In-house Insiders – Details, episodes & analysis

Cathy Hoyle is the General Counsel and Company Secretary of Enero, an international network of marketing and communications businesses. Following a ten-year-long stint in the music industry in Los Angelos, Cathy retrained as a lawyer but never lost her passion for working with creative people. Cathy and her team were also the winners of the Small Legal Team of the Year Award at the 2021 ACC Corporate Lawyer of the Year Awards.

In this episode, Cathy explains how she got her start in the music industry, and how she made the transition to law. She breaks down what it's like working at a global company like Enero, and shares the importance of maintaining good relationships. Plus, Cathy shares her insights about working in a small legal team, before reflecting on her 2021 award win.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Nadia Mansour is the Chief Legal Counsel at HBF Health Limited, one of Australia’s largest private health insurance providers. Before moving into in-house roles, Nadia worked in private practice and ran her own consulting firm. Nadia is passionate about mentoring, and in 2021 she won the Mentor of the Year award at the Australian Corporate Lawyer Awards.

In today’s episode, Nadia shares what it was like transitioning from running her own business to transitioning to an in-house legal role, you’ll hear what she finds most rewarding about being a mentor, and Nadia will tell the incredible story of how she found out about the global financial crisis… while she was in the middle of giving birth.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Tri Nguyen is the general counsel and company secretary at Incolink. Tri has had an incredible journey throughout his life. Growing up in Vietnam in the 80s, Tri’s parents wanted a better life for him, so they placed him and his brother on a fishing boat and the two of them made the harrowing journey to Australia. 

In this episode, Tri will take you through the dangerous journey that led him to Australia. We'll also explore what it was like in Australia for a refugee in the 80s and how Tri eventually became South Australia's first Vietnamese graduate lawyer.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Niti Nadarajah has followed a unique path through the industry.  She started her career in Australia but spent a number of her early years in London, before returning to Australia and diving into in-house roles. 

Today, you’ll hear about Niti’s perspective on the importance of authentic leadership. Niti also shares some of the personal struggles that she has faced with workplace flexibility, mental health, and pregnancy loss and fertility. We’ll explore the benefits of having a transparent and open dialogue in the workplace, and the importance of normalising the conversation.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Nicole Duncan has had an eventful career working in-house in the mining industry. Formerly the Chief Legal Officer at South32, she made her mark working on both the merger between BHP and Billiton and the demerger of South32 from BHP.

Today, you’ll hear the challenges she faced and the lessons Nicole learned from these experiences. We also discuss how growing up with a father who worked for the World Bank affected Nicole's career choices, and how someone so successful deals with impostor syndrome.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Kripi Bhatt is Legal Counsel at CPB Contractors, and previously had an established legal career working at a top firm overseas. But when she moved to Australia, she found despite her vast experience, the challenge of starting her career again was more difficult than she thought.

In this episode, Kripi shares how her career played out in her home country of India, the challenges of requalifying and obtaining a job in Australia and the amazing moment where she threw down the gauntlet and challenged an employer to give her a shot.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Malcolm Haack is the Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at the Australian based mining multinational Orica.

Unusually, Malcolm went from law school directly into an in-house role, before taking on a more traditional role in a top-tier Australian law firm. However, the seeds had been sown, and after a few years of soul-searching, he realised he missed the deep interaction with the business that in-house counsel provided.

In this episode, he shares his unique path to where he is today, the lessons he’s learned from working worldwide, and the skills he’s developed to maintain relationships across borders.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Kate Sherburn is the "Legal Beagle" at Who Gives A Crap, a direct-to-consumer toilet paper company with a social cause at the heart of its business.

Kate started in July 2019, and six months into the role she had grand plans for the year ahead. But when the pandemic hit in early 2020, being a toilet paper company, they faced some pretty unique challenges.

In this episode, Kate shares how she built the legal department at the business, the importance of being a part of an organisation that shares your values, and how working for a social enterprise has influenced her personally.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Christalyne Look is the Deputy General Counsel of Gaming and Corporate at Tabcorp.

Christalyne has had a varied career having worked in-house at multinational, listed and regulated companies in the technology, financial services and entertainment industries, as well as in private practice.

In this episode, Christalyne shares her views on how working in a wide range of industries can benefit your career, the challenges and assumptions she faces as a person with a disability and in her words, the importance of being brave.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Amy Salapak is the Senior Legal Counsel at Curtin University. In 2018, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in the U.S. on the role of ethics, regulation, law and governance in the financial services sector following the global financial crisis.

Amy has presented at Australasian and international forums on business ethics, banking and finance, dispute resolution and governance issues.

In this episode, she breaks down the findings of her studies, discusses how ethics and culture impact in-house legal professionals, and shares a recent personal adversity she’s overcome.

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.