Westpac Banking Corporation has announced Ann Sherry has been appointed
Group Executive of its $38 billion New Zealand and Pacific Banking operations and CEO of WestpacTrust.
Sherry, who will be based in Auckland, will be the first woman to head a New
Zealand bank. She will take up her role 11 November.
After joining Westpac in 1995, Sherry headed the Human Resources function for
the International and Institutional Bank and subsequently led the team managing
human resources, change management and public affairs for the merger with the Bank of Melbourne.
She was appointed Group Executive, People and Performance, in 1999. In 2000
she was also appointed the Chief Executive of the Bank of Melbourne. She has extensive experience in Government and was the First Assistant Secretary of the Office of Status of Women advising the Prime Minister.
Westpac Banking Corporation has announced Ann Sherry has been appointed
Group Executive of its $38 billion New Zealand and Pacific Banking operations and CEO of WestpacTrust.