The Westpac Group

John was appointed Chief Operating Officer on 24 November 2011 with responsibility for Group Services, which encompasses technology, banking operations, legal and property services. He joined Westpac as Group Executive, Counsel & Secretariat, on 1 December 2008. Most recently, prior to that 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.

Rob was appointed Group Executive St.George Banking Group on 1 December 2010, and is a member of the Executive Team. Immediately prior to this he served as Managing Director BankSA and was a member of the St.George Executive Committee for eight years, from July 2002.

He has had an extensive career in the financial services industry. Prior to joining BankSA he was the Regional General Manager of Commonwealth Bank of Australia's operations in South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia, and Regional Manager, Victoria. Prior to that he held a number of senior roles with Colonial State Bank and Prudential Corporation Australia. 

Rob is Chairman of the Adelaide Football Club, and a member of the SA Economic Development Board.

Peter was appointed Chief Operating Officer, Australian Financial Services, on 24 November 2011, with responsibility for product management and development, risk management, management of customer contact centres, and online and mobile banking, and is a member of the Executive Team. Prior to this appointment Peter held the role of Group Executive, Product & Operations from 17 July 2008. Peter joined Westpac as Group Executive, Consumer Financial Services in March 2008, with responsibility for sales, service, third party consumer product relationships and product development for Westpac's consumer customers across Australia.

Prior to joining Westpac, Peter was Group Executive, Group Technology and Operations of St.George Bank Limited following five years as Group Executive, Strategy with St.George Bank Limited. Prior to that, Peter worked for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia between 1997 and 2002 in a range of senior roles, covering strategy, merger programs, operations and performance improvement. He has also worked in management consultancy and accountancy roles.

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.

Brad was appointed Group Executive Officer of BT Financial Group on 1 February 2010 and is focused on helping Australians determine and achieve their financial aspirations. He is a member of the Executive Team. The BT Financial Group proudly offers products and services from some of Australia's most trusted and respected wealth management brands across financial advice, private banking, investment, superannuation, insurance and retirement.

Brad initially joined Westpac in April 2007 as Chief Executive, Westpac New Zealand Limited and after successfully leading a change program in that market moved to the role of Group Chief Transformation Officer leading The Westpac Group’s St.George merger implementation.

Prior to joining Westpac, Brad was Chairman of GE Capital Bank and Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer Finance UK & Ireland. He drove GE's UK Six Sigma program and was certified as a Quality Leader (Black Belt) in December 2002. He was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer Finance UK in January 2003 and appointed Chairman of GE Capital Bank in April 2004.

George joined Westpac New Zealand Limited in March 2009 as Chief Executive, Westpac New Zealand Limited. George is highly experienced in the financial services industry. He was formerly Group Executive General Manager at National Australia Bank. Prior to that, George was a senior executive in Commonwealth Bank of Australia's Institutional Banking Division and has also been a partner with the Boston Consulting Group.

Peter was appointed interim Chief Executive, Australian Financial Services on 24 November 2011.  Prior to this appointment he held the role of Group Executive, Transformation & Productivity from 1 October 2011 and the role of Group Executive, People & Transformation from February 2010. Prior to that he was Group Executive, Westpac Retail & Business Banking from July 2008; and, Westpac’s Group Executive, Business Financial Services, responsible for business banking sales, relationship management, customer service, and product and risk management in Australia.

Peter has held several other senior roles in Westpac including General Manager roles in Marketing, Branch Banking and Consumer Credit. Peter joined Westpac in 1995 from BankSA where he was Chief Manager of Branch Sales and Service, and Head of Strategic Marketing. Prior to his banking career, Peter served in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Christine was appointed Group Executive, Human Resources & Corporate Affairs on 1 October 2011, with responsibility for human resources strategy and management, including reward and recognition, safety, learning and development, careers and talent, employee relations and employment policy. She is also responsible for Corporate Affairs & Sustainability.

Prior to this appointment she was Group General Manager, Human Resources, from March 2010, with responsibilities across the entire Westpac Group. Prior to that Christine was General Manager, Human Resources, Westpac New Zealand, where she joined Westpac in 2007.

Prior to joining Westpac, Christine was Group HR Director, Carter Holt Harvey; and, from 1999 to 2004, she was Director of HR with Restaurant Brands NZ.

Greg Targett was appointed Chief Risk Officer on 2 July 2009. Greg joined Westpac as Deputy Chief Risk Officer on 1 December 2008. Prior to the merger between Westpac and St.George Bank Limited, Greg was Chief Risk Officer of St.George Bank Limited and was a member of the St.George Executive Management Committee from 2006. He joined St.George Bank Limited in May 2003 from National Australia Bank where he held the role of General Manager, Wholesale and Business Banking Credit. During his 23 year career with the National Australia Bank, Greg had a variety of senior roles in Australia and overseas in Venture Capital, Planning and Strategy, Credit Risk, Corporate Banking and Retail Banking.

Rob was appointed Group Executive, Westpac Institutional Bank in July 2009. He has responsibility for Westpac's global relationships with corporate, institutional and government clients, and core product offerings across financial and capital markets, transactional banking, and working capital and payments. In addition, Rob has responsibility for Hastings Funds Management and Westpac's equities, structured finance, global treasury, Asian and Pacific Island businesses.

Rob joined Westpac as a graduate in 1986, where he gained broad experience in the financial markets. He joined Treasury in 1993 and was appointed Group Treasurer in 2000. In 2004 he became Chief Risk Officer and joined the executive team in December 2005. From April 2007, Rob undertook advisory work as a Group Executive for Westpac's Chief Executive with responsibility for the oversight of the merger with St.George Bank Limited. He was appointed Group Executive, Risk Management in November 2008 prior to assuming his current role.

Jason was appointed Group Executive, Westpac Retail & Business Banking on 24 November 2011.

Prior to this appointment he was General Manager Retail and Regional Banking, Westpac Retail & Business Banking. He assumed this role in 2010, to include Regional Banking in addition to his former role of General Manager Retail Banking, which he had held from 2008. During 2008 he was a member of the Group’s 2017 strategy team.

Prior to that role, Jason held a number of roles in BT Financial Group, including Head of Product, General Manager Customer Solutions, and CEO Commerce BT Unit Trust (based in Malaysia from 1997 to 1999). He joined BT as a graduate trainee in 1992.