Maryjane Crabtree

Maryjane Crabtree is an experienced company director and was formerly the National Executive Partner - Practice, of Allens, an independent law firm operating in alliance with global law firm Linklaters LLP. She studied Law and Arts at Melbourne University. She was admitted to practice in 1981, commencing her career as a solicitor at Blake Dawson Waldron, then moving to a small firm in the Yarra Valley, to allow her also to pursue a competetive career in Equestrian sports. After joining the predecessor of Allens, (Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks) in 1990, she became a partner in 1994. She practiced in the Melbourne office, specialising in product liability, occupational health and safety and risk management. She led teams on International and domestic mass tort litigation and class actions, and headed the firm's Workplace and Occupational Health and Safety practices. SHe retired in 2016 to focus on governance roles in the NFP sector. She is currently Chair of Racing Analytical Services Limited, a semi-government body that conducts human and animal drug testing to support integrity in racing and sport generally. She is a member of the board of Rugby Victoria, and a member of the Ethics Committee of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra. MAryjane is a Fellow of AICD. She was a member of the Council of Ormond College (University of Melbourne) from 2005 until 2021 and sat as a legally qualified member of the Ethics Committee of the Epworth Hospital Group from 1998 to 2012. She joined the Board of Management of Epworth Healthcare in 2012, and became President of the organisation in 2017 after being Deputy President and chairing the Audit and Risk Committee. She retired in 2021, at the expiration of her statutory term. She was an elected member of the council of the Law Institute of Victoria, and a member of the Victorian Legal Admissions Committee, Supreme Court of Victoria.