Two of Australia’s big bank CEOs faced the market this week, and the contrast between their styles couldn’t be starker, even though the challenges they face are similar.
Take Westpac’s Anthony Miller, a former Goldman Sachs partner with a polished approach to dealing with the media, but who doesn't give away more than he needs to.
When asked by Capital Brief earlier this week about job cuts at the bank, he dismissed the premise of the question, describing it instead as an “evolution of our workforce” and emphasising that Westpac had hired almost as many people as it had made redundant this year.
NAB’s Andrew Irvine, by contrast, is far more expansive and colourful. On Thursday he did not shy away from questions about his leadership style — in fact, he embraced them, despite copping a few black eyes from the media earlier this year.
