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Farhan Faruqui
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group LimitedFarhan is responsible for all aspects of Finance including Treasury, Investor Relations and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Prior to this role, Farhan was the Group Executive of ANZ’s International business, representing Institutional customers across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and America.
Farhan joined ANZ in 2014. Previously, he was the Head of Corporate & Investment Banking for Asia Pacific, Citigroup. During his 23-year career with Citigroup, Farhan held senior management roles in franchise building, product and customer coverage across Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa, including Head of Global Loans & Leveraged Finance, Asia Pacific, and Corporate Banking Head, Central Europe.
Farhan is an experienced international banker, product specialist and an accomplished people leader across multiple geographies.
Farhan has a Bachelor of Science Degree – Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Kathryn Van Der Merwe
GROUP EXECUTIVE TALENT, CULTURE & SERVICES CENTRES at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group LimitedKathryn van der Merwe joined ANZ as Group Executive Talent and Culture on 1 May 2017.
In April 2021, Kathryn took on responsibility for ANZ’s Service Centres in Bengaluru, Manila and Chengdu. The service centres have a diverse and large portfolio of people and processes and are a critical part of our network, providing best-in-class support to
our business divisions and functions.Prior to joining ANZ, Kathryn worked for Bain & Company where her 14-year career
has been focused on leading business transformations. This includes strengthening organisational culture and capability, and the development and delivery of change strategies to improve performance and facilitate sustainable growth.
Most recently she was Expert Vice President for Bain’s Results Delivery Practice in the Asia Pacific.
Kathryn holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of New South Wales.
Antonia Watson
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NEW ZEALAND BCom (Hons) at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group LimitedAntonia Watson is Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank NZ Ltd.
She has over 25 years’ experience in the professional services and financial services sector in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia and Hungary.
Antonia is responsible for overseeing the running of ANZ Bank NZ Ltd, which includes our network of retail branches, contact centres and banking specialists who take care of over two million consumer and business customers. Prior to accepting this role, Antonia
was Managing Director, Retail & Business Banking.
Antonia joined ANZ from Morgan Stanley, where she was General Manager of their business services and technology centre in Budapest and held various Finance roles in Sydney and London. She qualified as a chartered accountant at KPMG.
She has a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours from the University of Otago.
Mark Whelan
GROUP EXECUTIVE, INSTITUTIONAL at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group LimitedMark Whelan is Group Executive, Institutional and Management Board member responsible for the bank’s global Institutional business across 15 Asian markets as well as PNG, Europe, America and the Middle East.
He has been in banking almost 30 years and has vast experience in the Asian Market, and Institutional, Corporate and Commercial Banking.
Prior to his current role, he held the roles of Chief Executive Officer ANZ Australia, Managing Director Corporate and Commercial Banking Australia and Managing Director of ANZ’s Institutional, Commercial and Private Bank businesses based in Hong Kong.
Mark joined ANZ in November 2004 as Head of Sales, Markets, before taking on the role of Joint Managing Director, Markets, in 2005 and then Managing Director, Institutional Asia, in 2007.
Prior to ANZ, Mark worked at Westpac where he held several senior roles including General Manager, Global Investor Sales and General Manager, Institutional Banking, Victoria.
Mark holds a Graduate Diploma in Taxation and a Diploma Accounting from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
Mark is a Fellow of the Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) and a member of the Financial Treasury Association, the Australian Financial Markets Association and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.