Alexandra Holcomb BA, MBA, MA — Chief Risk Officer at Westpac Banking Corporation

Ms. Alexandra Holcomb, also known as Alex, BA, MBA, MA, has been the Chief Risk Officer of Westpac Banking Corporation since August 1, 2014. Ms. Holcomb serves as General Manager of Global Transactional Services. Her responsibilities include transactional banking and trade sales and services for institutional and corporate customers, as well as managing Westpac's payments, trade products and related infrastructure. Ms. Holcomb joined Westpac in 1996, Prior to joining Westpac She was a senior executive from 1992 to 1996 with Booz Allen & Hamilton International where she specialised in international credit, working throughout the Asia Pacific region. Before that, she worked with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York in private and business banking and international credit audit. She also worked in project finance in Paris and New York for Banque Indosuez and Barclays Bank respectively. She is Deputy Chairman of the Asia Society Australia and serves on the Westpac Foundation Board. She is a member of Chief Executive Women and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has held a number of senior executive positions within Westpac Institutional Bank, as well as in Group Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions. She also leads Westpac's industry payments and trade regulatory agenda, including real time payments and was previously responsible for developing Westpac's Asia strategy. She has an MBA in Finance and Multinational Management from the Wharton School of Business and a Master of Arts in International Studies and French from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a BA in English and Economics from Cornell University.