The last time Euromoney caught up with Alex Thursby, he was spearheading ANZ’s expansion into Asia and was in a strident frame of mind. “We’re noisy people,” he said then. “Certainly a straight-shooting bunch.”
Four years on, we find Thursby in a quite different role and, if somewhat less noisy in a new environment, no less driven in ambition. As chief executive of National Bank of Abu Dhabi, he is in a role with different sensitivities – running a mainly state-owned bank, ultimately held by the Emirate’s royal family, in the politically nuanced world of the Gulf – but equally bold in what it wants to do regionally.
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Along the way, his role models have changed.
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