About Kate Crous

Kate Crous, based in Sydney, NSW, AU, is currently a Executive General Manager Everyday Business Banking at Commonwealth Bank. Kate Crous brings experience from previous roles at Commonwealth Bank and Data Standards Advisory Committee. Kate Crous holds a Bachelor Of Commerce in Economics @ Rhodes University. With a robust skill set that includes Channel Partners, Customer Experience, Management, People Development, Banking and more. Passionate about helping consumers with financial services and finding new and innovative ways to created shared value, building and developing teams which are motivated to achieve audacious goals. Recognised for values driven leadership, strategic problem solving in diverse setting and commercial outcomes. Experience includes product management across retail banking products, digital strategy and product development, open banking and retail payments, also led complex transformational and technology programmes with experience working in highly regulated and complex organisations in Australia, South Africa, America and the United Kingdom. Worked with the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission and DATA61 on the development of the Consumer Data Right and its implementation in Banking in Australia through membership of the Data Standards Advisory Committee and have led CBA’s open banking programme. Member of the Digital Identity Ministerial Advisory Council for New South Wales and am passionate that innovations in the Digital economy drive positive outcomes for Australians and Australia. Helping consumers harness the power of data to make their lives easier, more beneficial and open up more possibilities for all. Specialties: Leadership, Strategic Product Management, Transaction and Deposits Product P&L, Open Banking, Digital innovation