The Honourable John Digby KC was appointed Chairman of the BCL Board in September 2021.

Whist at the Bar John built a reputation as a leading commercial barrister specialising in engineering and construction matters and appeared in numerous large and complex court proceedings and major arbitrations both in Australia and abroad.

John has served for more than a decade as a Director and the Treasurer of the Australian Academy of Law and is a past President of the Commercial Bar Association of the Victorian Bar. John served on the Executive of the Victorian Bar Council and was Chairman of the Victorian Bar in 2008-2009.

John came to the Bar in 1979 and was appointed Queens Counsel in 1993.  In 2012 John was appointed to the Supreme Court of Australia and having recently retired in 2021, John now undertakes Arbitration, Expert Evaluations and Mediation work.

Sam has a broad commercial practice at the Bar and has extensive experience in a range of fields including banking and finance, corporations law, class actions, professional negligence claims and trade practice disputes.

Sam was the President of the Victorian Bar Council from November 2022 until November 2023. Sam was previously on the BCL board from November 2019 to November 2022 and returned in March 2024 as Deputy Chairman.

Sam came to the Bar in 2002 and was appointed Silk in 2019.

Frank practices principally in employment and industrial relations.  Before coming to the law, Frank had worked for Cadbury Schweppes in Australia and the UK.

Frank came to the Bar in 1990 having previously been a partner at Freehill Hollingdale & Page. Frank was appointed Silk in 2002.

Megan Tittensor is an experienced trial advocate and has appeared in all types of criminal matters and practices in quasi-criminal jurisdictions including disciplinary and tribunal matters, coronial inquests and royal commissions.

Megan appeared as junior counsel for the Managing Director of AWB in the AWB Royal Commission, and in subsequent civil penalty proceedings brought by ASIC.  More recently she was Counsel Assisting in the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants.

Megan came to the Bar in 2004 and was appointed Silk in 2020.

Liz has a broad practice in public, regulatory and commercial law, and in Commissions of Inquiry. Liz presently holds an appointment as Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Violence Abuse and Neglect of Persons with a Disability. Liz has previously acted in the Victoria’s Mental Health Royal Commission and in the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking Industry.

In regulatory practice, Liz has appeared as leading junior counsel for the Legal Services Commissioner as well as appearing unled for ASIC and the ACCC. Liz’s public law practice includes merits and judicial review of administrative decisions and actions and a strong discrimination law practice in VCAT and the Federal Court. Liz also has significant experience in disputes concerning legal professional privilege, public interest immunity and security for costs.

Liz came to the Bar in 2009 and was appointed Silk in 2021. Prior to coming to the Bar, Liz was a Senior Associate at Allens and an associate in the Victorian Court of Appeal.

Stewart came to the bar in 2002 and took silk in 2017.  He practises in complex commercial litigation matters, and has a broad appeal, trial and advice practice.  He is widely published in the area of corporate insolvency.

Stewart was the President of the Commercial Bar Association in 2022 and 2023, and is the former chair of its Insolvency Section.  He served on the Victorian Bar Council for four years (including a year as its Honorary Treasurer) and on the Bar’s Ethics Committee for seven years.

Ben practices in commercial law with experience in contract law, corporations law, all aspects of property law, the Australian Consumer Law, and equity and trust law.

Ben came to the Bar in 2007, having previously been a Senior Associate at Baker & McKenzie.

Catherine holds a first class honours degree in law, a master of laws and an MBA and has previously served as Managing Partner of the Melbourne office of Clayton Utz, a Commissioner of the City of Melbourne, a director of NAB, ASX, Orica and Victorian Funds Management Corporation and as Chair of the Australian Synchrotron and Federation Square.

Currently, Catherine is Chair of Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority and Creative Partnerships Australia; and a Director of the Reserve Bank’s Payments System Board and Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited.

Mick is the Chief Executive Officer of Buxton Private, the family office of Michael Buxton. He was previously on the Advisory Board and Chief Financial Officer of MAB.

MAB is a privately-owned property development company owned by the Buxton Family. It has activities in residential, retail, industrial and commercial developments, as well as an investment management business.

Mick has 35 years’ experience in finance, mergers and acquisitions, and senior management. Mick is commercially focused with experience across Chartered Accounting Firms, multinational and privately-owned organisations.

Mick is a Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland.

Paul joined BCL as CEO and Managing Director in March 2018.

Paul has led large teams across a diverse range of industries ranging from large banks and government utilities to an ASX listed global technology company. He has over thirty years experience in improving the performance of these businesses through significant cultural and structural change combined with a focus on executing strategy.

Paul is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and FINSIA and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors course and the INSEAD AVIRA programme. He has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from RMIT and an Executive MBA from the University of New South Wales.