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Anna Bligh appointed as Australian Bankers' Association CEO

Friday, 17 Feb 2017 08:00:10 | Kristian Silva

Ms Bligh will be the ABA's first female CEO when she begins the role on April 3. (ABC News)

Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh has been appointed CEO of the Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), an industry group representing 25 banks across the country.

Ms Bligh, a former Labor MP who served as Queensland's first female premier between 2007 and 2012, has been the CEO of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in New South Wales.

ABA chairman Andrew Thorburn said Ms Bligh's focus would be "firmly be on the culture within banking and lifting respect for our profession and creating a strong vision for customers and on how our industry responds and leads on regulatory reform".

Ms Bligh will be the ABA's first female CEO and begins the role on April 3.

"Our banks are critical to the strength and stability of our national economy and the prosperity and well-being of every Australian," she said.

"We all rely on our bank for the most important financial decisions of our lives, so we want a system that is open, fair and trustworthy.

"I am excited by this opportunity to lead and shape the reforms needed to strengthen public trust and confidence in our banking system."

Ms Bligh was honoured this year as a Companion of the Order of Australia for her services to politics and women.

She was also recognised for her leadership during Queensland's flood crisis in 2011.

However she resigned from politics a year later, after the Campbell Newman-led LNP swept to power in a landslide election win.

Ms Bligh relocated to NSW, and battled non-Hodgkin lymphoma before declaring she was "very well" in 2014.

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