ANZ has named Carole Berndt as managing director global transaction banking, reporting to CEO international and institutional banking Andrew Géczy.
Berndt is currently the global head of transaction services at Royal Bank of Scotland based in UK, a role she has held since October 2013. Prior to this, she was head of global transaction services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
She has previously worked in senior product management and client delivery roles for Citigroup in New York and Hong Kong, having managed merchant service ecommerce technology for Asia at American Express.
An Australian with more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services area, Berndt began her career in the insurance industry holding roles with Allianz and ING in Australia.
She will be based in Hong Kong and is expected to join ANZ in May. Alan Huse will continue to serve as acting managing director of global transaction banking in the interim.
