Home / BusinessLiam DannBusiness Editor at Large·NZ Herald·11 Jan, 2026 07:00 PM3 mins to readLiam Dann chats to the woman in the top job at Westpac NZ since 2021.This was one of the NZ Herald’s top stories of 2025.Westpac chief executive Catherine McGrath grew up in Bay of Plenty in the 1980s.While she wasn’t poor, there wasn’t a lot of spare money.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
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