ANZ Group Holdings Ltd Annual Shareholders Meeting Transcript

The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer section of the transcript.

Question: Christopher Barron - Finance Sector Union - Analyst : Thank you. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and the board. Thanks for having our questions this afternoon. Thank you to my ANZ colleagues who are also working through this event today and the event staff. Thank you for your time. My name is Chris Barron. I'm ANZ colleague. I've been working with ANZ Bank for now over nine years and a proud finance sector union member here to raise two questions on behalf of our colleagues within the bank. In recent years, ANZ has increasingly offshored Australian based roles, raising significant concerns about the erosion of local job opportunities. Today, the board has talked about our board elect members, their depth of experience within the finance industry. They've talked about the sale of over 30 non-core bank businesses and they've talked about the economic headwinds that are likely to approach soon. Question there for you is around. How is ANZ addressing the challenges by investing in Australian workforce in training and adaptation, evolving job requirements, particularly when referring to our investment in technology in the ANZ Plus Space, which involves a significant deal of automation and artificial intelligence. How are we safeguarding long-term employability and reducing and, and reinforcing the bank's commitment to support local jobs? Thanks.

Question: Christopher Barron - Finance Sector Union - Analyst : Yeah, we'd love to see the bank lead the way in secure long-term employment conditions that has a direct flow on effect to how secure our mortgage book is. Good employment, good incomes, good banking outcomes. And the last question I said I had to, sorry. Australia, oh, sorry ANZ has one of the worst gender pay gaps in corporate Australia and as well, one of the largest for large Australian banks. ANZ should be removing barriers to the full and equal participation of women in the workforce. What is the bank doing to address the almost 23% gender pay GAAP? And what are we doing to ensure next res results are an improvement on the pathway to a zero gender pay GAAP.

Question: Christopher Barron - Finance Sector Union - Analyst : That's my mistake. I just stumbled there. I apologize.