Annie is a security and technology lawyer with 20 years of experience advising government and private sector clients in technology law, security risk, strategy and policy, procurement security considerations, global security regulation, and cybersecurity risk mitigation.
Annie’s deep technical understanding of technology and cybersecurity issues was gained during her 12 years as legal counsel for one of the world’s largest technology companies, Accenture, including 6 years as global legal counsel for its global cybersecurity business. Annie has also spent 18 months on secondment advising a Commonwealth agency on its risk and legal strategy, mitigations and controls for managing security risk across the organisation including compliance with applicable laws, the PSPF, ISM and agency policies.
Annie has been awarded the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards Sole Practitioner of the Year (2024), General Counsel of the Year (2021) awards, and Lawyers Weekly, Corporate Counsel Awards, Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyer of the Year award for her work in security and technology law.
