The head of human resources at [tag|Danske Bank|]Danske Bank[/tag], the Danish banking group which provides wealth management among its services, is leaving the post on 1 July, it said yesterday, continuing a run of high-profile executive announcements.

The head of human resources at Danske Bank, the Danish banking group which provides wealth management among its services, is leaving the post on 1 July, it said yesterday, continuing a run of high-profile executive announcements.

Helle Havgaard, has been HR chief since 2010. The search has started for a replacement, the bank said in a statement.

"I have seen some very hectic and exciting years,” says Helle Havgaard. “We have made deep structural changes to our organisation while at the same time strengthening our expertise and focusing on digital innovation,” she said.

“Our new chief executive has set the course for Danske Bank, and we both agree that this requires new thinking,” she added.

"Helle Havgaard has been instrumental in adapting Danske Bank and its organisation to new conditions at a time of considerable pressure on the sector. She has also provided valuable input for the customer-facing organisation we established two years ago,” Thomas Borgen, chief executive, said in the statement.

The moves come as Danske Bank (as reported here), is going through significant changes under Borgen’s command since he took up the post in September last year. To view a recent article about the bank and developments at it, see here.

Among recent moves has been the appointment, announced in early March, of Jim Ditmore as group chief operating officer and member of the executive board with effect from 21 April. A US citizen, Ditmore has been chief technology officer, senior vice president, at Allstate Insurance, Chicago, Illinois, with responsibility for technology infrastructure and IT operations, architecture and data.

Also in early March, the bank said that Robert Endersby, who has been head of group risk management and a member of the executive board since 2012, has announced that he will resign from his position at the end of 2014, at the latest.