Renée is our longest-serving director and offers a rare blend of scientific, legal and regulatory expertise. She holds a PhD (Medicine) and BSc (Hons) from UNSW, began her career as a Senior Scientist at the Garvan Institute, then qualified in Industrial Property and practised as a patent attorney in life sciences and biotech before leading R&D and regulatory affairs at a medical device start-up. That breadth lets her advise quickly and precisely across cosmetics, complementary and OTC medicines, medical devices and foods. She also sits on CHP Australia's manufacturing and complementary medicine committees.