RESEND: ASB CEO Barbara Chapman resigns

RESEND: ASB CEO Barbara Chapman resigns
Sophie Boot
(Fixes glitch in the third paragraph) By Sophie Boot Oct. 2 (BusinessDesk) - ASB Bank's chief executive Barbara Chapman will resign at Easter next year, the bank said. Chapman has held the role since April 2011.The bank said it has begun recruiting her replacement. Chair Gavin Walker said Chapman had been a "passionate and effective" CEO and had played a key role in the bank lifting annual profit from $568 million in 2011 to over $1 billion in the most recent financial year-end. Commonwealth Bank of Australia's New Zealand earnin...