Key Speakers

William H. Evans
Global Head of Economics,Westpac

William (Bill) Evans is a graduate of Sydney University (BEc. Hons I and University Medal) and the London School of Economics (M.Sc.). He has worked as a Research Manager for the Reserve Bank of Australia, Treasurer at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and prior to joining Westpac in 1991, was Director and Head of Financial Markets at Schroders Australia Limited for 8 years.

Bill joined Westpac in 1991 in the position of Chief Economist and Head of Research. During his time at Westpac he has also spent 2 years in New Zealand as Head of the Institutional Bank with responsibility for Westpac's corporate and financial markets businesses.

He is currently, Global Head of Economics. He is the Bank’s economic spokesman and is responsible for all the Bank’s economic research, in addition to advising the Board on economic issues. Westpac has extensive distribution businesses in Europe, US, Japan and throughout Asia. Bill travels extensively advising those clients on the Australian economy and has developed important contacts in these centres.