Sponsors
For a copy of the sponsorship prospectus please contact Jenny Barnett on 02 6274 6081 or email regionalperspectives08@infrastructure.gov.au
Westpac began trading on 8 April 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales with a single office in Macquarie Place, Sydney. We changed our name in 1982 and we now employ around 27,000 people. Westpac concentrates its activities in Australia, New Zealand and the near Pacific and we have branches and affiliates throughout these regions as well as offices in key financial centres around the world.
Westpac is ranked in the top 10 listed companies by market capitalisation on the Australian Stock Exchange Limited and 330,000 people and institutions are shareholders globally.
Westpac's operations comprise six key areas of business, through which we serve around seven million customers:
- Business Financial Services
- Consumer Financial Services
- BT Financial Group Australia
- Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB)
- New Zealand Retail
- Pacific Banking