Australian banker Mike Aynsley is the new chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank.
Announcing the appointment, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said that Mr Aynsley was an important appointment for Anglo, in what are challenging times for all financial institutions.
Mr Lenihan said that after the appointment of Mr Aynsley as CEO, the current executive chairman of the bank, Donal O'Connor, will revert to the position of chairman. Mr Aynsley will take up his post on September 7.
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.Mr Aynsley is in his 50s and is from Sydney. He has worked in the banking industry in Australia and Asia and most recently worked with the Asian Development Bank in South East Asia in the financial sector development, risk management, liquidity management and governance risk assessment areas.
He has also worked for Security Pacific, which is now part of Bank of America in the late 1980s, stockbroker Hoare Govett and also former National Irish Bank owner National Australia Bank. He was head of capital markets and treasury during the 1990s there.
He also spent two years as head of risk at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group



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