Shemara Wikramanayake, is the highest paid female CEO in Australia, this was according to the latest CEO pay survey of the Australian Financial Review. With an estimated earning of over AUD 18 million (Sh1.2 billion) per year; bout Sh100 million a-month.
Wikramanayake, now 57 years old, is the Managing Director/CEO of Macquarie Group Ltd after replacing Nicholas Moore on 1 December 2018. Also marking the bank’s first female CEO.