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Chief Executive Officer
Michael Tidball
Michael Tidball commenced his position as Chief Executive Officer of The Law Council of Australia on 1 August 2020. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of the Law Society of New South Wales, which, under his leadership, became one of the largest, resilient, and successful voluntary direct membership regulating Law Societies internationally. He served concurrently as Secretary General of LAWASIA.
Mr Tidball has worked in both the government and business sectors in Australia, foremostly in strategic management and senior policy advisory roles. He has worked as a Senior Ministerial Advisor, served as Special Advisor to the Public Accounts Committee of the New South Wales Parliament and held the position of General Manager within the ACT Chief Minister’s Department.
Previously serving as a Director of LawCover Insurance Pty Ltd and LawCover Pty Ltd as well as of LAWASIA Holdings, he was also on the Board of Management of Quality in the Law and is a member of the Council of the Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History.
Mr Tidball has recently completed post graduate studies at the Saïd Business School at The University of Oxford and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
- Margery Nicoll
Corporate Services Division
- John Cattle, Director, Finance and Corporate Services
Finance
- Bojana Bizumic, Senior Accountant
- Ying Cai, Senior Accountant
- Lai Mui, Sections Accounting Officer
Administration
- Natalie Fanning, Human Resources Manager
- Daniel Sybaczynskyj, General Manager, Corporate Governance
- Kate Wills, Executive Assistant
- Arion Moreno, Manager, Operations and Information Systems
- Douglas Brand, Receptionist/Administrative Assistant
Public Affairs and Communications Division
- Dr Fiona Wade, Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Tel: 0403 810 865
Email: fiona.wade@lawcouncil.asn.au - Krystal James, Digital and Marketing Advisor
- Anil Lambert (Media)
Tel: 0416 426 722
Email: anil@hortonadvisory.com.au
International Division
- Margery Nicoll, Director of International and
Deputy Chief Executive Officer - Charlotte Stubbs, Policy Lawyer
- Doris Wimmler, Executive Officer & Manager, Database, International Division
Legal Policy Division
- Dr Natasha Molt, Director of Policy
- Leonie Campbell, Deputy Director of Policy
- Murray Hawkins, Executive Policy Lawyer
- Nathan MacDonald, Principal Policy Lawyer
- John Farrell, Senior Policy Lawyer
- Tarryn Gaffney, Senior Policy Lawyer
- Christina Raymond, Senior Policy Lawyer
- Myles Gillard, Policy Lawyer
- Alex Kershaw, Policy Lawyer
- Alexandra Wormald, Policy Lawyer
- Sarah Swan, Research Officer
- Claudia Guszich, Administration Officer
Law Council Sections
Business Law Section
- Jessica Morrow
Section Administrator
Tel: (02) 6246 3737
Email: adminbls@lawcouncil.asn.au - Kay Barney, Administrative Assistant
Family Law Section
- Michael Walters, Director, Family Law Section
- Kathryn Kilby, Administration Coordinator
- For all enquiries please contact mail@familylawsection.org.au or phone (02) 6246 3761.
Federal Litigation and Dispute Resolution Section
- Travis Kotzur, Section Administrator
Tel: (02) 6246 3722
Email: travis.kotzur@lawcouncil.asn.au
International Law Section
- Doris Wimmler
Executive Officer & Manager, Database, International Division
Tel: (02) 6246 3758
Email: ils@lawcouncil.asn.au
Legal Practice Section
- Travis Kotzur, Section Administrator
Tel: (02) 6246 3722
Email: travis.kotzur@lawcouncil.asn.au
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