Ian Mark Narev (born 22 April 1967) is the CEO of SEEK Limited. He is a former managing director and chief executive officer of the Commonwealth Bank Group commencing these roles on 1 December 2011Commonwealth Bank of Australia appoints Ian Narev as next CEO
/ref> and being succeeded by Matt Comyn. Narev was educated at

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in New Zealand and holds an undergraduate degree from the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

as well as graduate degrees from

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and

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. From 1998 until 2007, Ian worked at McKinsey & Company, in the New York, Sydney and Auckland offices. He left to join the Commonwealth Bank. On April 1, 2019 Narev was announced as the

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and CEO of the Asia-Pacific and Americas division of the Australian-based job-board SEEK.

Personal life

Ian Narev was born in Auckland to a Jewish family. As a child, he starred in a New Zealand television series Children of Fire Mountain. He lives in Australia with his wife Frances and their three daughters, Emilia, Zoe, and Alexandra.

Commonwealth Bank scandals

On 7 March 2016 Narev formally apologised to customers following a 2014

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by ABC TV '' Four Corners'' and Fairfax journalists into serious irregularities concerning the refusal of claims of dying and seriously ill clients by the insurance arm of the Commonwealth Bank. On 14 August 2017, Narev announced he would step down as Commonwealth Bank CEO within a year amid allegations the bank breached anti-money laundering laws on almost 54,000 occasions.

References

External links

Commonwealth Bank Group Executive ProfileCommonwealth Bank chief Ian Narev earns $21,700 a day
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