[ { "role": "Secondment Lawyer (Contract)", "company": "Various", "endYear": "", "endMonth": "", "location": "Remote/Brisbane", "startYear": "2023", "startMonth": "3", "currentRole": true, "description": "Providing strategic legal advice, governance, risk, insurance, ICT, competition, procurement, M&A, corporate law, regulatory compliance, IP, privacy, and dispute resolution, I help ASX-listed companies, private enterprises, and government entities move forward with confidence." }, { "role": "A/Senior Legal Counsel (Contract)", "company": "Fletcher Building Australia", "endYear": "2023", "endMonth": "1", "location": "Brisbane", "startYear": "2022", "startMonth": "10", "currentRole": true, "description": "I stepped in seamlessly to provide critical interim support for two outgoing Senior Legal Counsel roles, serving both the Iplex and Laminex businesses. \n\nPartnering closely with senior leadership and key decision-makers, I delivered clear, actionable legal guidance across a wide spectrum of commercial matters—from procurement, marketing, and licensing, to privacy, freight, and product innovation.\n\nMy ability to quickly integrate, build trust, and support strategic and day-to-day operations across complex legal issues demonstrates the value I bring in stabilizing and strengthening business functions through transition and growth." }, { "role": "A/Legal Counsel (Sole Lawyer/Mat Leave Cover)", "company": "Round Oak Minerals", "endYear": "2022", "endMonth": " 7", "location": "Brisbane", "startYear": "2022", "startMonth": "3", "currentRole": true, "description": "As the sole Legal Counsel and a key member of Round Oak’s Leadership Team, I didn’t just advise—I helped drive the business forward. My role was pivotal in navigating commercial and regulatory complexities, including contracts, disputes, privacy, and mergers & acquisitions. I worked directly with regulators, ensured sale pre-conditions were met, and provided strategic input on emerging issues until the business was successfully sold.\n\nBringing not only deep legal expertise but also hands-on operational and leadership experience to this role demonstrates my adaptability and ability to help your business grow with confidence and clarity, no matter the industry." }, { "role": "A/Senior Principal Lawyer (Contract)", "company": "Queensland Health", "endYear": "2022", "endMonth": "2", "location": "Brisbane", "startYear": "2020", "startMonth": "2", "currentRole": true, "description": "In a high-stakes environment, I proactively identifying legal, operational, and reputational risks while delivering clear strategies to mitigate them. \n\nDuring the pandemic, I led and mentored a large team of in-house and secondee lawyers, fostering a collaborative and resilient culture both on-site and remotely. I developed and implemented agile, client-focused strategies that ensured continuity, compliance, and quality of service through uncertainty.\n\nMy leadership combined legal precision with empathetic team development and demonstrated ability to deal with crisis demonstrate the value I bring to businesses navigating complexity and change." }, { "role": "A/Senior Lawyer (Contract)", "company": "Lexvoco/LOD", "endYear": "2020", "endMonth": "2", "location": "Brisbane", "startYear": "2017", "startMonth": " 7", "currentRole": true, "description": "Delivering high-impact legal leadership across diverse and high-profile sectors through various secondments. Queensland Health and Children’s Health Queensland, I provided expert legal guidance on health law, research, ICT, procurement, and complex contracts—supporting both one-off matters and major projects.\n\nAt the National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland, I assisted with its Greenfield setup, advising the Acting General Counsel, Senior Leadership, and Board. I also stepped into the Acting General Counsel role during absences—ensuring seamless leadership and legal oversight.\n\nWhilst acting as the Secretariat (equiv to CoSec) for GLNG Joint Venture, I managed governance, facilitated committee and board processes, and strengthened and repaired the international partner relationships.\n\nThese roles demonstrate my versatility and adaptability to provide fit for purpose advice, trusted leadership, and the ability to guide organisations through change with clarity and precision.\n" }, { "role": "A/Legal Counsel (Mat Leave Cover)", "company": "Firstmac", "endYear": "2017", "endMonth": "1", "location": "Brisbane", "startYear": "2016", "startMonth": "3", "currentRole": true, "description": "Leveraging my expertise in financial services law, advising on residential and equipment finance matters including lending, debt recovery, litigation, third-party sales, customer disputes, privacy, marketing, and regulatory compliance. My advice ensured clarity, risk mitigation, and commercial alignment in a highly regulated environment.\n\nBeyond legal counsel, I took initiative to elevate team performance—mentoring paralegals to boost their technical and soft skills, driving process improvements across the business including halving the arrears recovery time. \nCollaborating with cross-functional managers, I updated policies, streamlined procedures, and helped foster a culture of continuous improvement.\n\nThis role demonstrates my core value proposition an ability to leverage my sharp legal and business acumen and people-first leadership to deliver results." }, { "role": "Manager, Legal (Contract)", "company": "Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation", "endYear": "2015", "endMonth": "8", "location": "Gold Coast", "startYear": "2013", "startMonth": "5", "currentRole": true, "description": "Successfully established and led a brand-new legal function from the ground up—delivering comprehensive legal advice across all business areas, implementing risk management frameworks, and embedding effective control processes. My role also involved reviewing and optimizing the company’s insurance program to ensure alignment with operational needs and exposures.\n\nAdditionally, I developed and launched a brand monitoring and enforcement process that safeguarded intellectual property and reinforced market presence.\n\nDemonstrating my ability to work with Greenfield organisations in emerging environments. " }, { "role": "Programmer, Analyst Programmer, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Consultant", "company": "Various", "endYear": "2004", "endMonth": "1", "location": "Brisbane, New Jersey, Canada", "startYear": "1997", "startMonth": "9", "currentRole": true, "description": "Obtain a successful track record for identifying and delivering end-to-end business and IT solutions across diverse sectors including insurance, financial services, electricity, gas, public health, retail, telecommunications, transport (road and rail), direct marketing, and education.\n\nMy roles involved leading initiatives in process redesign and improvement, strategic and operational planning, systems implementation, needs and cost/benefit analysis, tender evaluation, change and project management, facilitation, documentation, training, quality assurance, writing specifications, coding and testing. \n\nAlways working collaboratively across departments to streamline operations, improve service delivery, and embed sustainable improvements that support long-term business goals.\n\nMy goal in these roles was not to just solve problems—I help design smarter, scalable pathways for growth." } ]