Client Speaker

Robert Wilson

Group Chief Technology Officer , Westpac Group

Robert is a technologist and a banker with in excess of 25 years of international experience with a number of global institutions, both in financial services and technology. Within Westpac he is responsible for Strategy & Innovation, Architecture, Consulting, Transformation, GRC, Strategic Alliances and Information Security.

Prior to joining Westpac, Robert worked with SAP in a Global Banking role, with responsibility for driving strategic transformation within the industry.

Before joining SAP he ran a FinTech start-up backed by Swiss Re & McKinsey, supporting innovation in digital credit management & securitisation, and for 11 years prior with ABN AMRO, holding a number of senior management functions in Asia, the US & Europe.

Robert is also a member of the investment committee of Reinventure and holds Non-Executive Director roles on both QuintessenceLabs & Data Republic Boards.

Educated in Australia, Europe and the US, he holds an Economics & Econometrics degree from University of NSW, with executive study in Europe & the US. Robert is married and has one son.