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TROPIC • BUSINESS
Dream team Jeaninne Kidd
NAB Senior Business Banking
BANKING Manager, Cairns
A mixture of experience, Did the financial industry find you
knowledge, passion, dedication or did you find it?
and resourcefulness makes I was a math nerd with a passion for
this senior banking duo the property, business and shares so you
could say it was a natural fit.
best for business. Tropic spoke At university I worked as a casual
to NAB Cairns’ Jeaninne Kidd bank teller and then transferred into
and Martin Giesel about an analyst role in agribusiness. I was Martin Giesel
NAB Senior Business Banking
their backgrounds, their a Business Manager at age 24 and Manager, Cairns
relished the challenge.
commitment to clients and
their hot tips on where to dine What do you love most about How long have you been with NAB?
out locally. your job? Nearly 37 years, including 19 in
I love to get out of the office and Cairns. I’ve been lucky to work
really get to understand a client’s all over the state with a few trips
business, their people, where they overseas. I’ve met great people,
come from and their goals. worked on some really interesting
Work can be in my gumboots on proposals and structured complex
a dairy farm, a fancy restaurant transactions. Being able to help our
opening, construction site visits customers achieve their dreams and
or even testing new chocolates at a see the long-term effects has been
chocolate factory. great.
How have you assisted clients It’s been a strange couple of years –
through the COVID-19 pandemic? what’s your forecast for the Cairns
We really had to keep on top of the economy?
ever-changing market and our I think the pandemic has put Cairns
client’s needs. I was sending out on the map for a lot of people that
emails to business owners to keep maybe didn’t previously see it as a
them updated on government destination or that hadn’t been here
assistance and how NAB could help. for a long time. I hope that with
We were also busy processing loan the borders opening and hopefully
deferrals. staying open, we will see a flood of
interstate visitors to Cairns for both
Looking back on your career, what’s holidays and permanent moves.
your proudest achievement?
In a previous role in New Zealand, Finish this sentence: If I wasn’t a
I was nominated for a National business banking manager, I’d be ...
High achievement award and I was Probably something in the property
flown to Hamilton Island with other development/construction industry.
nominated staff. Unfortunately for
the bank I loved the area so much What’s your go-to coffee order?
I packed my bags and ended up in Medium cappuccino. During the
Cairns six months later. week usually at Cafe21 on Lake
Street. On the weekends I usually
What’s your favourite restaurant drop in to see Brendan and Dave at
and dish in Cairns? Coast Roast on the Esplanade.
The Kow Soy Chicken Curry at
Samgasat with your favourite bottle
of BYO red wine is a must do. Vivo in
Palm Cove and NOA at Edge Hill are MORE: nab.com.au
also top of my list.
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