Stephen became President of the CLA in February, 2006. He was admitted as a solicitor in NSW in 1974 and in England and Wales in 1979. He had a private practice involving commercial and revenue work before moving to corporate law in 1990. Stephen's corporate career has included roles with AMP and St George Bank and from 2002 with CBA. He has had 17 years in funds management with an emphasis on superannuation. Stephen has a strong interest in legal education and developments in areas outside his specialisation. Stephen joined the CLA's board of directors in August 2002.

Jenny has recently commenced practice on her own account at Wily Legal and Consulting Pty Limited, having formerly been a Partner with Deacons for a number of years. In her current practice, Jenny provides legal and consulting services primarily in the areas of funds management, AFS licensing, compliance and corporate structuring and governance. In addition to being a Director of the Commercial Law Association, Jenny is also on the board of a number of public companies that provide financial services.

Richard Porter is a Corporate Recovery and Litigation Partner in the Chartered Accountancy firm of Moore Stephens. He is a Fellow of the institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (FCA), Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS), Fellow of the Australian Society of Accountants (FCPA) and Associate of the Australian Institute of Management. Richard is also a Registered Official Liquidator, Tax Agent and Real Estate Agent. Richard's main professional areas of interest are corporate recovery and litigation. He was appointed as a Director of the Commercial Law Association in 2003 and is currently serving on the Publications Committee.

Tony is a consultant lawyer in private practice specialising in financial markets regulation and the financial services legislation. He was admitted to practice in 1977. For many years he was General Counsel of the Sydney Futures Exchange (now part of ASX). Prior to joining the futures exchange, Tony held senior legal positions with the NSW Corporate Affairs Commission (now ASIC). He was a long time task force member for Finsia Education (previously the Securities Institute of Australia) in its financial markets courses and has lectured on financial market and regulatory topics. He is a longstanding member of the Association.

Stephen is a Chartered Accountant and a fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia). He is a founding principal of McMahon Worth Forensic Accountants. His firm specialises in forensic and investigative accounting, litigation support, investigating and solving complex financial and business issues which require the application of a combination of accounting and detective skills. Stephen's interests are in the commercial law and finance sectors. He was appointed as a Director to Council in 1998 and currently serves as the Membership Chairman.

Jane Ann Gray is Special Counsel within the Corporate Advisory, M & A and Equity Capital Markets group at Chang, Pistilli & Simmons. She was admitted as a solicitor in NSW in 1979. She practised for 20 years as a corporate and commercial partner first at Baker & McKenzie then at Atanskovic Hartnell, KPMG Legal and Middletons before joining CP&S in July 2006. Jane Ann's principal areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions including under Chapter 6 of the Corporate Act; business structuring and restructuring including schemes of arrangement; capital raisings; corporate regulation including for listed entities; and the legal aspects of the tax consolidations regime, in particular, tax sharing and funding arrangements.

Norman recently joined Bartier Perry as Executive Lawyer. Before that he was a partner at Makinson & d'Apice Lawyers. He has practised since his admission in 1987 and his qualifications include Bachelor degrees in Laws and Economics, as well as a Master in Laws. Norman has extensive corporate and finance experience obtained from advising national and international clients including government bodies, major banks, public companies, SMEs and entrepreneurs. He has presented many papers on corporate finance, ecommerce, IT and IP issues at various industry conferences. Prior to joining the firm, Norman was the national practice leader for the Ecommerce and Intellectual Property group of a national law firm. Norman's clients range across a number of industries, but he has specialist knowledge of the finance, retailing and media industries and is associated with a number of industry bodies. Norman is the Secretary of the Legislative Review Task Force and was appointed to the board in May 2008.

Edmund Finnane, Barrister-at-Law, was called to the NSW Bar on 14 February 1997 and has a wide ranging practice in Insolvency and corporate law; Equity; Commercial, Contract matters; Property (Relationships) Act and related remedies; Mortgage and Security Law and Trade Practices. He is a member of the Commercial Law Association of Australia and the NSW Bar Association and currently serves on the CLA’s Legislative Review Task Force. Edmund was appointed to the Board of Directors, Commercial Law Association of Australia on the 10 July 2009. His published works include Finnane, Newton, Wood, Equity Practice and Precedents, 2008, Thomson.

Max Wilson joined the Association as Chief Executive Officer September 2000. He is a Graduate of Macquarie University, and the Commonwealth ASIA Pacific Centre, India. He was awarded a Graduate Certificate in Management Communication in June 2001. Max is an associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a member of the Australian Society of Association Executives, the Public Relations Institute of Australia, and the Australian Marketing Institute.

 Cristean Yazbeck joined the Board in 2011. Cristean is a senior lawyer specialising in taxation, superannuation, financial services and commercial law. He was admitted to practice in 2006. Cristean's legal career has seen him work for a Big 4 accounting firm (Ernst & Young), in-house legal (CBA, Perpetual), and private legal practice (HWL Ebsworth). Cristean has written on tax and superannuation-related issues. In addition to the Commercial Law Association, Cristean is closely involved with a number of financial services associations, including ASFA and the Financial Services Council. Cristean is also a Justice of the Peace, having been appointed to the role in 2002. Cristean is currently Senior Legal Counsel with Perpetual.

 Jim Biady is an experienced commercial lawyer who has practiced for over 25 years. He advises clients in a number of specialty areas including structuring of entities, employment law, commercial litigation, dispute resolution, sale & purchases of businesses, sale & purchases of property as well as commercial leasing. He focuses on understanding each client’s business and finding appropriate commercial solutions. Jim is a Business Law Specialist accredited by the Law Society of New South Wales.