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Meet Cath

Cath Carver is Executive General Manager, Client Coverage at National Australia Bank. Cath’s previous roles at NAB include Acting Chief Customer Officer – Corporate and Institutional Banking and Executive General Manager, Corporate and Specialised Banking.

Before joining NAB in January 2016, Cath was Senior Managing Director, Institutional, Australia at ANZ Bank. Cath joined ANZ as Managing Director of Corporate Finance in 2005 before moving into Capital Markets in 2008, as the Global Head of Capital Markets. In 2010 she re-located to Hong Kong where she led the team responsible for providing debt capital markets solutions to ANZ’s Institutional and Financial Institution borrower base in 14 countries.

Prior to joining ANZ, Cathryn held senior management roles at Westpac: as Global Head of Capital Markets, General Manager Corporate Finance, and General Manager Global Industries Group. Cath’s career has also included six years with Macquarie Bank as Head of Capital Markets.

Outside of her day-to-day work at NAB, Cath is Deputy Chair of The Australia-Sino One Hundred Year Agricultural and Food Safety Partnership (ASA100) and a member of Chief Executive Women, an organisation representing over 300 of Australia’s most senior women leaders.

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Meet Leigh

Leigh O’Neill is the Customer Executive, Business Direct and Small Business at the National Australia Bank. She leads a large team comprising direct and digital business customer services and relationship management for NAB’s small business customers.

Leigh has more than 16 years’ experience in financial services across the UK, US and Australia. Before her current role, Leigh was the Executive General Manager, Micro and Small Business at NAB. In this role she established the NAB Small Business Customer Advocacy Council, a group of industry influencers, representatives and business owners who provide strategic advice on NAB’s small business customer strategy and issues facing business customers. Leigh is also a member of the NAB Ventures Investment Committee.

Leigh has also held the role of General Manager, NAB Private Wealth Victoria where she led the team which provides highly personalised wealth solutions to high net worth clients.

Leigh is a strong advocate for corporate responsibility and has been a proponent for many of NAB’s programs around diversity and financial empowerment for women. Passionate about the arts, she is currently Chair of contemporary dance company Chunky Move and a Director on Melbourne Theatre Company’s Foundation Board. She is also a keen runner and has completed several marathons.

Leigh holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Nottingham University, Financial Planning Certificates and an Australian Diploma of Financial Services. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has completed the Executive Development Program at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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