Louise is an experienced Chair, CEO and Deputy Secretary across legal, social and government sectors.

For 25 years, she has led policy development, service delivery, major reform and systematic change at federal, state and local levels through working with individuals and communities.

As CEO of Victoria Legal Aid, and Chair of National Legal Aid, she headed a team of over 1400 staff offering legal assistance to those who need it most and providing system leadership, strategic litigation, law reform and advocacy input to senior levels of industry and government.

As former Deputy CEO of the National Disability Insurance Agency, Louise was part of the Executive Team which led the roll-out of the NDIS pilots across Australia, working with people with disabilities, and established the new statutory agency that is the NDIA.