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Kate Aitken

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Kate Aitken

General Manager, Human Resources , Westpac Institutional Bank

Board Member , Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Board Member , Pride in Diversity Advisory Board

Current Positions

General Manager, Human Resources , Westpac Institutional Bank

Board Member , Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Board Member , Pride in Diversity Advisory Board

Previous Positions

Managing Director, Asia Regional Co-Head Human Capital Management, Goldman Sachs

Managing Director, Head of Human Capital Management, Australia and New Zealand, Goldman Sachs

Managing Director, Chief of Staff, Australia and New Zealand, Goldman Sachs

Executive Committee Member , Australian Rugby Foundation

Kate is currently General Manager, Human Resources at Westpac's Institutional Bank. Prior to this, she worked at Goldman Sachs for 17 years, joining in London from National Australia Bank.

At Goldman Sachs, Kate was the Head of Campus Recruitment, Europe until mid 2002 when she returned to Australia to take up the head of HCM for Goldman Sachs in Australia. Then she moved to Macquarie Bank as Head of Human Resources, Risk Management Division before returning to Goldman Sachs JBWere in 2007.

During that time, Goldman Sachs went through a number of significant organisational changes; divesting JBW to NAB and then a change to full ownership to Goldman Sachs in 2011, projects in which she played a significant part.

Kate was actively involved in the Male Champions of Change as an Implementation Leader to then Goldman Sachs CEO, Simon Rothery.