Group Executive to retire from CBA

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced the retirement of Anna Lenahan, group general counsel and group executive group corporate affairs, effective 30 June 2019.

Lenahan was appointed to the role in November 2016 and previously served as chief risk and legal officer at Suncorp Group. Prior to this, she was a corporate partner at Allens Arthur Robinson (now Allens Linklaters) and served as a crown prosecutor with the Department of Public Prosecutions in Perth.

Commenting on her time with bank, Matt Comyn, CBA's chief executive officer, said: "Anna has played a critical role in helping to steer the Group through a wide variety of legal and regulatory challenges including AUSTRAC, BBSW, the APRA Inquiry and the Royal Commission, as well as important transactions that will simplify the Bank including the sale of CommInsure Life to AIA and Colonial First State Global Asset Management to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation."

He continued: "In addition to her legal, regulatory, risk and governance expertise, her values-based leadership has made her counsel and role as a business partner invaluable to me, our board of directors and executive leadership team over the past two years."

CBA said that a "domestic and global search" is underway to identify Lenahan's successor.