CompaniesRear WindowPrint articleRear WindowShayne Elliott, top gun actorAround the market, people tend to like the ANZ CEO. That’s because he tells them what they want to hear.Joe AstonColumnistJul 20, 2022 – 6.46pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThere’s one thing you cannot fault in ANZ Banking Group chief executive Shayne Elliott: his acting skills.In announcing the proposed $5 billion acquisition of Suncorp Bank and its $60 billion loan book on Monday, he dared to surmise it had taken “a lot of hard work over a long time to prepare ANZ to be ready to build this platform for growth”.Loading...Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out. From 2012 to 2023, Joe helmed The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column. Email Joe at hello@rampart.newsSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreRear WindowANZ BankShayne ElliottMaile CarnegiePaul O'SullivanDavid GonskiJane HaltonJohn KeyIlana AtlasLatest In Financial servicesFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Rear windowThe Australian Financial Review MagazineWhat OpenAI’s Sam Altman suggests you do to keep your jobPaul SmithThis Australian watch reseller is making its move on London and NYCMonica Lewinsky might be the most influential feminist in 30 yearsBOSS Financial ReviewThe 3 traits that stand out among this year’s BOSS Young ExecutivesSally PattenHow this elite child gymnast leapt to the top of SportsbetWhat 18-hour days on a farm taught this NAB exec about bankingLife & LeisureThe secret to Oroton’s $123m turnaround successJessica BeresfordMaison Balzac glassware and bendy candlesticks to light up your homeStep inside this modernist penthouse with 360-degree viewsRich ListRich Lister Walker family donate millions to Sydney cancer centreYolanda RedrupThree decades of PMs, fashion icons and the odd person headed for jailFortescue near settlement with US tycoon after energy deal bust-up
