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Gail Kelly

March

Westpac plans to invest in its technology systems.

Westpac plots multibillion-dollar tech overhaul to fix decade lag

The project will unite more than a hundred separate systems that have bloated costs since the acquisition of St George during the global financial crisis.

  • Lucas Baird

January

Experienced bank chief executive and corporate director Gail Kelly.

UBS drafts in Gail Kelly as Credit Suisse takeover ramps up

The Swiss bank hopes the former Westpac chief executive will bring her experience overseeing St George’s merger to the UBS board.

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  • Aaron Weinman

November 2023

Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin was meant to be hosting a Singtel board delegation this week.

Singtel’s board gets front-row seat to Optus debacle – again

The Optus CEO was once more planning a week with her board. She has much more on her plate now.

  • Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano

September 2022

“We know this breach should never have happened. And the government expects Optus to do everything in its means to support affected customers,” Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday.

Optus’ ‘opaque’ Singapore owner faces scrutiny over hacking attack

Corporate governance experts say the conduct of the company’s Singaporean parent and its 12-member board has not faced proper scrutiny.

  • Lucas Baird and Mark Di Stefano

February 2022

Westpac CEO Peter King is trying to fix mistakes, simplify the business and restore performance.

Westpac languishes at half the value of CBA after lost decade

Australia’s oldest bank was once the country’s biggest and best performing. Now, it trades at the largest discount to its big four peers in history.

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  • Tony Boyd
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September 2021

Gail Kelly photographed in 2012.

Top tips for success gleaned from leaders over 21 years of BOSS

Take time to think, learn to read people, document your week and keep learning are among the pieces of advice from Australia’s most successful business leaders.

  • Sally Patten

August 2021

Carla Zampatti, Ita Buttrose and Catherine Livingstone are just three of the many inspirational leaders worth celebrating.

Seven female business leaders who were trailblazers

The Financial Review’s 70th anniversary is an ideal opportunity to celebrate seven female business leaders who were trailblazers in their male-dominated areas of expertise.

  • Tony Boyd

July 2021

Volt chairman Graham Bradley is charged up about the neobank’s prospects.

Neobank Volt on the charge for $30b of mortgages

The challenger bank is poised to roll out its banking-as-a-service strategy, which chairman Graham Bradley says can help it capture 1.5 per cent of the home loan market.

  • Tony Boyd

October 2020

Brian Hartzer: ignominious exit

Brian Hartzer's Practical Guide to Image Rehabilitation

The former Westpac chief is – of course – writing a book. This one isn't a memoir though.

  • Myriam Robin and Michael Roddan

May 2020

Westpac an 'outlier' in risk management

A review of the bank's approach to risk management revealed a dog's breakfast of malfunctioning systems and lack of engagement at the top.

  • James Frost

April 2020

Ted Evans.

'Great Australian' Ted Evans dies, aged 79

Tributes are flowing in for one of the country's economic giants, former federal Treasury secretary and Westpac chairman Ted Evans, who died on Sunday morning.

  • John Kehoe

February 2020

Westpac's Carolyn McCann: literally phoning it in

Westpac lobbies Canberra ... by anonymised phone survey

Next Level Strategic Services has been emailing senators asking them to participate in a 20 minute "perceptions assessment".

  • Myriam Robin

January 2020

Some major institutional investors are throwing their support behind Steven Harker as the best internal candidate to replace Westpac chairman Lindsay Maxsted.

Westpac needs to fill its hottest seat quickly

Institutional investors, worried that Westpac has a lame-duck chairman and an acting CEO, are pressuring the bank's board to fix the situation quickly.

  • Karen Maley

December 2019

David Morgan says he is not seeking the westpac chairman role.

David Morgan rules himself out of Westpac chairmanship

"I am not seeking, have never sought, and would not accept the chairmanship of Westpac," the bank's former CEO says.

  • Patrick Durkin

November 2019

Westpac's series of political and PR grenades under corporate affairs chief Carolyn McCann.

Westpac's PR boss Carolyn McCann must go

After its unmitigated public relations fiasco, the Westpac brand needs a fresh keeper.

  • Joe Aston
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Brian Hartzer.

An ignominious end for Hartzer

It was an ignominious end to a career in Australian banking that started a quarter of a century ago when Brian Hartzer – a graduate of Princeton University, where he studied European history – first arrived in the country.

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  • Karen Maley
Announcing results in May, Brian Hartzer, with finance chief Peter King, grits his teeth and said:, “We have no tolerance for financial crime.”

Paedophile payments just the start in Westpac mess

The bombshell allegations involving 3057 micropayments, some of which may have facilitated child exploitation, were symptomatic of a deeper problem at Westpac.

  • James Frost
Westpac spent too much time parading its virtue and not enough on keeping vice out of its business.

The woke bank asleep at the wheel

Westpac spent too much time parading its virtue and not enough on keeping vice out of its business.

  • John Roskam

September 2019

Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn will become chairman of the Australian Banking Association in December.

Matt Comyn assuming ABA chair in December

CommBank’s chief executive Matt Comyn will succeed ANZ’s Shayne Elliott at the ABA’s annual meeting.

  • Joe Aston

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