Jeff Pontifex was ANZ Banking Group state general manager for business banking in WA from 2014 to 2017. Mr Pontifex was previously head of commercial banking for the Perth CBD district at Westpac in WA and, prior to that, a senior relationship manager at National Australia Bank. In December 2018, Mr Pontifex was appointed regional customer executive, covering NAB's regional and agricultural [including corporate agricultural] businesses for WA from Esperance to Kununurra.