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Key people

Gail Kelly, Chief Executive Officer

Gail was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Westpac on 1 February 2008. Immediately prior to this, she served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of St.George Bank Limited for five and a half years. During this period, St.George doubled its assets and net profit after tax. Between October 1997 and December 2001, Gail was employed at the Commonwealth Bank as General Manager, Strategic Marketing, and later became Head of Customer Service and a member of the bank's Executive Committee.

Gail began her career at Nedcor Bank, one of the largest banks in South Africa, where she held various General Manager positions, including HR, cards and personal banking. Gail is currently a Director of Melbourne Business School Limited and member of the Financial Services Advisory Council.

Philip Coffey, Chief Financial Officer

Philip was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2005, with responsibility for Westpac’s finance, tax, treasury and investor relations functions. He joined Westpac in 1996, and was appointed Group Executive, Westpac Institutional Bank in 2002.

He has extensive experience in financial markets, funds management and finance, firstly with the Reserve Bank of Australia, then Citicorp and AIDC Ltd. He has held roles in the UK and New Zealand. Philip has an honours degree in Economics and has completed the Executive Program at Stanford University Business School.

John Arthur, Group Executive, Counsel & Secretariat

John was appointed Group Executive, Counsel & Secretariat on 1 December 2008. Most recently, prior to the appointment, John was Managing Director and Chief Executive of Investa Property Group until 2007. Previously, John has been a partner at Freehills and Group General Counsel of Lend Lease Limited. He also served as Chairman of legal firm Gilbert + Tobin and has had a distinguished career as legal partner, corporate executive and non-executive director.