Paul Lai

Paul joined Westpac in November 2017 and is responsible for overseeing Westpac’s operations in Greater China, and the Greater China Corporate and Institutional Banking team. Paul has over 22 years of corporate banking, corporate finance and investment banking experience including mergers and acquisitions, local and international debt and equity capital markets, advisory and financing transactions. He has been involved in a wide range of transactions in various industry sectors for governments and corporates throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. Previously, Paul was Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Asia at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, and has held Senior roles in CITIC CLSA, Societe Generale, HSBC, UBS Investment Bank and ABN AMRO Corporate Finance.