She worked for the Bank of New South Wales (since 1982 the Westpac Banking Corporation) from 1958-64.
Before becoming a writer, Roeder worked as a corporate executive, and held senior roles at UBS Banking Group, Zurich Insurance Group and Westpac and lived in London, New York, Sydney and Zurich.
Brumark Investments Ltd gave security over debts to its bank, Westpac.
As a corporate and securities law specialist he was involved in several important and complex Australian corporate cases: the 1995 Westpac Challenge Bank merger, the NRMA insurance demutualisation, Comalco's takeover of Rio Tinto and the Australian Stock Exchange demutualisation and self-listing which was a world first.
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She rose through the corporate hierarchy of the bank to become the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Melbourne (a subsidiary of Westpac) from 2000 to 2002.
It includes a Woolworths, bank branches (Westpac ,ANZ and Commonwealth Bank), a news agency, dentist, tax agent, Halal butcher and several other specialty shops.
He became heavily involved in business and finance, becoming managing director for Dalgety & Co. in 1901; chairman of directors of Millars Karri and Jarrah Co.; chairman of Bovril Australian Estates; director of the Bank of New South Wales; director of Commercial Union Insurance; and director of the WA Bank.
This includes west Hamilton offices of many major banks, such as Bank of New Zealand, ANZ and Westpac, as well as a branch of New Zealand Post and Kiwibank.
In 1982 the Bank of New South Wales changed its name to the Westpac Banking Corporation, in 1996 the building was occupied by Challenge Bank and from 2000 the Bendigo Bank.