Sir William Walter Pettingell CBE (4 September 1914 – 27 January 1987) was an Australian businessman notable for his services to government and finance.
In 1936 he joined the Australian Gas Light Company as a research chemist, retiring 38 years later as managing director.
[1] From 1965 to 1967 he was a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia Board[2] and a Fellow of the Senate of the University of Sydney.
[3] From 1967 to 1969 he was one of the three Commissioners of Sydney appointed by the Premier of New South Wales Robert Askin after the Labor council was sacked in 1967.
He was married to Lady Thora Pettingell and lived for many years in Castlecrag on Sydney's lower north shore.