Nicholas Whitlam

Nicholas Whitlam is a company director and former banker. A graduate in history from Harvard, "Paris 1924" is his fourth book.

He worked for major international banks in New York, London, Sydney and Hong Kong before returning permanently to Australia. Whitlam became CEO of an Australian commercial bank, established a private investment bank, is a former chairman of the country's largest insurance company and has served as a director of many companies in both the public and private sectors.

Nicholas Whitlam lives in Sydney with his wife of nearly fifty years, the redoubtable Sandra Judith Whitlam. They have three adult children and three grandchildren.