John Pease

John Pease is the Group Director Governance at St John of God Health Care Inc, Australia’s largest Catholic not‐for‐profit, private health care group which was established in Western Australia in 1895.

John is responsible for the Group’s enterprise risk management, compliance and internal audit functions. He also provides governance advice and company secretarial support to the Board’s Audit & Risk Committee and Group Management Committee.

John has substantial experience as a governance professional and in leading governance and in‐house legal teams, including:

• Western Power - General Counsel & Company Secretary (2006 – 2014)
• Murdoch University - General Counsel & University Secretary (2004 – 2006)
• Bankwest - Senior Legal Counsel (1996 – 2003)

He also has substantial experience as a lawyer, including working as a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers, a solicitor in private practice, a Deputy Registrar of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, as well as working in various roles with the former Commonwealth Crown Solicitor’s Office, the Australian Taxation Office, and the NSW Magistrates Courts Administration.

John’s legal experience covers both commercial law and dispute resolution, including intellectual property, banking and finance, debt recovery, insolvency, trade practices, higher education, corporate governance and energy, building and construction and infrastructure.

He also has substantial in‐house legal practice management experience. 

He is a former WA President of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (and served four years on its national board), is a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australian and has also served on the WA State Council of Chartered Secretaries Australia.

John obtained a Master of Laws (with distinction) from the University of WA in 1998.