Shemara Wikramanayake

Shemara Wikramanayake
Born1962
England
NationalityAustralian
EducationAscham School
Harvard Business School
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Occupation(s)Managing Director
Non-Executive Director
Years active1987 - present
OrganizationMacquarie Group
Known forFirst female Group CEO of Macquarie Group. (2020)

Shemara Wikramanayake (born 1962) is an Australian businesswoman. She embarked on a career as a lawyer and then as a banker. In 2018, she became the Managing Director and CEO of Macquarie Group Ltd. She has advocated to increase renewable energy production and has also called on the governments to quadruple renewable energy production by 2030 with the intention to minimize the global effects of climate change.[1][2][3]

Wikramanayake received a total of $A23.7 million in compensation in 2022, making her the highest paid CEO in Australia for the second year in a row.[4][5]

  1. ^ Grieve, Charlotte (5 October 2021). "'Reduce bottlenecks': Macquarie boss wants to up the ante on renewables". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Cut red tape to boost green energy, says Macquarie boss". Australian Financial Review. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ "'Normalise as the year progresses': Macquarie CEO Shemara Wikramanayake on Australia's economic recovery". Women's Agenda. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Revealed: Australia's 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2022". Australian Financial Review. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Red-hot Macquarie chases $106trn prize". Australian Financial Review. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.