Sony Foundation is the charity arm of the Sony Group of Companies operating in Australia. I am responsible for the management of this Foundation, leveraging its assets and partners to achieve lasting results. Sony Foundation's aim is to capitalise on the unique qualities of Sony and contribute to the advancement of the Australian community by assisting its youth and fostering their talents. Through its fundraising and activities, Sony Foundation is affirming the global message that drives Sony: believe that anything you can imagine, you can make real.Sony Foundation partners with existing charities as well as initiating a number of unique campaigns, all of which aim to offer solutions to some of the problems young people in Australia face today. These Include severe illness, drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness, disability and displacement.Sony Foundation currently has five major charity partnerships and campaigns:• You Can: A national youth cancer program which aims to establish specialised youth cancer centres around Australia to close the gap in care for 16-25 year olds with cancer. • Children's Holiday Camp Program: Camps for children with special needs hosted at high schools and universities around Australia. These camps provide much-needed respite for their families, a holiday of a lifetime for the children and a life-changing experience for their teenage carers• Salvation Army: Long-term support for flood-affected communities in Ipswich, through the establishment of Goodna's 'Soundpoint' youth centre• Youth Off The Streets: Braking the cycle of youth homeless, disadvantage and abuse through the funding of youth rehabilitation and development programs• Operation: Acoustic: Bringing the healing power of music to the bedsides of hospital patients

Experience in Practice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions and Commercial Litigation

I worked in the Criminal Justice Division at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna before being posted to Sudan. In Sudan I worked as an International Consultant at a UN Prison Reform Project, where I had the responsibility of implementing a criminal justice project.

Assistant to UN Special Rapporteur for Torture - Dr Manfred NowakInvestigation of torture allegations and reporting of findings to Human Rights Commission