Antonia Watson

Co-Chair, Champions for Change & CEO, ANZ

Antonia is Chief Executive of ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd responsible for ANZ’s network of banking specialists who take care of over two million customers. She has been at ANZ since 2009‚ firstly as ANZ New Zealand’s Financial Controller followed by Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director – Retail and Business Banking.

Antonia also worked for Morgan Stanley for 13 years, most recently in Hungary where she was General Manager of their business services and technology centre that served North America and Europe. She also worked for Morgan Stanley in Sydney and London, and started her career at KPMG in Auckland, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant.