Four things we learnt about fintech from the new ANZ CEO’s first public Q&A

By Chad Barendse Last week Fintech Melbourne had a rare opportunity to ask ANZ’s new CEO Shayne Elliott the big questions, as he held his first public Q&A session in front of Australia’s financial services industry. It immediately struck me how comfortable he was talking to a crowd full of entrepreneurs, developers and data scientists – […]

StartupSmart 09 February, 2016

ANZ Shayne Elliott — Current Australian Banking Association chairman and former ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott.

By Chad Barendse

Last week Fintech Melbourne had a rare opportunity to ask ANZ’s new CEO Shayne Elliott the big questions, as he held his first public Q&A session in front of Australia’s financial services industry.

It immediately struck me how comfortable he was talking to a crowd full of entrepreneurs, developers and data scientists – and answering questions from them.

It felt as though we were having conversation with him over coffee as he laid out his vision to transform one of Australia’s oldest banks into one more digitally focused and one that acts more like a disruptive company.