Katrina Johnson

Katrina Johnson is an accomplished legal professional with over 20 years of senior executive experience in global, high-growth technology companies. She is currently the Group Company Secretary & Head of Regulatory Affairs at ASX50 technology company WiseTech Global, where she has been leading the global legal, company secretarial, and employee equity teams since 2020. Previously, Katrina held senior executive roles at Uber, including as Associate General Counsel and Head of Legal for the Asia Pacific region. She also held senior legal and business leadership roles within the eBay & PayPal group of companies in Asia Pacific and the US for over a decade. Notable achievements included leading the legal and policy workstreams that enabled PayPal to launch in Australia and securing key regulatory reforms that allowed Uber to launch and scale its operations throughout Asia Pacific. In addition to her executive experience, Katrina has served as Non-Executive Director and Member of the Audit & Risk Management Committees at ASX-listed technology companies Straker Translations and Trade Me Group. She currently serves on the Regulatory Subcommittee of the Tech Council of Australia, and was a Founding Advisory Board Member of the UNSW/Allens Hub for Technology, Law & Innovation. Katrina has received numerous professional accolades throughout her career, including being listed in Attorney Intel’s global Top 25 General Counsels in Software, the GC Powerlist for Australia, and Australasian Lawyer’s Elite Women in Law. She is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.