Gail Kelly is one of them, and she is the chief executive of Westpac. She was previously the CEO of St George, a far smaller bank in Australia. When she arrived at Westpac she promptly bid for St George, a deal that shareholders will vote on this month. That's decisive action for you. One of Kelly's strengths is that a long time ago, in her native South Africa, she taught Latin. Remember my colleague Gillian Tett mentioning that the word credit was derived from the Latin for "I trust"? Latin teaching is a great background for a banker.
蓋爾?凱利(Gail Kelly)是其中之一。她是西太平洋銀行(Westpac)的首席執(zhí)行官，原來是規(guī)模小得多的澳大利亞圣喬治銀行(St George)的首席執(zhí)行官。到西太平洋銀行就職后，她立即對圣喬治發(fā)起了收購——股東們將在本月就此交易進行投票。這是一項果斷的行動。凱利的一個優(yōu)勢在于，很早以前，她曾在自己的祖國南非教授拉丁語。記得我的同事吉蓮?邰蒂(Gillian Tett)曾經(jīng)提過，信貸(credit)這個詞是從拉丁語衍生出來的，意思是“我信任”？對銀行家來說，教拉丁語是一個很棒的背景。