Having been with the bank since 1999 (aged 24),[1][2] Comyn became the CEO in April 2018, taking over from Ian Narev.
[3][4] In 2010, Comyn briefly joined Morgan Stanley's Australian brokerage business; however, he came back to the Commonwealth Bank and worked under Ian Narev.
[2] Comyn was born in the Eastern Sydney Suburb of Paddington in 1975 to Jewish parents.
[2] He was educated at the Sydney Boys High School[2] before attending the University of New South Wales (UNSW),[2][5] studying Bachelor of Aviation.
[6][5] He also received a Master of Commerce, Finance from the University of New South Wales (UNSW),[5][7] and also studied at Harvard Business School (HBS),[5][7] and later, received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Sydney.