David McLean gets top job at Westpac NZ

David McLean gets top job at Westpac NZ
By Paul McBeth Feb. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Westpac Banking Corp has appointed David McLean as chief executive of its New Zealand unit, a position he has held in an acting capacity since August last year. McLean stepped in to fill the gap left by Westpac New Zealand head Peter Clare, who resigned last year to recover from heart surgery. McLean had been heading up the Americas division of Westpac Institutional Bank before taking on the acting role, and has previously been in charge of Westpac's New Zealand institutional banking division. "It...