Australian Banking Association

The Australian Banking Association (ABA), formerly the Australian Bankers' Association, is the trade association for the Australian banking industry. With its forebears going back to the late 1940s, the ABA was founded in 1985[1] and is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The ABA represents twenty four banks and provides analysis, advice and advocacy for the banking industry and contributes to the development of public policy on banking and other financial services.[2]

Australian Banking Association

Abbreviation	ABA
Formation	1985[1]
Type	Lobbying body
Location	Sydney, New South Wales
Region served	Australia
Chairman	Shayne Elliott
CEO	Anna Bligh
Website	www.ausbanking.org.au

Leadership

Chairmen

The following served as Chairman of the Association:

Order	Officeholder	Title	Bank	Term began	Term end	Time in office	Notes
	Gail Kelly	Chairman	Westpac	4 December 2013 (2013-12-04)	31 January 2015 (2015-01-31)	1 year, 58 days	[3]
	Brian Hartzer			31 January 2015 (2015-01-31)	2 December 2015 (2015-12-02)	304 days	[4]
	Andrew Thorburn		NAB	2 December 2015 (2015-12-02)	4 December 2017 (2017-12-04)	2 years, 2 days	[5][6]
	Shayne Elliott		ANZ	4 December 2017 (2017-12-04)	2 December 2019 (2019-12-02)	2 years, 249 days	[6][7]
	Matt Comyn		CBA	3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	present	250 days	[8]

Chief Executive Officers

The following served as Chief Executive Officers of the Association:

Order	Officeholder	Title	Term began	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Tony Aveling	Chief Executive Officer	1997	2000	2–3 years	[9]
2	Jeff Oughton	Acting Chief Executive Officer	April 2000 (2000-04)	January 2001 (2001-01)	275 days
3	David Bell	Chief Executive Officer	January 2001 (2001-01)	8 March 2010 (2010-03-08)	9 years, 66 days
4	Steven Münchenberg		8 March 2010 (2010-03-08)	3 April 2017 (2017-04-03)	7 years, 26 days	[10][11][12]
5	Anna Bligh		17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)	present	3 years, 128 days	[13][14]

See also

• Banking in Australia
• Bank nationalisation in Australia
• Financial regulation in Australia
• Four pillars policy
• Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry
• Too big to fail

References

1. "History". Australian Banking Association. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "The Australian Banking Association's role". Australian Banking Association. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
3. "Westpac's Group CEO Gail Kelly elected Chairman of the Australian Bankers' Association" (Press release). Australian Bankers' Association. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
4. Eyers, James (10 December 2014). "Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer appointed Australian Bankers' Association chairman". Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
5. "NAB CEO new Chairman of the Australian Bankers' Association" (Press release). Australian Bankers' Association. 2 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
6. Frost, James (16 October 2017). "Worst-kept secret revealed as ABA names ANZ's Elliott as chair". Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
7. Durie, John (4 December 2017). "ANZ's Shayne Elliott steps into banking's hot seat". The Australian. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
8. Aston, Joe (10 September 2019). "Comyn Assuming ABA Chair in December". Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
9. Khoury, Phil (2006). "The history of Australian Banking: 1991 - 2006" (PDF). Banking in Australia Today. Australia. p. 24. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
10. "NAB's Steven Munchenberg appointed chief executive of Australian Bankers Association". The Australian. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
11. Shapiro, Jonathan (21 October 2016). "ABA chief executive Steve Münchenberg steps down". Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
12. Sier, Jessica (19 February 2017). "Major banks back Anna Bligh for ABA top job". Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
13. Silva, Kristian (17 February 2017). "Anna Bligh appointed as first female Australian Bankers' Association CEO". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
14. Whyte, Jemina (9 November 2017). "Can Australian Bankers' Association CEO Anna Bligh persuade us to trust banks?". Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2018.