Intrigue as Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn flashes his wedding ring during parliamentary hearing… after reports he’d split with his wife and was linked to TV presenter Laura Jayes

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By ALASDAIR BELLING and CHARLOTTE KARP, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER 05:30 13 Nov 2026, updated 05:35 13 Nov 2026

Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn has been seen wearing his wedding ring again in public, after the country’s richest banker split from his wife and was rumoured to be romantically linked to TV presenter Laura Jayes.

A wedding band was clearly visible on Comyn’s left hand during his appearance before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on Friday afternoon.

The chief executive had been called before the committee to answer questions about the use of technology to improve productivity within the bank.

Rumours about a relationship between Comyn and Jayes, a longtime presenter for News24 (formerly known as Sky News), circulated after he reportedly sold $8million worth of shares and separated from his wife.

In August, a bank spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Mail that Comyn and his British wife Lucy-Ellen Comyn had been separated for ‘some time’.

The separation followed extensive renovations to the couple’s mansion.

Development applications were originally lodged in 2022, according to the council website, but the $1 million project – which included ensuites, a ground-floor rumpus room and landscaping – continued well into 2025.

It is unclear when the lengthy project finished, or whether it was related to their split, but Comyn was reportedly seen with Jayes on two occasions.

The pair were spotted together on a holiday in December and again in Bondi, according to the Australian Financial Review.

Comyn, a father-of-three, and Jayes, a mother-of-two, did not comment when contacted by the Mail in August.

Jayes has also had experience with construction and relationship dramas – in 2023, the journalist and her then-husband, former Channel Seven journalist Alex Hart, pulled the pin on the renovation to their three-bedroom Bondi pad and their marriage, opting to sell the property for $3million instead.

Comyn sold $8.4 million worth of CBA shares days before rumours began to fly about his relationship status.

A disclosure with the financial watchdog showed Comyn had sold shares that were part of his remuneration package two lots over two days – he offloaded 30,006 shares for $168.18 per share, equating to about $5million.

He then sold a further 20,091 shares for $168.80, equating to about $3.4million.

The Commonwealth Bank would not comment on whether the shares were sold to free up cash before his marital separation when contacted at the time.

It wasn’t the first time he sold a tranche of shares – his previous sell-off was worth $5.4million in 2022, the same month he lodged his development application for his mansion.

When the Mail visited the eastern suburbs property in late-2024, workers were still busily mixing concrete at the ritzy address as the mansion remained encircled with cladding.

The couple snapped up the mansion for $3.3million when Comyn was still the bank’s group executive for retail banking services, before both its value and his paycheque skyrocketed.

The value of his home has already tripled and may have passed the $10million-mark after the works were completed.

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