Sally Dowling SC is the first female NSW Director of Public Prosecutions. Sally completed an Arts/Law degree at Sydney University in 1994. After graduating, she worked as an associate to Justice Hill in the Federal Court and then as a solicitor in a commercial firm.

Sally was admitted to the Bar in 1997 and was appointed senior counsel in 2013. She initially practiced in commercial law including equity, intellectual property and insolvency, before being appointed as a Crown Prosecutor in 2002.

In 2016, Sally was appointed Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor and the head of the Appeals Unit. Sally has appeared as lead counsel in over 300 complex and high-profile appeals in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal and the High Court of Australia relating to various serious indictable offences.

In 2019, Sally acted as senior counsel assisting the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’.

From 2020, Sally was a barrister in private practice, appearing in coronial inquests and criminal matters for both prosecution and defence.
In August 2021, Sally commenced her 10-year term as the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Monique is currently the CEO of Legal Aid NSW. She was appointed to the role in July 2022. Prior to this she was the Acting CEO from November 2021.

Monique was also the Deputy CEO from November 2018 – November 2021 and prior to that was the Director Civil Law for 11 years.

Monique has been practicing law since 1997 and has also served as a Senior Member on the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in the Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division.

In over 30 years working in social justice, Monique is especially proud of having established the Civil law Service for Aboriginal Communities, the Children’s Civil Law Service and expanding the reach and scope of the Legal Aid NSW Civil Law Program, such that the Productivity Commission in its landmark Inquiry into Access to Justice Arrangements, stated that it set the national benchmark for the provision of civil law services.

More recently in her role as Deputy CEO, Monique led a process to establish new policies in response to sexual harassment and unacceptable behaviour, the development of the Family Law Blueprint and Legal Aid NSW’s response to the pandemic./p>

Kathrina joined the Commission in April 2020 after previously working as a Deputy Secretary for the Department of Communities and Justice.

Kathrina has extensive public sector experience with both state and federal governments. She has held senior executive roles in the NSW Department of Justice, NSW Audit Office and NSW Information and Privacy Commission.

Kathrina has qualifications in law and economics. She is passionate about working in the public interest, and is a champion for diversity and inclusion.

The Public Service Commissioner is an independent office holder.

Christine’s strong career record traverses public and private sector roles, including recent executive leadership roles as a General Counsel for regulatory and operational agencies within NSW Government. Christine’s core expertise is in construction, projects, major procurement and services for infrastructure, including public and privately funded infrastructure. She combines this with expertise in Government, public administration and regulatory matters, as well as executive leadership of legal functions.