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

AUSTRALIA

After four years as CIO at Sydney law firm Gilbert & Tobin Andrew Mitchell has moved to the Melbourne practice of Lander & Rogers.

Michael Vanderheide, the former general manager of shared services provider InTACT and ex-CIO of Victorian Police, has taken the reigns as CEO of CenITex, the shared services agency set up as a state body by the Victorian Government to centralize ICT support to government departments and agencies.

Alltraders has appointed executive director Michael O’Loughlin as its CIO.

CANADA

Paul Stokes has joined the University of Victoria as the new CIO.

CHINA

Bleum, China’s leading specialist in IT outsourcing, has announced the appointment of Pete Gibson as CIO.

GERMANY

Dr Edeltraud Leibrock is to join KfW Bankengruppe’s executive board after assuming the newly created position of CIO and COO.

NEW ZEALAND

Southern District Health Board has made John Simpson CIO. He has been acting CIO since August 2010.

MALTA

Telco service provider GO announced that Ramana Palepu is its new CIO following the departure of Alan Zammit.

GHANA

The former head of IT at Tigo Ghana, Eric Nsarkoh, has crossed over to MTN Ghana to head MTN Business.

UK

London-based Xchanging, the business processing and technology services provider and systems integrator, has appointed Jim Sadler to the newly created role of CIO for its UK insurance business.

Pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond has announced the appointment of former Halfords IT chief Tony Smollett as CIO.

US

Office supplies retailer Staples has promoted Christine Putur to CIO.

Visa’s global payment network, Syncada, has announced that Kay LaBare has joined the company as CIO.

Sony has appointed former director of the US National Cyber Security Center, Philip Reitinger, to be its new chief information security officer.

Marsh & McLennan, the global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in risk, strategy and human capital, has announced that Ben Allen, currently SVP and chief innovation officer, will assume the additional role of CIO.

OTC Global Holdings, the interdealer broker in over-the-counter commodities, has announced the addition of Suresh Dongre as the company’s CIO.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, recently charged with policing the $600 trillion derivatives market, has appointed John Rogers as its CIO.

Home service company ServiceMaster has announced the appointment of Linda Goodspeed as SVP and CIO.

Industrial infrastructure company Caterpillar has announced that CIO John Heller will retire after more than 38 years of service.

New York Life Insurance Company has announced Sue Ericksen is its new CIO.

Law firm Steptoe & Johnson has announced the appointment of Andrew Adkins III as its CIO.

Student search group EducationDynamics has announced the appointment of Venkat Gaddipati as CIO.

The City of Fayetteville, North Carolina has hired Dwayne Campbell as CIO.

Wind energy company First Wind has promoted Keske Toyofuku to the role of SVP of IT and CIO.

Florida’s new Department of Economic Opportunity has appointed Dean Izzo as CIO, coming in from the Department of Community Affairs.

Mark Caron was recently appointed SVP and CIO at health insurance company Capital BlueCross, replacing Kent Whiting.

Dan Terrio has been appointed new CIO at Whitman College in the State of Washington.

Tax administrator, the California Board of Equalization has announced Brenda Fleming as CIO.

Insurance group Trustmark Companies has named Dan Simpson as CIO.

Amy Porwoll has been selected as CentraCare Health System’s CIO.

Jewellery retailer Zale has named Brad Furry as CIO.

Think Finance, provider of financial services to the underbanked, has announced the hire of William Kontgis as CIO.

Home automation company Vivint has promoted JT Hwang to the position of CIO.

ATM specialist Automated Systems America has appointed industry veteran Atta Mateen to the role of CIO.

Steven Orr has joined IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance as SVP of information systems.

Eric Dorne has been made CIO for United Natural Foods.