Lindsay Maxsted

Lindsay Maxsted is an Australian businessman.[1][2][3] He served as the chairman of the board of Westpac.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Maxsted was born and raised in Geelong, Victoria.[7]

From July 1984 to February 2008, he was a partner of KPMG Australia and, from January 2001 to December 2007, was its CEO.[1][3][4][5][6]

He joined the board of directors of Westpac in 2008 and has been its chairman since 2011.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He has also served on the boards of directors of the Transurban Group and BHP.[1][2][3][4][5][8]

He served on the board of the Victorian Public Transport Corporation from December 1995 to 1997, and was its chairman until 2001.[4] He serves on the board of trustees of Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute.[1][4][5]

In 2008, Maxsted joined the Westpac board and in 2011 he became chairman.[9]

In November 2019, Maxsted announced that he was stepping down as Westpac's chairman.[10]

In January 2020, Maxsted announced that he wouldn't seek re-election for director of BHP.[11]

References
  1. "Lindsay Maxsted". Forbes. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014.
  2. Marc Moncrief, Power and the passion play across the boards, The Age, 18 August 2012
  3. "Lindsay Maxsted". The Australian. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. "Board of Directors". Westpac. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. Transurban Group Board of Directors Archived 6 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. John Durie, New Westpac chairman Lindsay Maxsted must wind back board positions, The Australian, 11 May 2011
  7. Cornell, Andrew (February 2011). "Changing of the guard" (PDF). The Australian Financial Review Magazine.
  8. "Image Gallery". BHP. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. Khadem, Nassim (26 November 2019). "Westpac's nightmare has been made worse by its highly paid bosses engaging in a charade". ABC News. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  10. Stewart, Robb M. (25 November 2019). "Westpac Banking CEO and Chairman Depart Amid Money-Laundering Probe". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  11. Grieve, Charlotte (14 January 2020). "BHP says Westpac chair Lindsay Maxsted to leave its board". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2020.


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