Tim Bednall is one of Australia’s pre-eminent corporate advisers and the Head of KWM’s Corporate Governance practice. He is also the founding director of Owl Advisory by KWM, a compliance and governance risk advisory service.
Tim was the Chairman of the Australian partnership of KWM from January 2010 to December 2012, during which time the combination between King & Wood and Mallesons Stephen Jaques was negotiated and implemented. He was also Managing Partner of KWM Europe and Middle East from 2016 to 2017.
Tim's recent work highlights include advising major financial services and resources companies and their boards on a range of governance and compliance issues, regulatory investigations, implementation of the Financial Accountability Regime and mandatory climate reporting. Clients include Macquarie Group, ANZ Group, Westpac, IAG, Allianz, Australian Super, ASX, Snowy Hydro and Lynas Rare Earths.
Tim is the Law Council representative on the ASX Corporate Governance Council, a director of Cooper Energy Limited, and a member of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia Foundation.