Perpetual today announced Gillian Larkins will take over from Roger Burrows as chief financial officer from January 7.

Larkins joined Perpetual only two months ago, as its Group Executive (Transformation). She's been a CFO before, at Westpac Institutional Banking. 

Perpetual has been under pressure in recent months. Its profits have halved on a year ago, leading newish CEO Geoff Lloyd (he joined in Febuary) to announce a three-year turnaround plan.