Experience

Phocas Software

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• General Counsel and Company Secretary

  • Jul 2021 - Present



PwC Australia

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director (Legal)

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2020



Various

• Freelance General Counsel/ Senior Legal Counsel

  • Aug 2015 - Jan 2020

  Working as a freelance corporate counsel assisting a range of large corporates and SMEs including undertaking the following long-term engagements: - General Counsel, Australian Money Channel Pty Ltd - Senior Contracts Advisor, Weir Minerals Australia Ltd - Senior Legal Counsel, Digital Alchemy (Australia) Pty Ltd - Senior Legal Counsel, Nine Digital (formerly ninemsn Pty Ltd) - Acting General Counsel, Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd Working as a freelance corporate counsel assisting a range of large corporates and SMEs including undertaking the following long-term engagements: - General Counsel, Australian Money Channel Pty Ltd - Senior Contracts Advisor, Weir Minerals Australia Ltd - Senior Legal Counsel, Digital Alchemy (Australia) Pty Ltd - Senior Legal Counsel, Nine Digital (formerly ninemsn Pty Ltd) - Acting General Counsel, Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd



Novotech

• Australia
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Counsel (contract)

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Set up the legal function and worked as sole counsel covering Asia Pacific and South Africa. Key deliveries during this time were: - I assessed key areas of risk facing the business and presented (and commenced implementing) a plan to Management to implement best practice standards so as to manage and mitigate these risks. - I provided pro-active commercial legal and strategic advice to all areas of the business across all offices in Australia and Asia. - I drafted, reviewed and negotiated time sensitive contracts with customer legal teams in the US, Asia and Australia. - I worked with the CFO, CEO and HR to recruit a full time General Counsel as I was due to go on maternity leave.



NEHTA

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Counsel (contract)

  • Nov 2013 - Jan 2014



Strategy&

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant General Counsel Asia Pacific

  • Oct 2010 - Oct 2013



PBL Media

• Corporate Counsel

  • Apr 2007 - Sep 2010



Baker McKenzie

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate - Corporate and Securities Group

  • Jan 2006 - Apr 2007



Arnold Bloch Leibler

• Australia
• Law Practice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Lawyer

  • 2002 - 2006