Brian Hartzer
Brian Hartzer is a former Australian banker who served as the CEO of Westpac from 2015 until his resignation in 2019. He was at the center of a scandal involving the bank's failure to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, which led to allegations of facilitating transactions related to child exploitation. His leadership came under intense scrutiny following these revelations, and he stepped down just days after the accusations were made public.
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The scandal involved 23 million breaches of anti-money-laundering laws after the bank failed to properly vet thousands of international transactions, including customers who paid for child exploitation in the Philippines and other parts of South-East Asia.
Westpac’s secret fraud probe revealed
Australia· 2025-12-14
Brian Hartzer was the chief executive of Westpac during a scandal involving financial crimes.
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