Sarah is an experienced commercial lawyer, leader and director with more than 20 years' experience supporting organisations across the telecommunications, technology, banking, logistics, sporting and not-for-profit sectors.

Having worked in both private practice and in-house legal roles, Sarah understands the challenges organisations face in balancing legal obligations with commercial realities and is known for providing practical, commercially focused advice that helps organisations move forward with confidence.

Her experience spans commercial contracting, procurement, privacy, governance, intellectual property, employment, policy development and risk management. In addition, the governance and leadership roles that Sarah has held enables her to bring both legal and organisational perspectives to the advice she provides.

Her professional experiences include:

• Director of Your Legal Counsel and lawyer, supporting organisations including:
  - Cello Group
  - DataSentinel
  - Sport New Zealand
  - Equestrian Sports New Zealand
  - Catalyst Cloud
  - Catalyst.Net
  - New Zealand Post
• Current Chair and Director, Wairarapa Building Society
• Current Chair, Eventing Wairarapa (voluntary)
• Senior Lawyer, Juno Legal, supporting organisations including:
  - High Performance Sport New Zealand
  - Cello Group
  - Fisher & Paykel Appliances
  - Silver Fern Farms
  - New Zealand Post
• High Performance Director, Equestrian Sports New Zealand
• Senior Lawyer, Alcatel-Lucent
• Senior Commercial Adviser, Gen-i
• IT & Operations Legal Adviser, Lloyds TSB Bank plc
• Solicitor, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts