Group Executive Technology and Group Chief Information Officer, Gavin Munroe, is leaving CBA and will explore other opportunities outside the bank.

His last day with CBA will be 22 December 2025.

In the interim, Rodrigo Castillo, as CIO Central Technology, and Victoria Ledda, as CIO Business Technology, will step in and co-lead the Technology function, reporting to CEO Matt Comyn, subject to regulatory approval.

Mr Munroe joined Commonwealth Bank in November 2022.

He has more than 20 years financial services experience. Most recently, he was the HSBC Global Chief Information Officer for Wealth and Personal Banking, overseeing all aspects of technology across all markets. Gavin Munroe joined HSBC in November 2018 and worked across retail banking, wealth management, private bank, insurance and asset management businesses, responsible for delivering sustainable and safe technology solutions to drive digital transformation.

Prior to HSBC, he was with Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was the Merrill Lynch CIO, accountable for driving the digitisation of Merrill Lynch technology. He also held a number of other senior roles with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, including head of global consumer products, and CIO for Wealth Management Technology teams overseeing its digitisation and modernisation.

Gavin Munroe has also previously worked for Synechron as MD of Asia Pac, a specialist provider of business technology solutions for capital markets, insurance and mortgage banking, and held the positions of CIO Saxon, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, and Head of Technology for the West Coast USA for Wachovia.

Gavin Munroe has a Bachelor of Science Degree, with dual majors in both Computer Science and Physics, from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.