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Shayne Elliott, top gun actor

Around the market, people tend to like the ANZ CEO. That’s because he tells them what they want to hear.

Joe AstonColumnist

Jul 20, 2022 – 6.46pm

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There’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”.

Joe Aston helmed The Australian Financial Review's Rear Window column from 2012 to 2023. Connect with Joe on Facebook and Twitter.

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