Shemara Wikramanayake
Shemara Wikramanayake (born 1962) is an Australian businesswoman. In 2018, she became the Managing Director and CEO of Macquarie Group Ltd.
Career
Wikramanayake worked as a corporate lawyer at Blake Dawson Waldron before joining Macquarie Group Ltd in 1987.[1]
In December 2018, she replaced Nicholas Moore as Managing Director/CEO of Macquarie Group. Prior to this, Wikramanayake was the group head of Macquarie Asset Management.[2]
She is the only female CEO among Australia's 20 biggest companies by market value[2] and the first Asian-Australian woman to head an ASX 200 listed company.[3]
Personal life
She was born in England, where her Sri Lankan father was a doctor.[4] She attended a state school in London before the family moved to Australia, where she went to Ascham School.[1]
She studied commerce and law at the University of New South Wales.[1] and would later complete the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Flood, Chris (4 December 2017). "Shemara Wikramanayake has 'never sold a Macquarie share in 30 years'". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ a b Steffens, Miriam (26 July 2018). "Nicholas Moore to retire as Macquarie CEO as Wikramanayake steps up". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Blakkarly, Jarni (26 July 2018). "Shemara Wikramanayake: Who is the Macquarie Group's first female CEO?". SBS News. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "British-born Sri Lankan-Australian Wikramanayake appointed CEO, Macquarie Group". TSL - The Times of Sri Lanka (Published in Canada) - All Rights Reserved (Editor: Upali Obeyesekere). Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ https://www.law.unsw.edu.au/shemara-wikramanayake
- 1962 births
- Australian women chief executives
- 21st-century Australian businesspeople
- Living people
- Australian people of Sri Lankan descent
- University of New South Wales Law School alumni
- Australian women lawyers
- English emigrants to Australia
- People educated at Ascham School
- 20th-century Australian businesspeople
- 20th-century businesswomen
- 21st-century businesswomen
- Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program attendees