Currer attended the University of Cape Town[1] where she undertook an arts degree, majoring in history and Latin, as well as a Diploma in Education.
[2][3] The couple moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she taught Latin at Falcon College while he served in the Rhodesian Army.
By 2002, she was head of the Customer Service Division responsible for running the Commonwealth Bank's extensive branch network.
[7] The merger resulted in the new combined Westpac Group having 10 million customers, a 25% share of the Australian home loans market and with $108 billion investment funds under its administration.
[6] In October 2010, Kelly announced a target to have women occupy 40% of the top 4000 managerial positions at Westpac, a task reported by The Australian newspaper to have been almost achieved by March 2012.
Brian Hartzer, the head of Westpac's Australian financial services group, was appointed as her replacement.
[9] In August 2017, Kelly's memoir, Live Lead Learn: My Stories of Life and Leadership was published by Viking.