Lindsay Maxsted is an
Australian businessman.
[Marc Moncrief]
Power and the passion play across the boards
'' The Age'', 18 August 2012 He served as the chairman of the board of
Westpac.
[Transurban Group Board of Directors](_blank)
[John Durie]
New Westpac chairman Lindsay Maxsted must wind back board positions
'' The Australian'', 11 May 2011
Biography
Maxsted was born and raised in
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...
,
Victoria.
From July 1984 to February 2008, he was a partner of
KPMG
KPMG International Limited (or simply KPMG) is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.
Headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands, although incorporated in London, England, KPMG is a net ...
Australia and, from January 2001 to December 2007, was its CEO.
He joined the board of directors of Westpac in 2008 and has been its chairman since 2011.
He has also served on the boards of directors of the
Transurban Group and
BHP.
He served on the board of the Victorian
Public Transport Corporation from December 1995 to 1997, and was its chairman until 2001.
He serves on the board of trustees of
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, commonly known as the Baker Institute, is an Australian independent medical research research institute, institute headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Established in 1926, the instit ...
.
In 2008, Maxsted joined the Westpac board and in 2011 he became chairman.
In November 2019, Maxsted announced that he was stepping down as Westpac's chairman.
In January 2020, Maxsted announced that he would not seek re-election for director of
BHP.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Westpac people
BHP people
People from Geelong
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