Gail Kelly is a South African-born Australian businesswoman, once the first female CEO of a major Australian bank and he highest paid woman in an Australian corporation. Ranked the 32nd most powerful woman in the world (Forbes, 2011).
Career
In 2002 Gail Kelly became the first female CEO of a major Australian bank or top 15 company and, as of 2005, was the highest paid woman in an Australian corporation. In 2008 she assumed the position of chief executive officer (CEO) at Westpac, one of Australia's big four banks.
Views
Quotations:
“You need to do what you love and love what you do”.
“Key to one’s success is loving what you do, being very happy in what you do, enjoying working with and through people and prioritising and being pretty focused on what matters”.