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Directors

Brian Ward \| Managing Director \| Full Profile > Brian Ward has extensive business advisory and litigation experience. He has acted as an arbitrator and a mediator. He has broad corporate governance experience in the commercial, not for profit and public sectors. He is widely published and quoted on selected legal topics and has presented at various universities and conferences over the years.

Geoff Rees \| Director \| Full Profile > Geoff Rees is a graduate from Melbourne University in law and commerce and is a Law Institute of Victoria accredited business law specialist. In recent years, he has been the key commercial advisor on various important transactions in higher education and medical institution sectors. His insights and experience have created great demand for participation in the governance of organisations in these sectors.

Sue Phillips \| Director \| Full Profile > Sue Phillips has over 25 years experience as a legal practitioner in Australia, first as head of litigation for a public utility, then as partner of a large national law firm and since 2004 as a Director of Brian Ward & Partners. Sue has experience in tax related investment scheme, corporate reconstructions and has particular expertise with regard to directors and officers insurance and corporate governance and ethics in the health sector.

Cam Johnston \| Director \| Full Profile > Cam Johnston has a distinguished career as a legal practitioner having been a partner in a national corporate law firm for over thirty years. He practices in all areas of banking and finance law, with extensive experience in corporate and project financing and domestic and international capital market transactions. He has represented both joint venture participants and financiers in a wide variety of industrial resource and infrastructure development projects. He has just concluded a three-year stint as Executive Counsel to AWB Limited, advising on a wide range of issues arising from the Cole Inquiry into the United Nation’s Oil-for-Food Program.

Malcolm Speed \| Director \| Full Profile > Malcolm Speed has an extensive career as a solicitor, barrister and sports administrator, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of the International Cricket Council. His role at Brian Ward & Partners is as an independent director, helping mentor young lawyers and assisting the firm with its corporate objectives.

Brian Ward \| Managing Director \| Full Profile > Brian Ward has extensive business advisory and litigation experience. He has acted as an arbitrator and a mediator. He has broad corporate governance experience in the commercial, not for profit and public sectors. He is widely published and quoted on selected legal topics and has presented at various universities and conferences over the years.

Geoff Rees \| Director \| Full Profile > Geoff Rees is a graduate from Melbourne University in law and commerce and is a Law Institute of Victoria accredited business law specialist. In recent years, he has been the key commercial advisor on various important transactions in higher education and medical institution sectors. His insights and experience have created great demand for participation in the governance of organisations in these sectors.

Sue Phillips \| Director \| Full Profile > Sue Phillips has over 25 years experience as a legal practitioner in Australia, first as head of litigation for a public utility, then as partner of a large national law firm and since 2004 as a Director of Brian Ward & Partners. Sue has experience in tax related investment scheme, corporate reconstructions and has particular expertise with regard to directors and officers insurance and corporate governance and ethics in the health sector.

Cam Johnston \| Director \| Full Profile > Cam Johnston has a distinguished career as a legal practitioner having been a partner in a national corporate law firm for over thirty years. He practices in all areas of banking and finance law, with extensive experience in corporate and project financing and domestic and international capital market transactions. He has represented both joint venture participants and financiers in a wide variety of industrial resource and infrastructure development projects. He has just concluded a three-year stint as Executive Counsel to AWB Limited, advising on a wide range of issues arising from the Cole Inquiry into the United Nation’s Oil-for-Food Program.

Malcolm Speed \| Director \| Full Profile > Malcolm Speed has an extensive career as a solicitor, barrister and sports administrator, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of the International Cricket Council. His role at Brian Ward & Partners is as an independent director, helping mentor young lawyers and assisting the firm with its corporate objectives.