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Ross McEwan reveals his biggest win from 40 years in banking

In an extraordinary four decades in banking Ross McEwan has rescued two big banks from crises. And all while driving a Holden ute.

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Ross McEwan drives an old Holden ute.

It’s a hangover, National Australia Bank chairman Phil Chronican tells Chanticleer with a grin, from his time running Royal Bank of Scotland. McEwan bought a more salubrious vehicle soon after arriving in London in 2013, only to see it pinched off the street. When the same thing happened to the replacement, McEwan decided enough was enough and bought a beaten-up old car that thieves would ignore.

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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com

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