ANZ NZ CEO & ANZ Group Executive Antonia Watson to retire
News Release
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For Release: 12 June 2026
ANZ NZ CEO & ANZ Group Executive Antonia Watson to retire –
replaced by Chief Risk Officer Ben Kelleher
ANZ B
ank New Zealand (ANZ NZ) CEO and ANZ Bank Group Executive Antonia Watson will be retiring at the end
of FY26.
Ms Watson, who has been at ANZ NZ since 20
09 and been its CEO and a Group Executive since 2019, will
officially finish on 30 September 2026.
She will be replaced as ANZ NZ CEO and Group Executive by ANZ NZ Chief Risk Officer Ben Kelleher.
Mr Kelleher has been ANZ NZ’s Chief Risk Officer for more than two years and before that Managing Director,
Personal B
anking for five. He has also led ANZ NZ’s Private Banking and Strategy teams. Before ANZ NZ, he
worked in New Zealand and the UK in strategy, analyst and project management roles. He has a Master’s in
Management, Finance and Economics with distinction and a Bachelor’s degree with first class honours from the
University of Waikato.
Mr Kelleher’s appointm
ent is subject to Reserve Bank of New Zealand non-objection and other regulatory
engagement.
For media enquiries contact: For analyst enquiries contact:
Marsha Jacobs
Acting Head of External Communications
Tel: +61 482 131 724
Kylie Bundrock
Group General Manager, Investor Relations and M&A
Tel: +61 403 738 809
Briar McCormack
NZ Head of External Communications and Content
Tel: +64 21 2801173
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