AT the helm
Executive Team.
Laura Keily
Founder & Managing Director
Laura is a barrister and entrepreneur with a blue chip legal and business background as a top-tier corporate lawyer, company director, business adviser and in-house counsel for listed corporates. A qualified arbitrator, specialist in corporations law and complex commercial litigation, Laura was awarded Innovator of the Year by the Womens' Barristers Association in 2020 for her work in pioneering online mediation.
Nick Northcott
Chief Strategy Officer
Nick Northcott is former KPMG, the Founder of Chrysalis Advisory, has experience as an MBA Lecturer, a Partner at multiple firms and shares more than 20 years of successful strategy & execution, innovation & commercialisation with the Immediation team. With diverse global experience, Nick has held roles in professional services, consulting, not for profit, government and research and innovation. Nick is also a trained mediator.
Michael Heron QC
Chairman, Immediation NZ
Michael Heron QC is a leading QC in commercial and regulatory litigation and arbitrations. Michael is a trusted legal advisor to New Zealand businesses, government entities, and public
bodies. Michael was formerly New Zealand’s Solicitor General, meaning that he ran and oversaw the Crown Law Office and played a key constitutional role in protecting New Zealand’s legal system.
Mike Schuman
CISO & Acting CTO
Mike was the Chief Information Officer of WA Police. With experience in Government and Law Enforcement, he is intimately familiar with the requirements of the cross-justice demand chain. His experience and passion for cybersecurity, privacy and risk, also ensures exceptional focus in these areas. Mike is a TOGAF 9 Certified Enterprise Architect, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer and Prince 2 Practitioner.
Martin Wells
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
Martin is an experienced Chief Technology Officer and Silicon Valley VP of Engineering and Product. A highly experienced technology executive and CEO with deep technical and commercialisation expertise, Martin has advised more than 30 companies, raising over $200 million in venture capital funding and assisting in 10 acquisitions. Martin has founded and successfully exited three start-ups.
Kelly Hughes
Head of Legal Innovation
Kelly is a specialist in commercial litigation and disputes resolution with over 15 years of legal experience. She has conducted numerous proceedings on behalf of Government as well as corporate clients during her career, as a Professional Standards Lawyer at Slater and Gordon in Melbourne, as Senior Associate, Professional and Financial Disputes for Clyde & CoLLP in London, and as Solicitor, Dispute Resolution Group for Mallesons Stephen Jaques.
Rebecca Ross
Justice PARTNERSHIPS LEAD
Rebecca brings with her a wealth of experience in particular from the courts and justice system, in particular as Acting Executive Director, Courts and Tribunals, Department of Attorney General and Justice, Northern Territory Government and Director and Principal Registrar - Northern Territory Local Courts. Rebecca was appointed as a Judicial Registrar of the Northern Territory Local Courts in February 2019. Rebecca was responsible for the response to COVID-19 at the Northern Territory Courts including the implementation of digital courts.
Yvonne Sims
Head of Customer Success
Yvonne is an experienced Customer Success Leader in HR Tech, Recruitment & Talent with a deep understanding and appreciation of customer needs, pains and value drivers. Yvonne is passionate about developing, empowering and coaching teams to deliver value and success outcomes for both the customer and the business whilst creating an optimised customer experience that ultimately drives growth, loyalty and advocacy
Dion Lovrecich
Head of MARKETING
Dion brings more than 20 years of digital marketing experience to the Immediation executive team. Coined an alchemist during his time at Digital360, consistently building successful data-driven marketing strategies. Dion was pivotal in Digital360's award as one of Australia's fastest growing digital agencies. Dion's experience covers both network and agency sides along with SME direct. Dion was responsible for the international expansion of Val Morgan Outdoor (foregoing PumpTV) from Melbourne to Tianjin, China.
Chris Nurse
Head of Product Quality
Chris is a Top 25 technology innovator (voted by CIO magazine), able to blend technical experience with an ability to build a positive and engaging culture, that focuses on delivering high-quality technology solutions. As the leader of the Immediation Technology Internship Program, by the end of 2021, Chris will have created opportunities for over a 100 highly-diverse young people to work in legal innovation, and to contribute to society whilst they build their careers in IT.
Sean Montgomery
Head of Engineering
Sean is an engineer with more than 16 years experience developing award winning products, including: GoToMyPC, Picasa, and Google Photos. Sean co-founded Metrix Systems, a full service web development agency for startups. Sean created "Xano" - a patent pending web development platform that specialises in simple yet flexible system architecture. Sean was the lead engineer of the original Immediation platform.
Henry Moore
Manager, Legal Innovation NZ
Henry is a qualified lawyer with a specialist skill set in sports dispute management. With over ten years of legal experience in New Zealand, the majority of that period spent operating in professional sport, Henry has been responsible for fronting highly sensitive athlete disputes, negotiating collective agreements, resolving integrity related matters, launching integrity specific education, and implementing crisis management plans. As Immediation, Henry will assist with the delivery of our New Zealand based services.
Zehava Heinrich
Legal Innovation Executive
Zehava is a newly admitted lawyer with a passion for disruptive innovation and a specialisation in legal technology. As a key member of the Immediation legal innovation and justice team, Zehava assists with bringing legal solutions to life in our technology products.
ABOUT US
The Founder.
Immediation was conceived and designed by Melbourne barrister Laura Keily in response to the problems she encountered with ordinary businesses and individuals gaining access to justice at a reasonable price. Immediation has been brought to fruition by a team of leading Australian barristers, solicitors and in-house legal counsel who share a deep respect for the rule of law, and an unrivalled understanding of the practices and processes of dispute resolution and legal technology. (Photography credit: Justin Ridler)
READY TO HELP
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Immediation utilises the depth of expertise within the Australian legal profession to assist in the resolution of appropriate disputes. Our experts include former senior judges; among them are the former Chief Justices of Victoria and Western Australia.
Purpose built for legal practice, hearings and dispute resolution.
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