Joseph Catanzariti AM

Chairman, Non-Executive Governor
BA (UNSW), LLB (UNSW), LLM (App. Law)(Hon), FCL

Mr Joseph Catanzariti was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2009 and has served as Chair during that time. He is also the chair of the Executive Committee and the Nominations Advisory Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Catanzariti is also a Director of the College of Law New Zealand Limited, COL Hold Co Pty Limited, College of Legal Practice Limited and COL SIN Private Limited.

He was previously the Chair of College of Law Pty Limited and a Director of College of Law Queensland Pty Limited, College of Law Victoria Pty Limited and College of Law Western Australia Pty Limited.

Mr Catanzariti is a Vice President of the Fair Work Commission, the national workplace relations tribunal.

He is also Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer of the Rule of Law Forum, Member of the Advisory Board of the LGBTI Law Committee of the International Bar Association, having previously been Co-Chair of the LGBTI Law Committee of the International Bar Association, an Adjunct Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies, School of Business at Sydney University and a Fellow of the Academy of Law and a Fellow of the College of Law.

In 2015 Mr Catanzariti was awarded an honorary Masters degree from the College of Law.

He is a co-author of Workplace Bullying, 1st and 2nd editions, published by LexisNexis.

In the 2016 Australia Day Awards he was made a member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law, to legal education, to labour and employment relations, and to professional legal bodies.

Prior to Mr Catanzariti’s appointment to the Fair Work Commission he was a senior partner of Clayton Utz and Practice Head of the Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Practice Group. Mr Catanzariti was a trusted adviser to many of Australia’s leading private companies and government departments, advising on all aspects of employment law and workplace relations, including developing employment relations strategies, industrial disputes, conciliation and arbitration before State, Territory and Federal Courts, work health and safety (WHS), employee fraud, discrimination, corporate governance, due diligence and senior executive remuneration and terminations. He was also a very experienced Commercial litigator.

Mr Catanzariti previously held the positions of President of the Law Council of Australia, President of the Law Society of New South Wales, Chair of the Workplace Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales, and Secretary of the Industrial Relations Society of Australia.

Neville Carter AM

Chief Executive Officer and Principal, Executive Governor
BA LLB (Syd), MBA (Mel) FCL

Mr Neville Carter was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2009. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Nominations Advisory Committee.

Mr Carter is also a Director of the College of Law New Zealand Limited, COL Hold Co Pty Limited, College of Legal Practice Limited and COL SIN Private Limited.

Mr Carter was previously a Director of ALPMA, College of Law Pty Limited, College of Law Queensland Pty Limited, College of Law Victoria Pty Limited, College of Law Western Australia Pty Limited and Quality in Law Inc.

He has served as the Group Managing Director and now Chief Executive Officer of The College of Law since 1995. He has extensive experience in the design and management of large professional education programs as well as a strong background in business and management training for the legal profession.

In the 2018 Australia Day Awards he was made a member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his significant service to legal education, through executive roles, to the law as a legal practitioner, and to professional standards.

His previous positions include National Director, Institute of Professional Legal Studies, New Zealand; Associate Professor and Head of School of Legal Practice, UTS; Project Lead Professional Practice, Advanced Diploma in Law (ADIL) University of Technology (MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia); and partner in a three partner Sydney law firm. He is also a former Chairman of the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council and an Evaluator for the Australian Business Excellence Awards.

Alison Belot

Non-Executive Governor
BEc (La Trobe) MAppFin (MQ) Grad Dip Acc (Deakin) GAICD

Ms Alison Belot was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2022.

She is a non-executive Director and Treasurer of Banyule Support & Information Centre.

Ms Belot has held various senior positions within BHP Billiton Limited including: Vice President Corporate Finance, Vice President Treasurer Front Office, Vice President Finance, Vice President and Global Process and data Owner Finance, Program Director Internal Control Evaluation, Market Risk Management, Special Projects and Manager Strategic Financing Group.

She has held senior positions with KPMG in Finance and Treasury Risk Management and was Manager Interest Rate Risk Management at ANZ. Ms Belot was an Honorary Fellow of Macquarie Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University.

Judith Choate

Non-Executive Governor
LLM, LLB, GDLP, BA (High Honors), CTA

Ms Judith Choate was appointed the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2018. She is also a member of the Audit Risk and Compliance Committee and the Chair of the College of Law South Australia Chapter Board.

Ms Choate is currently a Director, Legal Services, South Australia for KPMG Law.

In August 2018, she was appointed Chair of the Brownhill and Keswick Creeks Stormwater Management Board (SA) and Chair of its Audit Committee.

Ms Choate was previously Partner and National Head of Tax and Revenue Piper Alderman; Founding Trustee, Remember the Holocaust Foundation; and Treasurer, Board of Management – Beit Shalom Synagogue Adelaide.

She is a corporate and commercial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in private practice in Australia specialising in Australian Tax and Revenue Law. Ms Choate is a Chartered Tax Adviser.

She was previously Course Co-Ordinator and lecturer in Tax Law – Law Society of South Australia, GDLP and PLT Programs, Unit Co-ordinator and lecturer, Tax Law – Flinders University, Mentor – international post-graduate Tax Law students - University of Melbourne Law School and in 2015 was a finalist for the Tax Institute of Australia Chartered Tax Advisor of the Year Award.

Dunstan de Souza

Non-Executive Governor
LLB BEc

Mr Dunstan de Souza was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2018. He is also the Chair of the College of Law New South Wales Chapter Board and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr de Souza is a Senior Partner at Colin Biggers & Paisley. He joined the legal practice as a graduate solicitor in 1985 and became a Partner in 1993, practising primarily in property development. Mr de Souza was Managing Partner from 2007 to 2017.

Mr de Souza has led Colin Biggers & Paisley to becoming an elite legal practice, recognised for its top tier work, particularly in the specialisations of insurance, construction, property and commercial litigation. He was responsible for Colin Biggers & Paisley being the first Australian legal practice to open an office in the United Arab Emirates. He also established the CBP Foundation through which the firm has given significant funds to charities. In addition, the staff undertake volunteering and significant pro bono legal services.

Mr de Souza helped found ADVOC Asia in 1994, an international network of respected law firms established to help clients respond to the opportunities presented by the rapidly growing Asia Pacific economies. He was ADVOC Asia's President from 2002 to 2014. Mr de Souza is also the Chair of Civic Disability Services Limited and a Director of the Hungry Point Reserve Trust.

Mr de Souza has a Bachelor Economics and Bachelor Laws from the University of Sydney.

Glenn Ferguson AM

Non-Executive Governor
FAAL, FAICD, FCL, FANZCN

Mr Glenn Ferguson was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2011. He is also the Chair of the College of Law Queensland Chapter Board and a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.

Mr Ferguson is currently Managing Director of FC Lawyers.

Mr Ferguson was previously the Chair of College of Law Queensland Pty Limited. He is a Past President of the Law Council of Australia, LAWASIA and the Queensland Law Society. He is a Senior Counsellor with the Queensland Law Society, Founding Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand College of Notaries and Fellow of the College of Law.

In 2010 Mr Ferguson was appointed by the Prime Minister to the Expert Panel to consider the recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution.

Mr Ferguson served for ten years as a member of the Federal Attorney General’s International Legal Services Advisory Council and the Immigration Minister’s Advisory Board in relation to the regulation of migration agents. He has been appointed by both Federal and State Governments to various advisory boards and task forces in the legal, migration and business sectors.

Mr Ferguson has also held or continues to hold a number of board positions in both the public and private sector in the insurance, superannuation, education, sport, charity and information technology areas including chairing a publicly listed company. He is currently Chair of Lexon Insurance and was previously the Chair of WorkCover in Queensland.

In 2015 Mr Ferguson was awarded an honorary Master’s degree from the College of Law.

He is currently the Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

In the 2015 Australia Day Awards, he was made a member of the Order of Australia for his service to the legal profession both nationally and internationally – particularly in the Asia Pacific region and to the Community.

Alison Gaines

Non-Executive Governor
D.Univ (hon.causa.), BA (hons), BLaws, MA (Public Policy), Grad Dip Leg Pract, FAICD, FAIM, INSEAD Certified Director 2013, AusIMM Professional Certificate ESG and Social Responsibility 2022

Ms Alison Gaines was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2011. She is also the Chair of the College of Law Western Australia Chapter Board, the Remuneration Committee and the Fellowship Advisory Committee. Ms Gaines is also a member of the Nominations Advisory Committee. Ms Gaines was previously the Chair of College of Law Western Australia Pty Limited.

In 2020 Ms Gaines founded Gaines Advisory, a board search and board consulting firm, where she is the Managing Director. She is the formerly global CEO of a boutique international search firm and leader of its international board practice, CEO of the Law Society of WA and Director of the Public Sector Management Office (WA Government) responsible for the Senior Executive Service. She as been an academic and researcher at several Australian universities.

Ms Gaines is also an active non-executive director and chair of boards and remuneration, nomination and ESG committees, and finance audit and risk committee member, for over 25 years. She is an active non-executive director currently on the Boards of Blackstone Minerals Ltd and Western Australia Opera and the independent Chair Nominations Committee Hockey Australia. She has been Deputy Chair and member of Council of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (WA Division) and is now co-opted to its Nomination Committee. She has accumulated over 25 years Board experience in Australia and internationally as a non-executive director and chair of companies, university, superannuation fund, public sector and industry training boards and professional associations.

Ms Gaines was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Murdoch University and received the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award. She was previously a member of the Murdoch University Senate 1999 - 2008, and its Deputy Chancellor from 2006 –2008, Chair of the Murdoch University Foundation and Veterinary Trust and Adjunct Professor in its Law School.

Lewis Patrick

Chair of the Academic Board, Executive Governor
BA LLM (Syd), Grad Cert Tertiary Teaching and Learning, FCL

Mr Lewis Patrick was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2011.

He is also a Director of COL Hold Co Pty Limited and was previously a Director of College of Legal Practice Limited.

Mr Patrick has over 30 years’ experience in general legal practice. He holds a Masters of Law and a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning. Mr Patrick has also completed a SoTL (The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Leadership Certificate on Curriculum and Pedagogy in Higher Education at the University of British Columbia.

He is currently the Chairman of the Academic Board, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Academic Officer.

Previously Mr Patrick has held a variety of positions at The College of Law including Senior Lecturer; Lecturer; and Director, Co-operative Programs.

He is a member of the College’s Course Committee and Senior Management and Executive Management Teams. Mr Patrick is also a member of the Law Society of New South Wales. He is Past Chair of the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council (APLEC) and Past Chair and current member of the Academic and Professional Development Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).

John Randall

Non-Executive Governor
BEc, FCPA, FCIS, FGIA

Mr John Randall was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2011. He is also the Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.

Mr Randall was previously the General Manager Finance and Company Secretary of Metcash Limited. He joined the company in 1997 when it was Davids Limited and was a member of the team that re-engineered the company to create the successful Metcash business.

He is a Director of Outcomes Australia Pty Limited.

Mr Randall’s previous roles include Chief Financial Officer of Metal Manufactures Limited and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation Limited. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney and Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. He has experience in financial, marketing and operational management roles.

Mr Randall is the former President of the Accounting Foundation, University of Sydney, a former National President of the Group of 100 and NSW President and National Board Member of CPA Australia. In addition to his involvement in professional associations, he has been, and is, actively involved in charitable organisations.

Kathryn Laurie

Company Secretary
BBus, LLB, Grad Dip Applied Corporate Governance, FGIA, FCIS, MAICD

Ms Kathryn Laurie joined the College of Law in October 2011 and is the Company Secretary of The College of Law Limited and COL Hold Co Pty Ltd. She has over 20 years' company secretarial experience, having worked in the Company Secretariat of Qantas Airways Limited, holding a number of managerial positions and Company Secretary of Qantas’ subsidiaries.

She holds a Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws and Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and is currently completing a Masters of Applied Law. In September 2010 Ms Laurie was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW.

She is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Monica Patel

Chief Financial Officer
BComm, CA

Ms Monica Patel is the Chief Financial Officer and has also been appointed Company Secretary. She is a Chartered Accountant (Australia and New Zealand).

Ms Patel is a Director of COL Hold Co Pty Ltd and COL SIN Private Limited.

She has over 25 years of commercial experience including ASX listed companies.