What lit the finance spark for Westpac's new treasurer?

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Westpac's newly appointed treasurer Joanne Dawson was 18 and working as a junior at Bankers Trust when the bonds market crisis hit in 1994 - she hasn't looked back since | CharlotteGriev1

Westpac's newly appointed group treasurer was 18-years-old when she landed a job at Bankers Trust Australia during the bonds market crisis of 1994 that wreaked havoc through global financial markets.

saying the bank's balance sheet was "well-positioned" to absorb the impact of COVID-19. All of the major banks have had to set aside capital to absorb bad debts as the country faces the sharpest economic shock since the 1930s. Last year, she was one of 69 people selected to study a Masters degree in leadership at the London Business School. Without much fanfare, she and her husband packed up their four kids – three girls and one boy aged four to 10 – and moved across the globe.

"One of the things you do learn at business school is that you need to have lots of different lenses and perspectives on things and obviously that’s critical so that you don’t head down one path without seeing what the risks and the challenges might be." "This week, she sent me an email saying congrats on the new role," Dawson says. "The thing she’s always said is you shouldn’t feel limited. That’s the biggest thing. You can do whatever you want, really. You shouldn’t set yourself limitations."

 

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CharlotteGriev1 Yeah I think their will be another Bond crisis also

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