Tania O’Brien will be CFO and Martin Gaskell will be chief transformation officer.
Westpac NZ has announced the appointment of Tania O’Brien to the role of chief financial officer and Martin Gaskell to the role of chief transformation officer.
Westpac NZ chief executive Catherine McGrath said O’Brien and Gaskell would provide valuable expertise. “These are two extremely important roles that are central to what we do as a bank and where we want to go in the future. I look forward to Tania and Martin applying their deep knowledge of the banking industry to help us deliver great things for our customers.”
O’Brien joins Westpac NZ after a successful career with ANZ where she has held a range of senior executive finance roles. Currently based in Singapore, she has a track record of leading culturally diverse teams in New Zealand, Australia, and Asia-Pacific.
O’Brien will take up her position on March 7.
Gaskell is a qualified accountant. He started his career with the Ford Retail Group in the UK, before moving to New Zealand and BNZ in 2007 where he was chief operating officer for BNZ Partners, and then director of customer fulfilment sServices.
McGrath said Gaskell designed and led the largest operating model change in BNZ’s recent history to deliver strategic and customer outcomes. He left BNZ in 2018 and set up a consultancy. He will begin working at Westpac NZ on February 8.
Both appointments are subject to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand having no objections and any other regulatory approvals.
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