Matt Comyn is the

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of the Australian

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. His appointment was announced on 29 January 2018 by the CBA's board, and took effect from 9 April 2018. He succeeded

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Biography

Comyn attended Coogee Boys' Prep School and

Sydney Boys' High School , motto_translation = With Truth and Courage , established = , location = Cleveland Street, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , p ...

. Comyn holds an Executive MBA from

The University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's s ...

, a master's degree in Commerce, majoring in finance, and a bachelor's degree in Aviation, both from the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...

. He has also completed the General Management Program at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA ...

. After graduation from university, Comyn spent 18 months in a small aviation logistics business. Comyn joined the Commonwealth Bank in 1999, commencing in the Institutional Banking division. He went on to become Managing Director for Commonwealth Securities in 2006. Before taking the position of CEO, he held position of Group Executive Retail Banking Services, the Commonwealth Bank’s largest business unit for 5.5 years.

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