Professor Bob Baxt AO FAICD

The late Professor Robert Baxt AO FAICDLife authored Duties and Responsibilities of Directors and Officers since its 5th edition published in 1987.

He had an illustrious career, including serving as a senior commercial partner at two leading law firms, as a former Chairman of the Trade Practices Commission (now the ACCC), as Professor and Dean of Monash Law School and Chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Law Committee. He also edited the prestigious business law journals, The Australian Business Law Review and the Company and Securities Law Journal. Most recently, he was an Emeritus Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills and a Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School.