Brian Hartzer (born 1967) is an Australian business executive who is the Chairman of BeforePay. Previously he was the managing director and CEO of

Westpac Westpac Banking Corporation, known simply as Westpac, is an Australian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered at Westpac Place in Sydney, New South Wales. Established in 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales, ...

from 2014 to 2020.

Education

Brian Hartzer graduated from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

Banking career

Hartzer began his career as a consultant at First Manhattan Consulting Group (FMCG), working in New York, San Francisco and Melbourne Australia. Hartzer concluded his time at FMCG as a Vice President (Partner). After FMCG, Hartzer worked at

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is an Australian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. It is Australia's second-largest bank by assets and fourth-largest bank by ma ...

(ANZ), in several roles including running the credit card business, the retail banking operations and managing director of the consumer finance division and CEO of the Australia division. Hartzer joined Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group's

Ulster Bank Ulster Bank ( ga, Banc Uladh) is a large retail bank, and one of the traditional Big Four (banking)#Ireland, Big Four Irish clearing banks. The Ulster Bank Group is subdivided into two separate legal entities: NatWest, National Westminster Ban ...

as CEO UK Retail and Wealth Management in 2009. After 2 years with RBS, Hartzer returned to Australia. In November 2014, he was announced as the CEO to succeed

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as CEO, Australian Financial Services, at

Group in February 2015. Hartzer stepped down as chief executive officer in November 2019 after claims made by AUSTRAC alleged the bank was involved in money laundering, child exploitation and other banking violations. Peter King was appointed to replace him. In July 2021, Hartzer was named Chairman of BeforePay.

Publishing history

Books

*''The Leadership Star: A Practical Guide to Building Engagement ''

References

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