| Westpac Banking Corporation is one of the top ten publicly listed companies on the Australian stock exchange. According to its website, it began trading as the Bank of New South Wales in 1817, and now has branches throughout the Pacific region, as well as offices in ‘key financial centres around the world.’ Westpac employs approximately 27,000 people, and as of 30 September 2006, had global assets worth $300 million. |
