Board of Directors

Ted Evans AC
BEcon (Hons.), Age 68

Independent Director since November 2001. Chairman since April 2007. Chairman of the Nominations Committee. Member of each of the Audit, Risk Management, and Technology Committees.

Gail Kelly
Dip. ED, BA, MBA, Doctor of Bus. (Charles Sturt University), Age 53

Executive Director since February 2008. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer since February 2008. Member of both the Sustainability and Technology Committees.

John Curtis
BA, LLB (Hons.), Age 59

Independent Director and Deputy Chairman since December 2008. Member
of each of the Audit, Risk Management, and Remuneration Committees.

Gordon Cairns
MA (Hons.), Age 59

Independent Director since
July 2004. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Member of each of the Audit, Risk Management, and Nominations Committees.

Peter Hawkins
BCA (Hons.), SSFin, FAIM,
ACA (NZ), Age 55

Independent Director since December 2008. Member
of each of the Audit, Risk Management, and Technology Committees.

Carolyn Hewson AO
BEc (Hons.), MA (Econ),
Age 54

Independent Director since February 2003. Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. Member of each of the Audit, Nominations, and Remuneration Committees.

Graham Reaney
BComm, CPA, Age 66

Independent Director since December 2008. Member
of each of the Audit, Risk Management, and Sustainability Committees.

Peter Wilson
CA, Age 68

Independent Director since October 2003. Chairman of
the Sustainability Committee. Member of each of the Audit, Risk Management, and Nominations Committees.

Full details of the Directors’ skills, experience and expertise, and their directorships can be found in The Westpac Group 2009 Annual Report on the The Westpac Group website (click here)