Vanessa Martello

Vanessa Martello currently serves as the Head of HR for Business Lending and Chief Operating Officer for Business & Wealth at Westpac, a position held since April 2020. Previous roles at Westpac include Head of HR for Customer Solutions and Financial Crime & Fraud Prevention, as well as Sub Chapter Lead for Enterprise & Divisional Response in HR. Prior to Westpac, Vanessa held various senior human resources roles at Commonwealth Bank from July 2009 to January 2020, including Executive Manager of Human Resources and Senior Manager of Diversity & Inclusion. Additional experience includes positions at PwC, Datamonitor, Herbert Smith Freehills, Eli Lilly and Company, and Macquarie Group, starting from an HR Assistant in 2004 and advancing to Human Capital Manager.