David McLean (LLB Honors)
Chief Executive Officer, Westpac
David joined Westpac in February 1999 to head the Debt Capital Markets group in New Zealand. He was appointed Head of Westpac Institutional Bank New Zealand in January 2004 and in 2009, he was also appointed as GM for Private, Wealth and Insurance. In 2012 David transferred to New York as a Head of the Americas for the Westpac Banking Corporation. In June 2014 David returned to Westpac New Zealand Ltd to take up the role of acting Chief Executive Officer. On 2nd February 2015 David was appointed to the permanent role of Chief Executive Officer, Westpac New Zealand Ltd. Before joining Westpac, David worked as a lawyer in private practice and as in-house counsel for Natwest, before joining the Capital Markets Group of Southpac/National Bank in 1988. Joining Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in 1994, David was responsible for starting and developing a new debt capital markets origination business. He also established the NZ branch of Deutsche Bank and was New Zealand Resident Branch Manager. David has a LLB (Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington.
