Westpac has appointed Michael Hawker to the board, effective in November 2020, as an independent non-executive director and he will become a member of the board legal, regulatory and compliance committee, as well as the board technology committee.
Hawker was currently a non-executive director of other boards including the BUPA global board UK, BUPA ANZ group, Macquarie Bank and Macquarie Group which he would retire from upon commencement at Westpac.
He was formerly chief executive and managing director of Insurance Australia Group (IAG) from 2001 to 2008.
Prior to IAG, he held executive roles with Westpac between 1998 to 2001, as well as executive roles at Citibank International in Europe and as deputy managing director of Citibank Australia.
He had also been president of the Insurance Council of Australia and chair of the Australian Financial Markets Association.
Hawker said he was looking forward to working with Westpac chair, John McFarlane, and the board as the group navigated a “unique banking environment”.
Alison Deans would also retire form the board at the conclusion of the 2020 annual general meeting. Deans joined the board in 2014 and had served on the risk, remuneration, nominations and technology committees.
