Carmel Mulhern is Telstra's group general counsel and is responsible for providing legal advice to Telstra's board, chief executive and senior management. She manages one of Australia’s largest in-house legal teams with lawyers in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, London and New York. Prior to this, Ms Mulhern was Telstra's company secretary responsible for continuous disclosure compliance, corporate governance and communication to Telstra’s 1.4 million shareholders. She joined Telstra in July 2000 as corporate counsel and soon became general counsel within the finance and administration business unit. Ms Mulhern played a key role in the T2 and T3 transactions, Telstra's first share buyback and the NBN transaction. Prior to joining Telstra, she was a senior associate in the mergers and acquisitions group of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne. Ms Mulhern was an associate to Justice Mary Gaudron of the High Court of Australia and associate to Justice Philip Cummins of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She has lectured at Monash University on director’s duties and advanced corporations law, and is the author of two legal text books. Ms Mulhern holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland, and a Master of Laws from Monash University. She is a member of Telstra's Ethics Committee, member of the St James Ethics Advisory Council, and director of Justice Connects (formerly PILCH VIC).
