Dr. Luci Ellis

Chief Economist, Westpac

Luci Ellis is Chief Economist for the Westpac Banking Group. She was previously Assistant Governor (Economic) at the Reserve Bank of Australia from December 2016 until October 2023. Prior to that, Luci was Head of Financial Stability Department at the RBA for eight years, spent two years on secondment at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, and held several other senior positions at the RBA over a three‐decade career in central banking. Luci has been a member of the Australian Statistics Advisory Council, the statutory advisory body to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since November 2015.

Luci holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales, a Masters in Economics degree from the Australian National University and a first‐class Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Melbourne.