Westpac nabs Goldman Sachs’ Australian head of securities

Goldman Sachs Australia’s first female partner and Australian head of securities, Nell Hutton, has left the investment bank. Picture: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Goldman Sachs Australia’s first female partner and Australian head of securities, Nell Hutton, has left the investment bank to take on a senior executive role at Westpac.

DataRoom understands that Ms Hutton will be appointed as the general manager of financial markets Westpac Institutional Bank, replacing Anthony Masciantonio, who has held the role since 2014.

Ms Hutton joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 in London and worked as the executive director for derivatives and debt capital markets before relocating to Australia in 2006 to become co-head of derivative and superannuation strategies.

She has worked as the head of securities since 2018 and was made the first female partner at Goldman Sachs Australia that same year.

The appointment comes a month after Westpac recruited Deutsche Bank Australia CEO Anthony Miller as the chief of Westpac Institutional Bank, with Mr Miller due to start his new position later this year.