Gail Kelly
Options exercise allows Gail Kelly to gain without the pain
Christopher Webb Sellers dominated proceedings this week due to disposals by Westpac chief Gail Kelly.
Westpac's Gail Kelly to front bank inquiry
Westpac CEO Gail Kelly says she will appear before a Senate inquiry into competition in the banking industry.
Gail Kelly ranks eighth in global power list
Westpac boss Gail Kelly is ranked the most powerful woman in the Asia-Pacific in Forbes magazine's global listing, which was topped by Michelle Obama.
Gail Kelly was a dud and other mysteries
Michael Pascoe So Westpac's Gail Kelly, potentially the $55 million CEO, was a dud CEO at St George. Or Graeme Samuel is a fool. You choose.
The world according to Gail Kelly
Greg Hoffman Being in the presence of a charismatic personality can be exhilarating, but for investors it is important not to fall under the spell.
Gail Kelly seems blind to backlash
James Kirby Westpac's Gail Kelly has so much to be proud of. She's not just the only woman chief at a major bank but the 18th most powerful woman in the world, according to the US magazine Forbes.
Fight for deposits pushing up mortgage rates, says Clyne
Elizabeth Knight European debt crisis is no longer to blame for higher Australian mortgage rates, according to NAB chief executive Cameron Clyne.
BHP boss threatens to invest offshore
Elizabeth Knight, Phillip Coorey AUSTRALIA'S most influential businessman, Jac Nasser, has slammed the Gillard government's record on tax and industrial relations, saying that unpredictability is undermining investment and could...
Hands off Julia Gillard, says Westpac boss
Eric Johnston WESTPAC'S chief executive, Gail Kelly, has urged her fellow business leaders to be prepared to work with Julia Gillard and to put aside the combative approach to policy debate which has been dogging...
Get off Gillard's back, urges Westpac chief
Eric Johnston Gail Kelly urges other business leaders to work constructively with Julia Gillard and put aside the combative approach that some have taken to her minority government.
Kelly not about to leave
Eric Johnston Kelly's personal brand has at times overshadowed that of her own bank.
Westpac posts $3.2b cash profit
Westpac has joined ANZ in posting a bumper first-half profit as both banks consider how much of this week's official interest rate cut to pass on to customers.
Bankers jockey for position in market-share race
Elizabeth Knight How the big four adjust their rates will give us some flavour of their strategies.
Hellicar now expert on 'disruptive events'
CBD Who's ideally placed to mentor company directors 'about the need for resilience, optimism'?
Australian business news digest - May 4
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Rate moves telegraph banking strategies
Elizabeth Knight Just how the big four banks adjust their interest rates this week and next will give us some flavour of their strategies around growing market shares in the mortgage market and the extent to which...
Kelly shifts Westpac's focus to battle for deposits
Eric Johnston WESTPAC'S chief executive, Gail Kelly, has declared that she intends to build a culture inside the bank based around driving deposits, saying this was becoming the new battleground as banks cede to...
Westpac going for deposits
Eric Johnston Gail Kelly says she aims to build a culture inside Westpac based on driving deposits, saying this is becoming the new battlefield as banks cede to demands from regulators to become safer.
Commonwealth Bank cuts 40bp from borrowing rates
Chris Zappone Commonwealth Bank has moved to lower its standard variable interest rate by 40 basis points, following the Reserve Bank's 50 basis point cut on Tuesday.
Kelly rejects multi-branding critics
Eric Johnston Westpac is starting to resemble something of the Unilever of banking.
