Maile Carnegie's departure shows Nuno Matos is shaking up ANZ
Maile Carnegie knew her number was up before ANZ's new chief executive, Nuno Matos, officially replaced Shayne Elliott on May 12.
Having been passed over for the top job, it didn't take Carnegie, head of ANZ's Australian retail business, too long to figure out that Matos was likely to bring in his own people.
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