Managing Director - D2 Legal Technology
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Financial services lawyer specialising in legal data consulting and technology. IWFA Governance Director and Secretary
I am a financial services lawyer with over 20 years' experience having worked in investment banks in Tokyo, London, Hong Kong and Sydney. Since returning to Sydney I joined IWFA where I am the Governance Director and Company Secretary. I am also on the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Council, and involved with the disability charity Youngcare.
legal data, financial services, technology, blockchain, smart contracts governance and boards music and the arts climbing mountains
I started my career at Sydney law firm Clayton Utz, then moved to Tokyo where I worked for Merrill Lynch for 2 years. The next chapter took me to London and an in-house legal role at Goldman Sachs where I was an Executive Director and Senior Counsel, before returning to Sydney in 2014. Since then I have joined the boutique legal data consulting firm, D2 Legal Technology, as head of the business for Asia Pacific.
After qualifying as a lawyer in the 90s, I went adventuring to Japan where I taught English in Nagano Prefecture and improved my skiing. I ended up moving down from the mountains and into Tokyo where I got a job as a lawyer for Merrill Lynch, where I stayed for a couple of years enjoying all that Tokyo had to offer. I then moved to London (back to my English roots) where I spent the next 15 years, working hard, having 3 children, and travelling as much as possible. My highlights were things like seeing the Donizetti Opera "Elisir d'Amour" in the Vienna State Opera House, and singing myself as part of the London Concert Choir in places like the Royal Albert Hall and St Martins. For several years I composed choral pieces for the choir, and we sang these over several Christmas concerts. After returning to Australia a number of years ago, a tricky move given that I had been away for twenty years, I re-established myself into the legal community by running an initiative supporting women in l
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt
Director
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Vice President Warner Bros ANZ
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Chief Medical Information Officer - Royal Melbourne Hospital
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I am an anaesthetist and a digital health specialist. I am passionate about improving health care through digital health initiatives
Digital health, anaesthesia research, medical governance, malignant hyperthermia,
Entrepreneur
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Rochelle Courtenay, nicknamed ‘The Pad Lady’, is a woman on a mission to end period poverty, and break the silence and stigma that surrounds women and periods in Australia and globally. She’s the Founder and Managing Director of Share the Dignity, a charity she started single-handedly in 2015 when she discovered that women in Australia had no access to period products during their menstrual cycle. Share the Dignity started from a simple, grassroots idea of wanting to improve the lives of disadvantaged women, and Rochelle forged ahead on the belief that one person could indeed make a difference. Along the way, her dedication inspired others to join in. Today, she leads a team of over 5500 volunteers determined to bring a ray of hope and light into the lives of homeless women and those fleeing from abuse and domestic violence. Share the Dignity has donated over 2.8 million period products (over 37 million dollars’ worth) through multiple initiatives across Australia.</
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Non-Executive Director & Law School Fellow
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Rose Bryant-Smith is co-founder of workplace advisory firm Worklogic, a professional company director, published author and Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School.
February 2021: half-way through my life (if I live to 90) and half-way through my career (if I work until I'm 65)! My current state is 'pause and reflect' while on sabbatical. After 20 years as a lawyer, company director and business owner, this freedom is unsettling but the reflection it allows is precious.
Starting, leading, managing and exiting a professional services / consulting business Writing business books, self-publishing and working with international publishers Handling complex and dysfunctional people and situations in the workplace and the Boardroom
Rose Bryant-Smith is currently on sabbatical (Jan-June 2021), after a successful exit from the consulting firm she co-founded in 2007. While considering her next career move, Rose continues as an independent Board Director, Senior Fellow of Melbourne Law School, and speaker for executive teams and boards. She teaches the Masters subject 'Conducting Workplace Investigations' as a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School, and is also a visiting presenter to the Melbourne Business School EMBA and MBA programs, the Australian National University Law School, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. As a professional Board member, Rose is currently Director of the early parenting centre Queen Elizabeth Centre. She is the former President of YWCA Victoria, Chairperson of Social Housing Victoria, Chair of the Risk Committee of Homeward Bound, and Director of Australian Home Care Services, Impetus Progressive Primary Health, Inner North West Melbourne Medicare Local and Multiple Sclerosis Ser
Rose has a particular interest in visual arts and interiors, and studied oil painting at the National Academy School of Art in New York in 2016. She loves walking and completed 100km for the Oxfam Trailwalker in 2006. 2020 lockdown caused a re-assessment of what travel means and how to replace its lessons. Rose is keen to return to India, where she spent 7 weeks in 2008 researching work and individual identity. She adores husband Jeff (1st time lucky on the husband front) and their 9-year-old Mia.
Many famous quotes express more wisdom that I can! One that I like is “You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”, said by Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern dance.
Partner
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Ruveni has specialised in industrial relations and employment law for over 20 years. She is recognised as a leading lawyer in employment law and has acted in some of the most significant and high profile employment cases over the last ten years, achieving successful outcomes for her clients. Ruveni acts for a broad range of clients across multiple industries and jurisdictions across all areas of employment law, including in the media, education, transport, retail, financial services, health and aged care sectors. Ruveni acts for a number of internationally recognised leading multinational corporations and prominent domestic Australian corporates in their most significant strategic and demanding disputes. Ruveni also has a significant practice advising US law firms and US clients with a presence in Australia who seek independent Australian specialist employment expertise and her comprehensive experience in cross-border and multi-jurisdictional employment issues. Ruveni is the current Preside
All aspects of workplace relations, including employment and related legislation, employee disputes, restructuring and outsourcing, industrial disputes, redundancies, enterprise bargaining, awards, workplace investigations, anti-discrimination and sexual harassment laws, employment contracts and policies, incentive arrangements, superannuation, independent contractors, restraints of trade, work health and safety, disciplinary issues and managing ill or injured workers. Building and managing a team of dedicated, smart and engaging female lawyers on their way to the top of the profession. Also raising teenage girls and how best to manage a husband that is the primary carer looking after them!
Sept 2007 to 2017 Partner and Senior Partner– Johnson Winter & Slattery 1995 to 2007 Law clerk, Solicitor, Senior Associate and Special Counsel – Minter Ellison
I was born in Sri Lanka and migrated to Australia with my family aged six barely able to speak English. I had one absolutely inspirational teacher in high school who believed in me and encouraged me to work hard academically, particularly in history where I honed my skills in research and developing arguments, which laid the ground work for my legal career. I had a University Professor who told me I should never join a big city law firm as they were all white boys clubs and I would never succeed. This made me determined to try. My greatest strength and weakness is my passion about everything I do. I enjoy my work, family, friends, my side hustles, travel, running, entertaining and other activities with a gusto, which means I rarely get enough sleep but I like to live life to the fullest and find it difficult to do things by half! It has been an absolute privilege to serve as President of IWFA and give back to the community that has given me so much in terms of leadership dev
