{{Notability|Bio|date=November 2024}} {{Short description|New Zealand banker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Shayne Elliott | image = Shayne_Elliott.png | caption = Elliott in 2018 | birth_name = Shayne Cary Elliott | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |51|2015|10|01}}<ref name="stuff.co.nz" /> | birth_place = New Zealand | education = Waitakere College | alma_mater = University of Auckland | occupation = Banker | title = CEO, ANZ Bank | spouse = Najla Elliott }}
'''Shayne Cary Elliott''' (born 1963) is a New Zealand banker, and a former chief executive officer (CEO) of ANZ Bank.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-01/mike-smith-to-leave-anz-shayne-elliott-new-ceo/6818810|title=ANZ boss Smith to leave, to be replaced by current financial chief|last=Janda|first=Michael|date=1 October 2015|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref>
== Career == Prior to joining ANZ Bank, Shayne Elliott was a senior executive at EFG Hermes, and worked for Citibank.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/anz-boss-mike-smith-to-step-down-in-december-cfo-shayne-elliott-named-as-successor-20151001-gjymxc.html|title=ANZ boss Mike Smith to step down in December, CFO Shayne Elliott named as successor|last1=Commins|first1=Patrick|last2=Yeates|first2=Clancy|date=30 September 2015|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He joined ANZ Bank in June 2009 as the head of the bank's institutional division.<ref name=":1" /> In 2012, Elliott became CFO of ANZ.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/72598709/kiwi-shayne-elliott-appointed-to-run-anz|title=Kiwi Shayne Elliott appointed to run ANZ|website=Stuff|date=October 2015|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> In September 2015, it was announced that Elliott would be replacing Mike Smith as ANZ's CEO starting January 1, 2016.<ref name=":0" /> On May 11, 2025 Elliott stepped down as CEO. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Update on CEO transition and board renewal |url=https://www.anz.com.au/newsroom/media/2025/march/update-on-ceo-transition-and-board-renewal/ |access-date=September 15, 2025 |website=www.anz.com.au}}</ref>
As CEO of ANZ, Elliott was praised for his 'purpose' driven leadership, which has seen the bank support the LGBTQI community and refugees in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-30|title=How ANZ's Shayne Elliott enacts corporate purpose|url=https://www.dukece.com/insights/how-anz-shayne-elliott-enacts-corporate-purpose/|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Duke Corporate Education}}</ref>
== Personal life == Shayne Elliott is the son of a builder, and grew up in Te Atatū South, a suburb of Auckland.<ref name="stuff.co.nz">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/72598709/kiwi-shayne-elliott-appointed-to-run-anz|title=Kiwi Shayne Elliott appointed to run ANZ|author=|date=October 2015|website=Stuff|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref> He was educated at Waitakere College and the University of Auckland.<ref name="stuff.co.nz"/>
Elliott is married to Najla, an Egyptian-born economist, who he met when he was running Citigroup's Egypt business in Cairo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11611710|title=Outrageous Fortune: The Westie boss of ANZ Bank|author=|date=6 March 2016|website=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref>
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