Dirk McLiesh

Dirk McLiesh was appointed Westpac New Zealand’s Chief Risk Officer in August 2022.

Dirk has over 25 years’ experience in the banking industry and has held senior risk roles in some of the major banks and financial services organisations in Australia, New Zealand, and in the US, including in Westpac Group in Sydney.

Dirk holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne, a Masters in Finance and Strategy from INSEAD, and a Machine Learning Engineer ‘Nanodegree’ from Udacity.