Antonia Watson
BCom (Hons)
CEO of New Zealand
Career
Antonia Watson is Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank NZ Ltd.
She has over 25 years’ experience in the professional services and financial services sector in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia and Hungary.
Antonia is responsible for overseeing the running of ANZ Bank NZ Ltd, which includes our network of retail branches, contact centres and banking specialists who take care of over two million consumer and business customers. Prior to accepting this role, Antonia was Managing Director, Retail & Business Banking.
Antonia joined ANZ from Morgan Stanley, where she was General Manager of their business services and technology centre in Budapest and held various Finance roles in Sydney and London. She qualified as a chartered accountant at KPMG.
She has a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours from the University of Otago.
Age: 54 years. Residence: Auckland, New Zealand.
Key dates
| 2019 | Appointed CEO, ANZ NZ |
| 2017 | Appointed Managing Director, Retail & Business Banking |
| 2012 | Appointed Chief Financial Officer, New Zealand |
| 2009 | Appointed Financial Controller, New Zealand |
| 2006 | General Manager, Morgan Stanley Business Services & Technology Centre, Budapest |
| 2000 | Finance, Morgan Stanley, Australia |
| 1995 | Equity Product Control, Morgan Stanley, United Kingdom |
| 1992 | Audit, KPMG |