Samantha Wellington is eBay’s Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, responsible for oversight of all aspects of eBay’s global legal department, including government relations and
public policy.

Samantha is passionate about facilitating opportunities for small businesses to grow and thrive, and she brings a distinguished career in legal and business affairs – most recently serving as Executive Vice President of Business Affairs, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary for TriNet. In this role, Samantha led a team of professionals across legal, compliance, government relations, risk, customer service, sales, operations, product management, engineering, and technology. Her leadership focused on spearheading initiatives that addressed the evolving workplace dynamics for TriNet’s customers and facilitating access to capital for small business owners, while ensuring that the customer was in the center of every decision. Prior to TriNet, she spent 12 years at Oracle, where she held a number of senior legal positions.

Samantha holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Creative Arts and Laws from Wollongong University, as well as a Master of Laws in Communication and Technology Law from the University of New South Wales. She has
served as a board member for the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations and BSA, The Software Alliance. She is admitted to practice law in both California, USA, and New South Wales, Australia.

Shannon joined Westpac in November 2021 and leads the Group’s Legal and Secretariat function. She brings almost 30 years’ legal experience, beginning her career in the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department before joining Mallesons Stephen Jaques, where she worked across Canberra, London and Sydney and later led the Sydney office. Prior to Westpac, Shannon was a senior partner at global law firm Jones Day. A highly respected leader in the legal profession, Shannon serves on the Business Law Section Executive of the Law Council of Australia and previously chaired its Corporations Committee. She has extensive experience as a non-executive director and is a member of the AICD Law Committee, Australian Corporate Counsel GC100 and Chief Executive Women, and is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia. Shannon holds Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degrees from the Australian National University.

Betty is a highly experienced legal, governance, and compliance executive with over 25 years’ leadership across complex, regulated, and consumer-facing sectors including gaming, beverages, agribusiness, telco and infrastructure. Having held executive legal roles in ASX-listed companies such as The Star Entertainment Group, Crown Resorts, Coca-Cola Amatil, GrainCorp and Optus, Betty has consistently led legal and regulatory strategy during periods of intense transformation, reputational crises, regulatory scrutiny, and corporate reform.

Betty’s expertise spans complex regulatory environments and multi-jurisdictional legal frameworks and extends to leading the governance and company secretariat teams in various sectors.

Betty holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Technology Sydney and executive education from Oxford Saïd Business School and Stanford, is admitted as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of NSW, and an experienced board chair and director.

David was appointed Chief Risk & Legal Officer in April 2025, having previously held the role of Group General Counsel since May 2018. David has group-wide responsibility for AMP’s legal, risk and governance functions. He is also a Director of AMP Foundation Limited. David has over 30 years’ experience in the legal profession, with extensive experience in the areas of M&A, corporate law and corporate governance.

Tamara is a senior corporate lawyer with significant experience across a wide range of areas including mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining REA, she held the position of Group General Counsel at Incitec Pivot Limited (now Dyno Nobel Limited). Prior to this, she held senior roles in King & Wood Mallesons and Linklaters in Australia and London.

She holds a Master of Laws from Monash University, a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is member of the Legal 500 GC Powerlist Australia and New Zealand, which recognises Corporate Counsels who are driving the legal business forward.

Michael Helmer is the Chief Risk Officer, General Counsel and Group Executive for Legal, Governance & Sustainability of NEXTDC, an ASX 100 listed technology company and Asia’s most innovative Data Centre-as-a Service provider.

Michael is responsible for the strategic management and guidance of NEXTDC’s Risk Group which includes legal, audit & compliance, WH&S, Property Management and Security & Government Advisory, ESG and Company Secretariat.

Michael has over 30 years’ experience in the legal and risk sectors and has previously served as Director of Legal Services (Asia Pacific) for global software maker Symantec. Before that, Michael was based in London at specialist technology firm Field Fisher Waterhouse. Michael has held senior legal roles in Barclays, Coles Myer and was GC at European shopping portal shopsmart.com as well as PCTools an Australian cybersecurity company.

Michael is a seasoned strategic advisor with deep knowledge of the legal and compliance environments in which technology and ecommerce businesses operate. His work is particularly focussed on their corporate and operating environments, ecommerce, security and compliance requirements as well as technology and IP law, M&A and capital raising.

Michael has obtained a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Science (Monash) and is admitted as a legal practitioner in Australia as well as in England and Wales. Michael is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and has served as their Victorian President (ACLA) as well as a member of its National Board.

Michael holds a Certificate in Governance Practice and is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (FGIA). He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a graduate of their Company Directors course (GAICD).

Amelia joined Santos in May 2023 and is Group General Counsel and Senior Vice President Governance. In this role Amelia is responsible for overseeing the Company’s Legal, Company Secretariat, Business Integrity, Audit and Compliance, Approvals and Access functions.

Amelia has over 25 years’ experience in legal, company secretariat, commercial, business development and corporate areas of listed international oil and gas companies in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Asia and North America. She has held leadership roles at Repsol and Cooper Energy (now Amplitude Energy), and prior to that practiced law at King & Spalding in the Middle East with a focus on upstream resources and LNG projects, and corporate law.

Amelia has previously served as President of, and currently serves on the Board of, the Energy & Resources Law Association. She has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts from Flinders University, and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.

As General Counsel of Kimberly-Clark Australia, George Papanikitas advises on all legal matters affecting its Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Islands businesses. Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark, George practiced as an M&A lawyer in corporate law firms in Australia and abroad. George has extensive experience in dealing with legal matters in highly competitive and heavily regulated commercial environments within Australia and the broader APAC region.

Rachel is general counsel and company secretary at Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited, leading a team which manages the diverse array of legal issues which arise across a media business spanning television, newspapers and radio (including digital offerings for all of them). Prior to joining Nine Entertainment Co. in 2015, Rachel was a partner at Gilbert + Tobin for many years where she specialised in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and commercial transactions. Rachel has played a central role in many strategic transactions for the Nine group, including its IPO, the merger with Fairfax Media, dealings with digital platforms, major sports rights deals such as the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and the acquisition of the QMS outdoor media business.

Rachel is also a director and company secretary of Giant Steps, a charity which runs schools for children and young adults with autism in Sydney and Melbourne and the Chair of the City Recital Hall.

Bianca Lau is Chief Legal & Governance Officer at Youi, where she leads teams across Legal, Regulatory Relations, Customer Dispute Resolution, Remediation and First Line Risk and Compliance.

Having joined Youi as Head of Legal in 2019, Bianca now leads a diverse portfolio focused on helping the business navigate regulation, manage risk and continuously improve how it operates, with a strong focus on customer outcomes. Prior to Youi, she spent a decade at Bank of Queensland and began her legal career at Allens in the Banking & Finance team.

Bianca is passionate about building high-performing teams and finding simpler, more effective ways to solve complex problems, guided by the belief that if you can’t explain something simply, you probably don’t understand it well enough.