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Victoria is an accomplished non executive director with experience across a diverse range of business sectors on major private and public sector organisations, and ASX listed companies. Victoria’s board career follows a successful executive career in banking and financial services, with C suite roles in ASX10 and major listed international groups. Victoria is actively involved in a range of purpose driven, not for profit initiatives. As a passionate advocate for gender equality, Victoria was one of the founders of the Australian Gender Equality Council.

Elissa is a Chartered Secretary with over 20 years’ experience as a company secretary and corporate governance professional. She has worked with boards and management of a range of ASX listed companies, including assisting companies through the IPO process. She currently acts as the Company Secretary for a number of ASX listed companies, together with a portfolio of unlisted companies, offering best practice governance advice and ensuring compliance with the ASX Listing Rules, Corporations Act and other relevant legislation.

Sina has experience in assisting and advising clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial issues with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), corporate finance, private equity, IPOs,  due diligence and compliance (with a focus on advising on ASX Listing Rules issues), as well as the negotiation of commercial agreements generally.

Sina focuses on advising clients in the energy and resources sector and the technology sector, working with them from their establishment stage, assisting them with their capital raising needs (including seed capital and IPO), and acting as a corporate advisor once they are fully funded or listed.

An experienced corporate lawyer, Lis advises listed and private companies, multinationals, and not-for-profit organisations on their structure, governance, operations and strategy.  Her clients appreciate her commitment to building long term relationships and understanding their culture and strategy so as to deliver timely, thoughtful and practical advice.

At a strategic level, Lis collaborates with boards and senior executives on significant transactions — such as capital raisings, restructuring, strategic collaborations and mergers and acquisitions (public and private).  Lis’s deep experience and practical insights are particularly appreciated by growing clients who seek her guidance on how to plan and execute these important projects.

Lis also helps organisations review their governance framework so that it is “fit for purpose”, and provides emotionally intelligent advice on engaging with key stakeholders around complex member approvals, or dealing with conflicts of interest.  In this, Lis brings additional perspectives as a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  For listed companies, Lis gives practical direction on meeting continuous disclosure obligations.

At an operational level, Lis guides clients in how to integrate business ethics and legal compliance into “business as usual”, training boards and managers on fulfilling their key legal obligations, such as privacy and directors’ & officers’ duties.  Lis also designs contract review frameworks in line with the organisation’s risk appetite as well as drafting and negotiating complex contracts.

Lis’s strong focus on Life Sciences and Healthcare is reflected in her appointment as deputy chair of AusBiotech’s AusMedtech Advisory Group, and as a member of AusBiotech’s State Committee for NSW.   Lis has also actively participated in AusBiotech industry projects including AusBiotech’s Guide for Directors of Life Sciences Companies, AusBiotech’s Guide for Investors in Life Sciences Companies and pitching workshops for Life Sciences CEOs.  She enjoys being a “connector” between people in her network, to strengthen the Australian life sciences ecosystem.