Category: Good Pair

GOOD PAIR: Under the hood(ie)

13/4/2022

When Nick Pearce and Rob Gillies met at a school camp around 16 years ago, they never imagined they’d create a street wear brand that would help young people out of homelessness.

First published on Westpac Wire.

Dr Rob Gillies (left) and Nick Pearce. (Image supplied)

GOOD PAIR: Co-founding a family…and a social enterprise

15/6/2021

Couple Daniel (left) and Loretta Bolotin, co-founders of social enterprise Free to Feed, with their two children. (Supplied)

SOCIAL, GOODPAIR

After meeting randomly in Kenya, Australian couple Loretta and Daniel Bolotin have co-juggled the mammoth tasks of starting a family while realising their dream to create a food-sharing social enterprise.

First published on Westpac Wire.

GOOD PAIR: From colleagues to conspirators

8/3/2021

GOOD PAIR, DIVERSITY

Ann Sherry (left) and Christine Parker (Image: Emma Foster)

A close collegial bond formed in New Zealand almost 15 years ago and interweaving interests since has built the strong connection between Ann Sherry AO and Christine Parker. This is their story.

First published in Westpac Wire.

The advocate and her champion

27/5/2020

INDIGENOUS, GOOD PAIR

Yashmin Zeini and Dixie Link Gordon (Photo: Emma Foster)

Since meeting 10 years ago, Westpac’s Yashmin Zeini’s connection with First Nations women’s advocate Dixie Link-Gordon has deepened through a shared determination to eliminate sexual assault and family violence.

First published in Westpac Wire

Beyond the lab

11/2/2019

DIVERSITY, GOOD PAIR

Associate professor Maryanne Large (left) and Dr Shelly Wickham. (Image: Emma Foster)

Dr Shelley Wickham, a nanorobotics expert and lecturer of physics and chemistry at University of Sydney, was a 16-year-old undergraduate when she met physicist and innovation specialist Associate Professor Maryanne Large 19 years ago.

First published in Westpac Wire.

One in a million match

17/12/2018

GOOD PAIR

When Westpac employee Geraldine Wilson met her husband Neil, a former postie who now works in aged care, she knew they were a good match. But she couldn’t have guessed they were so compatible she would be able to give him her kidney.

First published in Westpac Wire.

Geraldine Wilson (left) and her husband Neil. (Image: Emma Foster)

GOOD PAIR: The deaf CEO and her student

28/6/2018

GOOD PAIR, DIVERSITY

Leonie Jackson, chief executive of the Deaf Society, met Westpac’s Marilyn Challita when she was two years old and her family was still going through the process of accepting her deafness.

First published on Westpac Wire.

The visionary and the stalwart

21/5/2018

GOOD PAIR, INDIGENOUS, SOCIAL

Noel Pearson (left) and Vit Koci. (Image: Emma Foster)

Since Cape York leader Noel Pearson met Westpac’s Vit Koci in 2001, an experimental idea to send corporate employees into remote Indigenous communities has flourished into Jawun, a national program delivering transformational results.

First published in Westpac Wire.

GOOD PAIR: From mentor to mate

14/2/2018

GOOD PAIR, INDIGENOUS

Chris Brell (left), state general manager in Westpac’s business bank, met law student Jack Day (right) when Jack interned at the bank through the CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship program. (Emma Foster)

When law student, Jack Day, met his internship manager, career banker Chris Brell, three years ago, neither envisaged the unlikely friendship that would grow.

First published in Westpac Wire.

The 14-year old banker and her boss

6/10/2017

GOOD PAIR, INDIGENOUS

Tegan Burke (left) and John Veal. (Image: supplied)

Tegan Burke became Westpac’s youngest ever personal banker after starting her career four years ago as a 14 year old through the bank’s Indigenous school-based trainee program. Her first bank manager, John Veal, is her mentor and biggest fan.

First published in Westpac Wire.

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