BankSA appoints new chief Nick Reade to replace Jane Kittel in the new year THE face of BankSA and chief executive officer Jane Kittel will be replaced by Nick Reade in the new year. The management changes at Westpac's subsidiary operation were announced this morning. Ms Kittell will move into the position of general manager of customer experience and customer contact centres across Westpac Group's Australian Financial Services division. This includes Bank SA, St George Bank, the Bank of Melbourne and Westpac Retail and Business Bank. Mr Reade will join Bank SA from ANZ Bank where he is looking after multiple responsibilities as general manager, small business banking and general manager, and corporate and commercial banking SA. Mr Reade has spent nearly 25 years in financial services covering personal lending, consumer credit cards, small business, and corporate and commercial banking. I am very pleased to welcome Nick to BankSA. He has broad financial services experience and a strong record of achievement, George Frazis, CEO of St.George Banking Group said. I am confident his drive, energy and passion will be a great asset to BankSA, its employees and customers. Mr Frazis thanked Ms Kittel for her significant contribution in leading BankSA over the past three years. Ms Kittel recently unveiled a seven per cent improvement in Bank SA's annual net profit to $200 million for the year ending September 30 2013. Jane has done a wonderful job at BankSA and it has been her focus on customer service that has rightly seen her given the responsibility of looking after the customers across Australian Financial Services including those who use our award-winning contact centres, said Mr Frazis. Ms Kittel said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at BankSA and leave the bank in the very good hands of Nick. I wish him and all the staff and customers the very best for the future.