Lindsay Maxsted

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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. ^ a b c d e f "Lindsay Maxsted". Forbes. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Marc Moncrief, Power and the passion play across the boards, The Age, 18 August 2012
  3. ^ a b c d e "Lindsay Maxsted". The Australian. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Board of Directors". Westpac. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Transurban Group Board of Directors Archived 6 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b c 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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