General Counsel Summit (GCS) 2020 | ALM Real Estate Media Group | 23 November 2020 | ICC Sydney, 14 Darling Dr, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Firmly established as the singular agenda-setting event for in-house counsel in the Asia-Pacific region, the General Counsel Summit is returning in 2020 with a refreshed format to guide you through the year ahead.

2019 welcomed international thought-leaders including the Vice President and Chief International Counsel of Paypal and the Senior Vice-President and Chief Ethics Officer of L’Oréal.

Why Attend:
• For six years we have secured the involvement of the highest calibre speakers from Australia and around the world. We have tools that make audience engagement seamless so you can ask the questions that matter.
• Every session is independently moderated to facilitate candid discussion and debate.
• Your experience is at the heart of the Forum. Our audience is screened for seniority, so you’ll be networking in a five-star environment with the minds shaping business.
• We respect the seniority of our delegates by diving deeper into technical subject matter with a business driven, outcomes focussed agenda.

2020 Speakers

Sadie Andrew
Partner, Head of Sydney, Pinsent Masons LLP

Priya Bains
Head of Product, Luminance

Tom Balmer
Director, Strategic Accounts, Transperfect Legal Solutions

Nigel Bond
General Counsel, Wealth, Australian Banking and Technology, Westpac

Charles Cho
General Counsel, NSW Treasury

Thomas Daemen
Director of Corporate, External & Legal Affairs, Microsoft Australia & New Zealand

Denise Doyle
Legal Transformation Lead, Telstra

Matthew Duncan
Director of Legal Operations, QIC

David Field
Chief Legal Officer, Canon Australia

Olga Ganopolsky
General Counsel - Privacy and Data, Macquarie Group

Paul Garth
Head of Account Management Australia, Pinsent Masons

Ian Goddard
Chief Executive Officer, Yarris/Dazychain

Anna Golovsky
Executive Manager, Legal Operations & Agility, IAG

Katrina Gowans
National Legal Transformation Lead, Origin Energy

Wendy Harris QC
President, Victorian Bar

Felicity Healy
Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Marion Hemphill
General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, Australian Red Cross Blood Service

Jorden Lam
General Counsel & GM Corporate Affairs, HESTA Super Fund

Elliot Leibu
Head of Legal Operations, ANZ Bank

Carolyn Lidgerwood
Head of Privacy, Rio Tinto

Tim McDonald
Head of Legal, Lendlease Engineering and Lendlease Services

Matthew McMillan
Partner, McCullough Robertson

Joanne Moss
Non Executive Director and Formerly Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer, Pizza Hut

George Papanikitas
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Kimberly Clark Australia

Sheldon Renkema
General Manager - Legal, Wesfarmers

Nicholas Sedgwick
General Counsel, Thales Australia

Stacey Taylor
Head of Legal, Australia and New Zealand, eBay

Allison Telfer
General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer & Head of Public Policy, BlackRock Australasia

Michelle Thomsen
Group Executive, General Counsel, QIC

Michael Tidball
Chief Executive Officer, The Law Society of New South Wales

Maria Venetoulis
General Counsel Oceania, Danone

Hon Marilyn Warren AC QC
Former Chief Justice and former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria

Anthony Wright
Head of LOD Innovation and Design, LOD

2020 Sponsors and Partner

PARTNER:
• CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• icertis

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Luminance
• THOMSON REUTERS

GOLD SPONSORS:
• dazychain
• LOD (Lawyers On Demand)
• McCullough Robertson
• TRANSPERFECT
• VARIO from Pinsent Masons
• VICTORIAN BAR
• Commercial Bar Association of Victoria

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• LEGALVISION
• Wolters Kluwer

LUNCH SPONSOR:
• Lawcadia