Group Executive Profiles
Ian Saines
Group Executive
Institutional Banking and Markets
The Institutional Banking and Markets division of the Commonwealth Bank is responsible for managing the Group’s relationships with major corporate, institutional and government clients and providing a full range of capital raising, transactional and risk management products and services
Prior to joining the Group in 2004, Ian was a Management Committee member of Zurich Capital Markets Asia, the investment banking arm of the Zurich Financial Services Group.
Ian spent sixteen years in various leadership positions at Bankers Trust Australia Limited and headed the investment bank’s Global Metals and Mining Industry Group.
Ian was formerly a board member of Father Chris Riley’s Youth Off The Streets, a not for profit organisation providing support to chronically homeless and abused youth in our society.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Certified Finance and Treasury Professional (CFTP).
He has a first class honours degree in economics from the University of NSW.
Ian is married with three sons.
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