Rose worked for regulators for most of her career including ASIC, the ACCC and the Commonwealth Environment Department.  In 2014 she went to Hong Kong to assist setting up their Competition Commission where she was CEO.  From 2017 to the end of 2021 Rose was Deputy Secretary of the Better Regulation Division in the NSW Department of Customer Service looking after a range of regulatory agencies including NSW Fair Trading, SafeWork NSW and Liquor and Gaming NSW.  Rose is now semi-retired but is still participating in a number of regulatory projects including her role as Chair of the National Committee of the ANZSOG National Regulators Community of Practice.

“Dom is a Manager at Better Regulation Victoria (BRV). BRV supports Victorian Government departments and agencies to make better regulation including risk-based regulation. Dom supports the Victorian Commissioner for Better Regulation to assess the adequacy of regulatory impact statements (RISs), convene the Victorian Regulators’ Forum and work with Government agencies to address red tape issues raised by business. This wide range of work and stakeholders gives BRV a broad perspective on regulation. Dom has previously worked as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet and as a Senior Research Economist at the Productivity Commission. Dom has a Master of Economics (First Class Honours) from the University of Melbourne. His thesis on buying vs renting a home was adapted into a journal article in the Economic Record.”

Sharife Rahmani is a senior executive with more than 20 years’ experience in financial services and regulation across state and federal jurisdictions. Sharife has led functions spanning strategy, transformation, operations, governance and regulation. He holds qualifications in economics, commerce, statistics and public administration and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He serves on the Trustee Board of EquipSuper, a member-based superannuation fund with $30 billion funds under management and 30,000 members. In 2022 Sharife was awarded the Garry Weaven Emerging Trustee Scholarship recognising emerging talent in the superannuation trustee space. Sharife joined Coal LSL in February 2022 to lead the Regulation division, stewarding the evolution of Coal LSL’s regulatory capabilities.

David Ironside is an experienced regulator, having spent over 30 years developing and managing elements of Australia’s biosecurity system.

Throughout his career, he has managed biosecurity operations and developed new digital systems for managing both imports and exports of agricultural products. He led several policy reform initiatives which have improved the efficiency and effectiveness of Australia’s agricultural regulatory systems, including an expansion of the export Authorised Officer model, which uses trained industry personnel to deliver regulatory functions. He has also led a significant program of reform for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA).

David holds qualifications in horticulture as well as a Masters in Public Administration.

Lachlan Phillips is the acting CEO for the ACT’s Independent Competition & Regulatory Commission. He has been with the commission since 2021, leading the licensing and economic regulation of utilities and providing competition advice to government. 

Lachlan’s background includes a range of senior regulatory roles in the Commonwealth covering aviation, environmental management, media classification and transport security, including as Australia’s Transport Counsellor in the Middle East. Lachlan is focussed on building regulatory capacity within agencies, including collaboration with industry and other regulators to apply lessons across all branches of government.

Lachlan has an honours degree in political science from the Australian National University.  Lachlan also sits on several ACT school boards and is an active volunteer with Scouts Australia.

Pavel is a regulatory practitioner with 12+ years of experience. His pathway into regulation was unorthodox, starting in medicine in Armenia and graduating with a MBBS in 2006, but upon immigration to Australia he became fascinated with the overlap of medicine, law and regulation. From that point onwards he completed his legal degree, masters in Health and Medical law and worked in various regulatory fields, most recently with Ahpra and currently with Human Services Regulator. Medico-legal regulation is his main area of interest, but his overall passion is in regulatory systems that are aimed at improving the quality and safety of service to the general public and in particular to its vulnerable members.