New Zip CEO Cynthia Scott
Former banker Cynthia Scott has been promoted to group CEO of Zip Co.
Previously CEO of the Australian and New Zealand division of Zip, Scott replaces Larry Diamond, who will remain with the company.
Diamond will now be divisional CEO for North America.
Scott joined Zip as ANZ CEO in November 2021. She was previously chief strategy and business development officer at Scentre Group and prior to that, group executive responsible for Telstra’s New Business portfolio.
Other roles at Telstra included managing director of strategic finance, and responsibility for Telstra’s international operations.
Prior to Telstra, Scott spent more than 20 years in investment banking, most recently at Barclays where her roles included regional head of debt capital markets in Hong Kong and CEO of Australia and New Zealand.
Scott is a director of Uniti Group, and was previously chair of Foxtel, Telstra Ventures and Autohome.