New CEO for ANZ Tonga [1]
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 17:39. Updated on Friday, March 20, 2015 - 17:44.
Bernie Poort has been appointed as the new CEO Tonga of ANZ Bank in Nuku’alofa.
He takes over from Owen Thomson who has moved to a new role with the bank in the Solomon Islands.
Poort comes to ANZ Tonga with some 30-years of banking experience serving in a number of roles.
He was previously the Head of Emerging Corporates in Samoa and National Sales Manager-Premium Commercial Broker in Melbourne, where he led a team that managed 200 leading Commercial Financial Brokers in five states.
ANZ CEO Pacific and CEO Fiji Vishnu Mohan welcomed Poort to his new role in leading the growth of their business in Tonga. We remain committed to helping customers and communities' progress, he said.
The bank has two branches in the capital employing around 70 people.