Westpac Group appoints Chief Transformation Officer

ASX
Release


16 MARCH 2022



Westpac Group appoints Chief Transformation Officer


Westpac Group today announced the appointment of Yianna Papanikolaou to the newly created
position of Chief Transformation Officer.

Ms Papanikolaou will sit on the Group’s Executive Team and report to CEO, Peter King.

She will have responsibility for major change and investment programs and accountability for the
CORE (Customer Outcomes and Risk Excellence) Program.

“Continuing to transform culture and risk management remains a major focus for the Group in our
efforts to build a simpler, stronger bank and the CORE program is an integral part of this plan,”
said CEO Peter King.

“Yianna brings a wealth of global experience in large scale transformations across major
organisations.”

Ms Papanikolaou recently joined Westpac as General Manager, Group Transformation Office.

Before Westpac, Ms. Papanikolaou was at Deutsche Bank in the UK, where she held several
leadership positions, most recently as Managing Director, Chief Transformation Office. Prior to
this, she was at Royal Bank of Scotland, as Head of Strategy and Transformation for the
Corporate bank. Earlier in her career she was part of Accenture’s Financial Services consulting
practice. Ms Papanikolaou has worked in Europe, the US and Asia.

Ms Papanikolaou will commence in the role in late April subject to regulatory approvals.


ENDS


For further information:

Hayden Cooper Andrew Bowden
Group Head of Media Relations Head of Investor Relations
0402 393 619 0438 284 863


This document has been authorised for release by Tim Hartin, Company Secretary.
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Sydney, NSW, 2000