Financial services lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in superannuation and funds management. She is currently Director, Legal at Colonial First State and prior to that spent 17 years in Group Legal at Westpac, in both management and advisory roles, including as the Special Counsel for the BT Superannuation Trustee Board. Shanaz is highly experienced in advising Boards and senior management across the spectrum of large-scale transactions, prudential regulation and the appropriate management of legal and regulatory risk. Shanaz also has experience with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which was during the implementation of the Financial Services Reform provisions of the Corporations Act, which regulate the Australian financial services industry. Throughout her career Shanaz has also consistently engaged on regulatory change and is a member of the Law Council’s Financial Services Committee.