Australian analysts have described the appointment at the end of January of Matt Comyn as Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s new chief executive as a surprise, given that he is an insider and the board had expected to embrace change.
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| Matt Comyn, CBA |
If Comyn is to be believed, nobody was more surprised than him. In a press conference in Sydney on January 29, Comyn told reporters: “I only found out this morning.”
A subsequent question sought to clarify this.
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