Philip Chronican

Director at Woolworths Group

Philip has extensive strategic, financial, and management expertise. He has more than 38 years of experience in banking and finance in Australia and New Zealand. He was responsible for the Retail and Commercial business of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) in Australia. Prior to joining ANZ, Mr. Chronican had a long career at Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac), where he established his role in Australian banking as the Group Chief Financial Officer of Westpac and its Institutional business consecutively. At ANZ he was CEO of Australia and responsible for the bank’s retail and commercial businesses from 2009 to 2015. He also served as NAB Interim Group CEO from 1 March 2019 to 14 November 2019. Mr. Chronican also has broad experience in M&A activity and post-merger integration and has taken an active and public role in advocating for greater transparency and ethics in banking and promoting workforce diversity.