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Jessica Gleeson

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GM Digital, Data & AI - Businesss & Wealth at Westpac
📍 Greater Sydney Area, Australia

Jessica leads digital, data, and AI for Westpacs Business and Wealth divisions. Her expertise is in driving customer-centric digital transformations, with previous executive roles at NAB, Suncorp Group, and Commonwealth Bank. She holds a Bachelor of Economics from UNSW and serves on its Information Technology Committee.

She is a vocal advocate for social responsibility, publicly calling for the eradication of hateful narratives. Jessica is passionate about fostering talent and building a strong learning culture, having supported initiatives like internal hackathons and enterprise-wide AI upskilling programs to develop colleagues technical and conceptual skills.

In a 2024 panel on AI, she compared making Generative AI easy to use to someone effortlessly passing you on an electric bike while youre struggling up a hill.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
GM Digital, Data & AI - Businesss & Wealth
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Sydney Area, Australia
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Generative AI Adoption
As an executive at NAB and now Westpac, she leads GenAI strategy and has publicly moderated panels on AI readiness and the future of the technology in banking.
AI Upskilling & Culture
She emphasizes the importance of upskilling, highlighting work with Microsoft's AI Academy and internal programs to build a strong learning culture around data and AI.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
GM Digital, Data & AI - Businesss & Wealth
Westpac
10-2023
Advisory Member, UNSW Information Technology Committee
UNSW
7-2023 - 12-2025
Executive, Data Strategy GenAI
NAB
2-2021 - 7-2023
Executive General Manager, Customer & Strategy
Suncorp Group
8-2019 - 2-2021
General Manager Digital Banking
Commonwealth Bank
In the press

Media appearances

Westpac's new division heads get their teams ready for 2026 tussle. Featured in Australian Financial Review (AFR)
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Education
1999 - 2001
B.Economics
UNSW
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