Nayanisha Samarakoon
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Experience
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Fitted for Work
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Australia
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Director (pro-bono)
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Mar 2021 - Present
Following participation in The Observership Programme in 2020, selected to join the Board and the Governance Committee. Providing oversight and guidance to management to support disadvantaged women gain employment. Following participation in The Observership Programme in 2020, selected to join the Board and the Governance Committee. Providing oversight and guidance to management to support disadvantaged women gain employment.
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Juno
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Australia
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member and Secretary (pro-bono)
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Jun 2020 - Present
Supporting a frontline family violence and homelessness services provider to comply with legal and regulatory requirements under Consumer Affairs Victoria and Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. As Board Secretary, streamlined processes to enhance governance and efficiency. Supporting a frontline family violence and homelessness services provider to comply with legal and regulatory requirements under Consumer Affairs Victoria and Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. As Board Secretary, streamlined processes to enhance governance and efficiency.
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ASIC
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Australia
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Chair, Women in ASIC
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Oct 2019 - Jul 2023
Play a key role in maintaining ASIC's leading status as an organisation with strong gender parity in senior leadership roles.
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Senior Manager
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Apr 2019 - Jul 2023
Leading a team of up to seven lawyers and analysts to regulate and enforce corporate finance law and policy, including advising Treasury on law reform and new policy. Led Australia's contribution to an international effort to address greenwashing of sustainability-related financial products by asset managers. This included a thematic review into the Australian market and resulted in the publication of new industry and investor guidance.
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Senior Lawyer
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Mar 2017 - Apr 2019
Supervised review and escalation of corporate finance transactions. Led implementation of new law on crowd-sourced equity funding.
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Lawyer
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Jan 2011 - Mar 2017
Reviewed corporate finance transactions for compliance with Australian law and policy. Initiated corrective and enforcement actions.
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Graduate Lawyer
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Jan 2010 - Dec 2010
Provided legal services to various teams at ASIC, including Markets Enforcement and Chief Legal Office.
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Australian Takeovers Panel
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Lawyer (secondment)
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Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
Managed applications for disputes in mergers and acquisitions. Managed applications for disputes in mergers and acquisitions.
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Education
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The Australian National University
Master of Laws (LLM), International Law -
The College of Law
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice -
Griffith University
Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Psychological Science, Law