Founder Profile
Lachlan Macquarie
Last reviewed: December 2024 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Lachlan Macquarie?
Lachlan Macquarie is a founder of Westpac, which was founded in 1817 with John Thomas Campbell and Edward Smith Hall.
- Company founded
- Westpac
- Founded
- 1817
- Co-founders
- John Thomas Campbell and Edward Smith Hall
Founding Story
Major-General Lachlan Macquarie served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. Visionary architect of Australia's transition from a penal colony to a free settlement, Macquarie chartered the Bank of New South Wales in 1817 to establish the colony's first stable monetary and commercial system.
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