Rebecca has worked in a range of criminal justice and national security related roles for the Australian Government since 2010. She currently works as the Director of the Government’s Modern Slavery Business Engagement Unit. Her role involves responsibility for Australia’s domestic law and policy response to modern slavery, including driving the effective implementation of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 and supporting business to comply. Prior to 2010, Rebecca worked as an adviser to Australia’s former Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, the Hon Duncan Kerr SC.

Luke is a Partner in the Mills Oakley Not-For-Profit & Social Enterprise team in Brisbane and has extensive experience in the Not-For-Profit sector. Luke was a Partner at Mills Oakley in Sydney until late 2009, when he left the firm to found Salvos Legal and Salvos Legal Humanitarian. At Salvos Legal Luke headed up the Corporate & Commercial team, together with being the firm’s Managing Partner. Luke returned to Mills Oakley as a Partner in November 2017.
Luke regularly acts for federal and state government agencies, ASX200 listed companies, impact financiers, non-profits and religious institutions nationally. In addition to his expertise in the Not-For-Profit sector, Luke has significant experience in building, construction and insurance law, as well as in commercial transactions and dispute resolution.
For over 10 years Luke has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading lawyers representing victims of human trafficking and labour exploitation. Luke has advised in and run a variety of cases across a range of jurisdictions and novel areas of law, to help victims obtain justice through civil proceedings against their offenders. In 2015, Luke acted for the successful plaintiff in Jane Doe v Linda Howard, Australia’s largest ever verdict in a case of human trafficking, obtaining an award of damages in excess of US$3.5m. Luke is at the forefront of the development of the Australian Modern Slavery Act and assists many major Australian organisations in their preparations for compliance with this new and important law.
Luke was named one of Australia’s Best Lawyers for Non-Profit/Charities Law in the 2019/2020 Best Lawyers list for the fourth consecutive year, including this year being named as Australia’s Non-Profit/Charities ‘Lawyer of the Year’. Additionally, Luke was recognised as one of the 10 Most Innovative Lawyers in the Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers 2016 awards. He was included in Pro Bono Australia’s ‘Impact 25’ most influential people in the Australian social sector in 2015. In 2013, Luke was awarded Managing Partner of the Year in the Australian Law Awards, he was Australia’s Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year in 2012 and in 2010 he received an Anzac of the Year award for service to the legal profession and the community.

 

A laterally thinking, creative problem solver with extensive financial services experience, particularly in relation to corporate and property finance. I create a link between finance and property spheres to build sustainable, fit-for-purpose solutions that deliver that best possible value for all stakeholders.

As Regional Performance Director, Risk, APAC at Refinitiv, Phil has regional responsibility for driving the execution of the Risk strategy. As the primary interlock between the product and market teams Phil’s role is to bring domain expertise and drive the growth strategy for the Risk division.
Phil is a certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist, (CAMS) and has worked on a broad range of compliance solutions in Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions, corporates and Government. Prior to joining Refinitiv Phil was with Oracle Financial Services where he was the Leader, Financial Crime and Compliance for the JAPAC region.
He has vast experience working in a variety of solution sales and sales management positions focusing on compliance in financial services. He has gained extensive knowledge dealing with a wide range of firms around RegTech, AML, KYC, Sanctions, Conduct Risk, Fraud, Supply Chain Risk and Trade Finance AML.