Ross Maxwell McEwan CBE (born 16 July 1957[1]) is a New Zealand banker, and former chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director of National Australia Bank.

[8] On 25 February 2015, RBS announced that McEwan would forgo a share award worth £1m saying that he did not want his pay package to "be a distraction from the task of building a great bank".

[11] In 2018 McEwan was requested by the Treasury Committee in the United Kingdom to explain how RBS's Global Restructuring Group (GRG) had handled its dealings with small businesses from 2008 to 2014.

British MP Nicky Morgan, then chair of the committee wrote in reply to McEwan's written submission that it was 'concerned by the pattern of defensiveness, and a failure to acknowledge mistakes, demonstrated by RBS throughout its handling of the GRG affair.

[15] National Australia Bank announced on 19 July 2019, the appointment of Ross McEwan as Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.

[16] On 7 February 2024, National Australia Bank announced the appointment of Andrew Irvine as Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.