ON THE MONEY: RBNZ, ANZ, Bezzant, Beaton and more

ON THE MONEY: RBNZ, ANZ, Bezzant, Beaton and more
Victoria Young
Welcome to On the Money, BusinessDesk’s weekly column on money and the people making it. ANZ chief executive Antonia Watson pictured. Sparking a mantraHigh-powered business leaders Antonia Watson of ANZ and Spark’s Jolie Hodson have been catching up since their CFO days. Both have come a long way since and are now at the top of their respective organisations, with 14,000 Kiwi staff beneath them combined. The two are known to share a regular catch up and Watson was not ashamed to tell On the Money when she st...

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