Sir John Key to join ANZ Board
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News Release
For release: 28 February 2018
Sir John Key to join ANZ Board
The Chairman of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited David Gonski AC today
announced Rt Hon Sir John Key GNZM AC will join the ANZ Board effective immediately.
Sir John was New Zealand’s 38th Prime Minister serving from 2008 until 2016. After retiring
from a distinguished career in politics, Sir John was appointed Chairman of ANZ’s New
Zealand subsidiary in January after joining the Board in October 2017.
Commenting on the appointment Mr Gonski said: “Following a successful international
career in business and politics, Sir John has the ideal credentials to further strengthen ANZ’s
Board. Our New Zealand business has already benefitted from his significant experience and
I know he will make a valuable contribution to the ongoing success of the broader Group.”
A graduate of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, Sir John had a long international
banking career in international finance primarily with Bankers Trust in New Zealand and
Merrill Lynch in Singapore, London and Sydney. At Merrill Lynch he was Head of Global
Foreign Exchange and a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York.
Sir John was made a Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the
2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours. He also received Australia’s highest honour, becoming a
Companion of the Order of Australia for advancing the Australia-New Zealand bilateral
relationship.
Sir John will stand for election as a Director at ANZ’s Annual General Meeting on 19
December 2018.
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