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History & Leaders

The National Australia Bank is an international financial services organisation that provides financial products and services to more than 7.7 million retail and business banking customers and more than 2.3 million wealth management customers, globally. Our history traces back to the establishment of The National Bank of Australasia in 1858.

The National Australia Bank Group of companies is structured around three regional businesses:

Australia
The Australian division incorporates retail and business banking, wealth management, Australian corporate banking services, transactional solutions, custody services and Asia.

United Kingdom
In the UK, the National's operations consist of its retail bank brands, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank.  It also provides wealth management services.

New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand incorporates retail and corporate banking, as well as custody services and will be responsible for providing wealth management products and services.

In addition we have a global line of business, nabCapital, which provides debt financing, risk management and investment products for corporate, institutional, and retail clients.

These business lines are supported by the following support functions - Technology, People & Organisational Development, Finance and Risk Management, Customer Solutions, Corporate Strategy and Corporate Affairs.

NAB Leaders:

John Stewart
John Stewart
Group CEO, National Australia Bank

 

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To hear John Stewart talk about the AGM 

Ahmed Fahour
Ahmed Fahour
Executive Director and CEO Australia

 

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To hear Ahmed Fahour talk about the AGM 

Statement of Corporate Principles

These principles outline the way we do things at NAB in all parts of our business.  They have been developed to create and deliver consistently superior value to our:

  • Shareholders
  • Customers
  • Employees
  • Communities

Our core beliefs and values are based on the following principles:

  • We will be open and honest
  • We take ownership and hold ourselves accountable (for all of our actions)
  • We expect teamwork and collaboration across our organisation for the benefit of all stakeholders
  • We treat everyone with fairness and respect
  • We value speed, simplicity and efficient execution of our promises
  • And we do not have room for people who do not live these principles.