Senior in-house counsel providing advice and support to Executive and global business for a world-wide leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, listed on the ASX and NASDAQ. Particular focus on finance (debt and equity capital raises; facilities management); ASX and NASDAQ listing rules reporting; contracts for commercial ramp up; people & culture; property management and general corporate/commercial matters.

Board Chair (pro bono) for leading cancer prevention, cancer research and health promotion charity, with a focus on physical and mental health, and community connectedness (~22,000 people trained in endurance events to date; +$34m raised). Led director recruitment for board refresh and CEO recruitment/induction

Strategic oversight of cancer research funding program Stakeholder engagement/partnership management with key cancer researchers and cancer research institutions

Oversight and management of robust CEO recruitment process (170 applicants). Led with importance of values alignment and leadership qualities

Board and management governanceDispute resolution: mediation and facilitationCulture and change managementStakeholder engagementRisk and safety

Elouera: SLS Sydney Branch Club of the Year 2022/3 (including for the culture change, strategic and governance work)Lead facilitator and driver of new strategic plan, with extensive member engagementLead in development and Implementation of governance overhaul Operational responsibility for key income streams and management committees: club building, sub-leases, bar and functions area, gym, and for managing on-site safetyExtensive stakeholder engagementPro bono role

Leading culture change focussed on:- articulation of club vision and values- development and implementation of community & culture strategic plan, focussing on DEI- stakeholder engagement, including with indigenous community

Led CEO recruitment process

Non-executive Director (pro bono) for charity overseeing children's author and illustrator May Gibbs' home and legacy.

Can Too Foundation nominated member of Federal Government Grant Review Committee for Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme 2021

Member of Federal Government Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme 2021 Committee, assessing research grant applications for leading early career cancer researchers (nominated through membership of Can Too Foundation Board Research Investment Committee)

Executive level, diverse legal, governance and operational role (including as Head of Audit, Risk & Compliance, Quality and ESG) for innovative environmental services and mining company.Chair: Management Audit, Risk and HSEC Cttee

Oversight of financial and other auditsCollaboration with board and management on reshaping risk and safety management frameworks, and processes for incident response

Overseeing Corporations Act/ACNC complianceProactive governance enhancement and adviceGeneral company secretarial duties

Key in-house governance and legal leader for large aged care and veterans services providerCo-convenor COVID-19 crisis management team Wide-ranging, proactive, pragmatic governance and commercial legal advice across the businessEstablished streamlined governance and legal processesLed Board governance policy development and Constitution change with directorsPrivacy Officer

(At formerly-ASX 100 listed Australian mining subsidiary, Centennial)Banpu Global Leadership Course (Bangkok & Sydney)Corporate Culture Change LeaderBoard Health, Safety, Environment & Community Committee Secretary & AdviserClimate Change Steering Committee Secretary & AdviserLead legal adviser: governance; compliance; finance, environment/water, safety; ports/rail; significant incidentsSenior manager: project management, process, strategy, risk, budget Initiated significant culture & business realignment for local subsidiary with diversified Asian energy group. Change management project: reinvigorating corporate values, vision/mission, branding, thinking. Generated engagement & support across the business in both Australia & Asia. Proactive management with CEO of highly media-sensitive, critical third-party legal challenge in Court of Appeal / Land & Environment Court, to keep operations open.Led successful Court challenges x 2 to allow award-winning water treatment plant to be built.Minimised regulatory / litigation risk by leading orderly responses to significant incidents & regulatory investigations (eg third party train derailment). Developed legal team manual & processes for incident response. Improved compliance through collaboration with business teams and site staff to develop better management processes to reduce risk of incidents; advocated at senior management level re strategy, resources.Reduced conflict and sought win-win settlements in $multi-million commercial disputes (eg JVs; equipment warranty issues). Careful legal costs management.Project & team management of complex water management projects; third party strategic and commercial negotiation (eg surplus ground water for gold mining operations; R&D emissions destruction project).Led risk/strategy workshop facilitation; orderly commercial negotiations for sale and purchase of key assets (eg mine sites, rollingstock etc)

Non-executive Director for leading, government funded management consultancy to help SMEs connect and grow.Transformed and professionalised board governance & led culture change to help stabilise the organisation and allow delivery on a new growth strategy (income up 63% in Year 1, won substantial NSW Govt tender). Improved relationship between board and management.

Lifecycle business lending management, from negotiation, syndication management (as Agent and Security Trustee), documentation, credit committee applications to account management, in:- Renewables finance (wind, solar, biofuels)- Resources finance (gold, coal)- Property finance (infrastructure lending, aged care, hotels, office space)- Distressed assets group restructurings (incl mining and vineyards), creating certainty for customers, without loss to the bank

Project finance: negotiation and documentation of high-value, complex infrastructure projects; leader of large, multi-disciplinary due diligence teams Including: Alice to Darwin Railway construction (financial institution investment); Australian Magnesium Corporation plant (bank due diligence); PNG gas supply (off taker); offshore syndicated financings

Key note speaker on EU environmental & safety law to oil conference, Bahrain 1997Lead environment/approvals lawyer for power sector financing (gas and wind power) and Millenium Dome construction for UK Govt. Successfully led project co through government moratorium on power station approvals.Environmental and Planning LawProject Finance (energy sector - renewables and gas-fired power stations)Corporate/M&APropertyIncluding: Shoreham power station financing & construction (for project company); gas fired power station construction finance (Saltend & Enfield; for banks); Mynydd Gorddu wind farm (for banks); sale of Harwich port (for seller)

Lead lawyer on highly media sensitive safety prosecution of nuclear power plant operator (for defence); due diligence team leader on privatisation of nuclear power generation industry (for company); construction financing for 4 Airbus A330 aircraft; IP protection for high profile consumer brandsEnvironmental Law Litigation / Dispute ResolutionBankingAircraft FinanceCorporate & CommercialIntellectual Property