作者:James Eyers and Joyce Moullakis
ANZ’s new chief executive Nuno Matos has made his first major hire by luring a senior Santander banker amid a frenetic period of hiring and poaching at the very top of the country’s major banks.
The looming appointment of Stephen White as an ANZ group executive and head of operations comes after Westpac hired Andrew McMullan from the Commonwealth Bank as its data, digital and artificial intelligence chief, the third time the bank has poached from rivals in as many months.
James Eyers writes on banking, payments and fintech. He is a former legal and investment banking editor at the AFR, has degrees in commerce and law from UNSW, and is co-author of Buy now, pay later: The extraordinary story of Afterpay
Joyce Moullakis writes on banking and finance, specialising in investment banking, private equity, and financial services.