Robert L. Joss

[1][2][3][4] In 1993 he left Wells Fargo to accept the position of chief executive officer and managing director of Westpac, one of Australia's largest banks.

[1][2][3][4] During six years with Westpac in Sydney, he helped modernize and streamline operations and refocus the bank's business culture to emphasize teamwork, open lines of communication, customer focus and community support.

[1] He returned to the United States in 1999 to become Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford, where he remained until 2009.

[1][2][3] He formerly served on the boards of Westpac, Wells Fargo, Agilent Technologies, Inc., BEA Systems, E.piphany, Inc., Makena Capital and Shanghai Commercial Bank, Ltd. of Hong Kong and SRI International.

[4] On 26 January 2016, Joss was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for eminent service to business and finance through executive roles with major banking institutions, and as a contributor to taxation policy and reform, to education as an academic and administrator, to professional organisations, and to the community.