Nicola Roxon has more than 20 years of experience with a background in the public sector and significant expertise in highly regulated consumer industries and the not-for-profit sector. She has deep industry knowledge of the health, government and professional services sector in positions including Federal Attorney General, Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Member for Gellibrand and industrial lawyer and advocate at Maurice Blackburn and the National Union of Workers. Ms Roxon is an independent chair of Bupa Australia, Cancer Council Australia, and the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board. She is also a non-executive director of Lifestyle Communities, chair and adjunct professor of Sir Zelman Cowen Centre in Victoria University, and patron for the BreastWest Foundation.