Sir Bede Bertrand Callaghan CBE (16 March 1912 – 19 September 1993) was an Australian banker and university administrator.
He was managing director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia from 1965 to 1976 and chancellor of the University of Newcastle from 1977 to 1988.
[1] In 1927, aged 15, Callaghan began working at a Newcastle branch of the Commonwealth Bank.
In May 1965, he succeeded Ernest Biggs Richardson as managing director of the Commonwealth Banking Corporation, a position he held until 1976.
[1] In 1966, Callaghan was appointed to the inaugural council of the University of Newcastle, located in his home town.