared technology infrastructure head, accountable for designing, building and operating its enterprise technology infrastructure and operations.

George McKinnon has been named SVP and CIO at Symetra Life Insurance.

Palmetto Bank has hired Mark A. Terry as its CIO.

Raghavan Tiru is the new CIO of mortgage technology provider ISGN.

University of Maryland University College has announced Peter C. Young as its CIO and VP of IT.

Real estate group General Growth Properties has named Scott Morey as its CIO.

Asset management firm Neuberger Berman has made David Eckert its global head of infrastructure.

Robyn Crossley East has joined the US Department of the Treasury as CIO.

Eric Denna is the new CIO of the University of Utah.

The Motorists Insurance Group has made former CIO David L. Kaufman its COO.

Bob Lim is the new CIO at the University of Kansas.

Security systems provider Diebold has promoted Scott M. Angelo to VP and CIO.

Steven B. Ambrose has been named VP and CIO at gas and electricity provider DTE Energy.

Business information provider Dun & Bradstreet has appointed CIO Byron C. Vielehr as president, North America. He retains leadership of strategic technology investment.

Healthcare infection control specialist bioVIGIL has named Peter Mojica as CTO and CIO.

Payment solutions company Wright Express has announced that Andrew Chamberlain has joined as CIO.

Food retailer Harry & David Holdings has made Charles Hunsinger its SVP and CIO.

Bedding manufacturer Select Comfort Corporation has announced that Wendy Schoppert, the company’s SVP and CIO, has been appointed CFO.

Digital energy technology provider i/o has made Kevin Malik its CIO.