Nell was appointed Chief Executive, Westpac Institutional Bank in October 2023. The Institutional Bank provides a range of banking services to Corporate, Institutional and Public Sector customers with connections to Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and US markets.

Nell first joined Westpac in February 2021 as Managing Director, Financial Markets, after 21 years at Goldman Sachs in London and Australia, most recently as Head of the Global Markets division in Australia and New Zealand.

She holds a Master of Philosophy in Finance and Economics from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney.

Nell is Deputy Chair of the Australian Financial Markets Association, and a member of the AICD and Chief Executive Women.