Gail Kelly

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gail Kelly
Date Of Birth	Apr 25, 1956(1956-04-25)
Age	68
Birthplace	Pretoria
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Aries

Gail Kelly Biography

Gail Kelly is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on April 25, 1956 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Kelly started her career in the role of General Manager for Strategic Marketing in the Commonwealth Bank in October 1997. In 2002 she had become the in charge of the Customer Service Division responsible for managing the Commonwealth Bank’s extensive branch network.

Due to her success at St George, there was extensive media speculation in June 2005 that she would return to the Commonwealth Bank as CEO on the retirement of David Murray AO, but Kelly said that she was committed to remaining with St. George. Murray was replaced by Ralph Norris, the former CEO and managing director of Air New Zealand.

On Friday 17 August 2007, she announced her resignation as CEO of St. George Bank to take up the same position in Westpac from 2008. She started work as Westpac CEO on 1 February 2008.

The Kellys had begun to lose faith in South Africa in the middle of the 1990s and planning to relocate to a different nation. In June 1997 she traveled to Sydney where she conducted interviews with four major banks. She was appointed to a position of seniority in the Commonwealth Bank in July 1997.

Kelly began working at the Nedcor Bank in 1980 as an teller. She was then re- routed into an accelerated program of training. She began an MBA in 1986, while she was pregnant with her daughter. She graduated with distinction in 1987. Then, in 1990 she was the HR director for Nedcor (after having had triplets born just five months prior). From the beginning of 1992 to 1997 she was in various general manager posts at Nedcor as well as personal banking and cards.

Her performance at the Commonwealth Bank led her to be recruited as CEO of St. George Bank (after the death of the incumbent CEO from a heart attack). She commenced in January 2002 – at the time, St. George was seen as a possible takeover target (especially after the purchase of Colonial State Bank by the Commonwealth Bank) but Kelly increased the bank’s profitability and achieved much higher levels on return on assets. In November 2004, St. George Bank gave Kelly a pay rise and extended her contract indefinitely with the capitalisation of the bank having risen by $3 billion since the start of her term as CEO. The Australian Banking & Finance magazine gave her an award for Best Financial Services Executive in 2003 and 2004.

As of December 11, 2023, Gail has a net worth approximately $5 Million.

Gail Kelly Net Worth

Gail is one of the richest Entrepreneur from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gail Kelly 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Gail Currer was born in Pretoria, South Africa. Currer went to an institution called the University of Cape Town where she completed an arts degree in history and Latin and an Diploma of Education. She was married to Allan Kelly in December 1977.

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Who is Gail Kelly Dating?

According to our records, Gail Kelly married to Allan Kelly. As of January 13, 2024, Gail Kelly’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Gail Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Gail Kelly celebrates birthday on April 25 of every year.

Where is Gail Kelly now?

Gail is currently engaged in various roles globally as well as in Australia , including as a: Senior Global Advisor to UBS. Director of Singapore Telecommunications. Director of the Bretton Woods Committee.

What did Gail Kelly do?

The first female CEO of one of Australia’s big four banks , listed by Forbes in 2010 as the 8th most powerful woman in the world, and mother of four (including triplets), Gail is celebrated as one of our finest, most innovative thinkers on leadership and workplace culture.

Who owns Westpac in South Africa?

Gail Kelly
Born| 25 April 1956 Pretoria, South Africa
Spouse| Allan Kelly
Children| Sharon, Sean, Mark and Anne Kelly

What does Westpac stand for?

It was agreed a new name would be created: Westpac Banking Corporation, Westpac being a contraction of ‘ Western Pacific ‘.

How old is Gail Kelly?

66 years (April 25, 1956)