BankWest, part of the HBOS Australia group, has appointed experienced commercial banker David Thomas as Central Regional Manager, as a part of the Bank's restructure of its commercial division.
Mr Thomas will join Kieron Gubbins, Southern Regional Manager, and Damien Otto, Northern Regional Manager, who will head up BankWest's Commercial division in Perth under the direction of Andrew Tolj, Commercial Business State Manager.
The aim of the restructure is to balance the continued growth of the division with the organisation's performance objectives.
State Manager Commercial Business WA, Andrew Tolj, said BankWest Commercial had grown more than 30 per cent in 2006 and the division had further growth plans for 2007.
"The new structure is aimed at growing our Commercial Banking division even further, particularly through industry specialisation," he said.
"We have a strong team in WA and David's role with further build on our strength in this market."
Mr Thomas is a career banker with over twenty years experience in the finance industry working predominantly in Corporate and Commercial. He has undertaken business development and leadership roles with both Westpac and NAB during his career. His most recent role was State Manager Business Banking with Rabobank.
Mr Thomas said Commercial Banking was about delivering outcomes and adding value to the customer's business.
"Markets are changing so fast that commercial customers need bankers who are ahead of the market and help maintain their organisation's competitive advantage," he said.
"Commercial banking offers me the chance to work with an organisation as it grows from a small business to a larger business across new territory, products, customers and markets."
Mr Thomas has a wide range of experience across a number of different of industry groups including property development, resources, agribusiness, professional services, manufacturing and general commercial business.
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About BankWest Business
BankWest Business provides a full range of core and specialist business banking products and services to all business market segments from small business to large corporates. From market leading transaction and investment accounts through to flexible business loans and sophisticated Financial Market and International Trade products, we are an organisation committed to making a meaningful difference in the financial services marketplace with our simple and straightforward products. Our energetic approach and attitude aims to reject the status quo and present a significant challenge to the conventions and the competition.
BankWest Business has a presence in capital cities, rural areas and regional locations throughout Australia. We focus on key markets including Property Finance, Small Business, Commercial, Rural and Regional and Corporate.
We also offer a flexible range of products and competitive lending guidelines across specialist industries such as Aged Care, Childcare, Hotels/Accommodation, Franchise and Pharmacy. We recognise the value of the going concern of a business, along with the value of its people and brand, not just its fixed assets or balance sheet.
Our business banking managers have been selected for their industry knowledge and experience and take the time to get to know their customers' business to find the best products and services to meet their needs.
BankWest has been around for more than 100 years and is now part of the HBOS Australia group with assets of over $39 billion. Backed by our parent company HBOS plc, one of the world's largest financial services groups, we are providing a fresh customer experience and challenging the Australian market. BankWest is the fastest growing business bank in Australia*, and because we are growing, we will try harder to help grow your business.
*Measured by market share growth, number of new managers hired and number of new Business Banking Centres opened.
