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NAB Announces New CFO and Strategy Head

(28 August 2025 – Australia) NAB CEO Andrew Irvine has announced the appointment of Inder Singh as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Group Executive, Strategy.

Mr Singh has been CFO of QBE Insurance Group since 2018. He spent significant time in investment banking, including at Deutsche Bank and UBS in Australia and overseas, where he advised on bank strategy, mergers and acquisitions and capital structures. Mr Singh will commence with NAB in March 2026 and be based in Sydney. His responsibilities at NAB will include all Finance functions as well as the Strategy and Group Development teams.

Singh is chairman of the board of the Group of 100, the business association for CFOs, and has been CFO of QBE since 2018, overseeing the group’s strong US rebound and an upgrade by S&P to ‘AA-‘ from ‘A+’ for the first time.

“Inder is a seasoned financial services CFO with international and domestic experience and a successful leader focussed on execution to drive results. His appointment clearly adds to the talent in our senior executive ranks at NAB. Inder has been working in a highly regulated and complicated sector. He has driven a strong performance focus including investment strategies delivering improved outcomes for the business and been heavily involved in transformation and technology investment and initiatives,” Mr Irvine said.

“This is the ideal next role for me and I am delighted to be joining NAB to work with Andrew and the broader leadership team. NAB’s ambition to be the most customer-centric company in Australia and New Zealand was a major attraction. Banking is a highly competitive industry like insurance where looking after customers has to be the most important consideration” Mr Singh commented on his appointment.

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