ANZ Names New Chief Economist

Tom Burroughes

5 August 2016

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has appointed Richard Yetsenga to the post of chief economist, reporting to its managing director for markets, Shayne Collins.

Yetsenga joined the bank in 2011 and has been acting chief economist since March this year. Prior to this, he was the head of financial markets research at ANZ. He has held senior economic research roles at HSBC, Deutsche Bank and the Australian government.

In the role, Yetsenga will lead the ANZ research team that provides economic analysis on the Australian economy, global financial markets, and the economies of major trading partners. He will also be responsible for co-ordinating ANZ’s regional economic and financial markets research capability across Asia, New Zealand, Europe and the US.