The Committee
Matt Walsh
Chairman
Matt Walsh was formerly a partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques and was Chairman of that firm from 1988 to 1990. After retiring from that firm in June 2000 he took up an appointment as Special Tax Counsel to Gadens Lawyers, specialising in commercial and taxation law.
Matt is a past President and Life Member of the Law Institute of Victoria and a past Chairman of the Taxation Institute of Australia (Victorian Division). He is a Director of several private companies.
Peter Fox
Committee Member
Peter Fox is a practising barrister and a part time Senior Fellow of the Melbourne Law School. He has practised as a commercial lawyer for more than 30 years, as a partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, as a senior counsel of the World Bank in Washington DC, and as an overseas service fellow of the Law Council of Australia assigned to the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Peter E. Daly, AM
Committee Member
Peter Daly has a wealth of experience in the financial industry. He has been President as well as CEO of the Insurance Council of Australia. He is Chair of the Financial Industry Complaints Service Limited and Insurance Ombudsman Service Limited and formerly Chairman of AAMI Limited. He was Managing Director of Norwich Winterthur Group Limited.
Peter continues to hold a number of directorships with private companies. He is also Deputy Chairman of Gerling Australia Insurance Pty Ltd and Chairman of Concord Group Limited. He is a former Deputy Chairman of the Zoological Board of Australia and the Federal Government's Self Regulation Task Force.
On 14 March 2004, Peter was awarded the Order of Australia for services to the insurance industry and to the community, particularly through the advancement of alternative dispute resolution and consumer protection.
Patricia Kelly
Committee Member
Tricia Kelly has extensive experience in the Financial Services Industry. Over the past 10 years she worked for Suncorp/AAMI where her most recent roles included Executive General Manager Strategy & Business Development Personal Insurance and General Manager AAMI New South Wales. Prior to that she was a Director & Executive General Manager Life & Superannuation of Norwich Union Life Australia.
Tricia is a Past President & Honorary Life Member of the Insurance Institute of Victoria and a former Director of the Australian Insurance Institute.
Geoffrey Rees
Committee Member
Geoffrey is a graduate from Melbourne University in law and commerce and is a Law Institute of Victoria Accredited business law specialist. He is one of the founding partners of The JRT Partnership, a commercial law firm in Melbourne.
With a broad commercial and litigation experience, Geoffrey regularly advises and presents to institutions and their controlled entities on operational risk management strategies.
Mary Radisich
Committee Member
Mary Radisich is a Financial Counsellor with Casey Cardinia Legal Service and a Mediator for the Dispute Settlement Centre of the Department of Justice.
Mary has been manager of the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria and has extensive experience in both consumer and community affairs. Her community involvement has included being a Councillor of the City of Knox and a Member of the Board of Management of the Angliss Hospital.
She is also a Member of the Financial and Consumer Rights Council of Victoria.
Miranda Milne
Executive member
Miranda Milne was solicitor to the Committee from 1986 and its Chief Executive Officer since 1996.
Prior to her appointment to the Committee, Miranda engaged in private practice, specialising in litigation and professional indemnity insurance.
She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Trinity College Foundation.
LPLC organisational structure