Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Dr Pamela Hanrahan is a lawyer, legal academic and author specialising in corporate law, corporate governance, and financial regulation.

She is Professor of Commercial Law and Regulation at the University of New South Wales Business School, a Senior Fellow of the Melbourne Law School, a member of the Society of Investment Law (USA), a Fellow of FINSIA, and a solicitor member of the Law Society of New South Wales. Pamela is Deputy Chair of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, a member of the National Corporate Governance Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the Conexus Institute Advisory Board, and Deputy Chair of Landcom. She is a former Regional Commissioner of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and in 2018 was an adviser to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. Pamela is the author of several books on company law and financial regulation, including the newly released Directors’ Legal Responsibilities: A Handbook for Australian Boards (AICD, 2022).