CBA appoints former Westpac executive to board


The Commonwealth Bank has appointed a former NSW public service head and Westpac executive, Robert Whitfield to its board.
The big banking group announced to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today that it had appointed Whitfield as a non-executive director, effective immediately, with the retirement of Launa Inman and Harrison Young.
The big banking group also announced that former AMP Limited chief executive, Andrew Mohl would seek re-election for one more year on the board.
Whitfield is currently director of NSW Treasury Corporation and, until recently, was secretary of the NSW Treasury and NSW Industrial Relations.
He is a former chief executive of the Westpac Institutional Bank.
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