New CEO and managing director for Bendigo Bank
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has appointed Mike Hirst as chief executive and managing director of the bank, succeeding Rob Hunt. Hirst will move into the role on July 2.
Hirst is currently chief executive, retail bank, and is responsible for the bank’s retail business, group solutions and treasury. He previously held the position of chief operating officer, where he was responsible for retail banking and product and service delivery. He joined Bendigo in 2001.
Hirst is a director of Bendigo’s joint venture company with Elders Rural Bank and a director of Treasury Corporation of Victoria and Barwon Health.
He has 11 years experience in senior management roles with Colonial, including general manager of treasury, treasurer of Australian financial services, head of funding and risk management, head of financial markets, head of marketing and sales treasury, and head of finance and operations treasury.
He has also been a director of Colonial First State Investment Managers and Austraclear and worked for Chase AMP Bank and Westpac Bank.
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