Structure 
Board Members
Anna Booth – Chair
Peter Gordon – Executive Director and Deputy Chair
Andrew Grech – Managing Director
Ken Fowlie – Executive Director
Ian Court – Non-Executive Director Chair
Management Structure
Peter Gordon – Executive Director and Deputy Chair and National Practice Group Leader, Asbestos and Project Litigation
Wayne Brown – Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Mike Feehan – Chief Operating Officer
Paul Henderson – Principal Lawyer
Marcus Clayton – National Practice Group Leader - Industrial and Employment Law
Cath Evans – National Practice Group Leader - Motor Vehicle Accident
Hayden Stephens – National Practice Group Leader – Workers Compensation
James Higgins – Principal Lawyer - Asbestos and Project Litigation
Mark Walter – National Practice Group Leader - Commercial Litigation
Tim Hammond – State Practice Group Leader – Queensland
Chris Prast – State Practice Group Leader – Western Australia
Stuart Barnett – Practice Group Leader - Newcastle | Gosford
Board Members
Anna Booth - Chair
In 1987 Anna became the first woman National Secretary of the Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia. She has been a vice president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and a member of the boards of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the NRMA.
She was also a member of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). Anna is a non-executive director of Members Equity Bank and an executive director of CoSolve where she also consults in workplace relations. She is a fellow of the Macquarie University Labour-Management Studies Foundation and chairs the Mothers Day Classic Sydney Organising Committee which stages an annual event to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Peter Gordon - Executive Director and Deputy Chair
Internationally renowned for his work on numerous landmark cases, Peter conducted the first successful asbestos related cancer claim in Australia in 1984 and led the litigation against CSR in relation to medically acquired HIV, breast implants, claims of sexual abuse against the Christian Brothers, Ok Tedi and the Kraft peanut butter and Wallis Lake Oysters contamination cases. More recently Peter represented the ACTU and asbestos support groups in the James Hardie Inquiry and also assisted the United States of America Department of Justice in its successful litigation against the tobacco industry.
Peter also led the rescue of the Footscray Football Club in 1989(serving as its President for the next seven years). Peter currently divides his time between
tobacco litigation, asbestos litigation and class action litigation. Peter is also a
Board member of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.
Andrew Grech - Managing Director
Andrew joined Slater & Gordon in 1994 and has worked as a litigator in most areas of the Company’s litigation practice. Andrew also spent three years in the then fledgling Sydney office. Since he became Managing Director in 2000, the Company has enjoyed substantial growth.
Since 2000, Andrew’s singular level of focus has continued in his work with partners and management to consolidate Slater & Gordon’s reputation as one of Australia’s leading plaintiff law firms.
Ken Fowlie - Executive Director
Ken has taken a lead role in establishing Slater & Gordon’s presence in New South Wales. One of two original Slater & Gordon employees in that State in 1996, Ken now leads a team of 80, the majority of whom have joined the company through the acquisition of smaller firms. Ken remains a highly regarded asbestos lawyer.
Over his ten year career with Slater & Gordon, Ken has also led several high profile class actions with Peter Gordon. He is currently working on the Telstra class action. Since 2004 Ken has acted for the ACTU and asbestos support groups in negotiations with James Hardie and the New South Wales government which resulted in the establishment of a compensation fund for future asbestos victims.
Ian Court - Non-Executive Director
Ian has over 30 years experience in senior executive positions and as a non-executive director of private and public companies. Ian has worked in superannuation administration and investment, infrastructure and private equity funds management, financial services, industrial relations/human resources, industry development and public policy at the national and state levels. His experience covers a wide range of industry sectors.
Ian is currently a non-executive director of SSSR Holdings Pty Ltd, Victorian Funds Management Corporation, Bennelong Funds Management Pty Ltd, Epic Energy Holdings Pty Ltd and ACTU Member Connect Pty Ltd and is also Chair of the Industry Funds Management Investor Advisory Board. He is a former chief executive of Development Australia Fund Management Ltd and a former executive chairman of the trustee of Cbus.
Earlier in his career, Ian was a senior ACTU industrial officer.
Management Structure
Slater & Gordon’s senior leadership team, the National Executive, is made up of leaders of the largest National Practices, State Practice Group Leaders and senior functional managers. The members of the National Executive are:
Peter Gordon - Executive Director and Deputy Chair and National Practice Group Leader, Asbestos Litigation and Project Litigation
Internationally renowned for his work on numerous landmark cases, Peter conducted the first successful asbestos related cancer claim in Australia in 1984 and led the litigation against CSR in relation to medically acquired HIV, breast implants, claims of sexual abuse against the Christian Brothers, Ok Tedi and the Kraft peanut butter and Wallis Lake Oysters contamination cases. More recently Peter represented the ACTU and asbestos support groups in the James Hardie Inquiry and also assisted the United States of America Department of Justice in ts successful litigation against the tobacco industry.
Peter also led the rescue of the Footscray Football Club in 1989(serving as its President for the next seven years). Peter currently divides his time between
tobacco litigation, asbestos litigation and class action litigation. Peter is also a
Board member of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.
Andrew Grech - Managing Director
Andrew joined Slater & Gordon in 1994 and has worked as a litigator in most areas of the Company’s litigation practice. Andrew also spent three years in the then fledgling Sydney office. Since he became Managing Director in 2000, the Company has enjoyed substantial growth.
Since 2000, Andrew’s singular level of focus has continued in his work with partners and management to consolidate Slater & Gordon’s reputation as one of Australia’s leading plaintiff law firms.
Ken Fowlie - Executive Director and Practice Group Leader - NSW
Ken has taken a lead role in establishing Slater & Gordon’s presence in New South Wales. One of two original Slater & Gordon employees in that State in 1996, Ken now leads a team of 80, the majority of whom have joined the company through the acquisition of smaller firms. Ken remains a highly regarded asbestos lawyer.
Over his ten year career with Slater & Gordon, Ken has also led several high profile class actions with Peter Gordon. He is currently working on the Telstra class action. Since 2004 Ken has acted for the ACTU and asbestos support groups in negotiations with James Hardie and the New South Wales government which resulted in the establishment of a compensation fund for future asbestos victims.
Wayne Brown - Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Prior to joining the Company in 2004, Wayne was the financial controller of the ASX listed Grand Hotel Group. Prior to that Wayne spent ten years with Arthur Andersen where he specialised in corporate recovery and restructuring.
Wayne is now the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Slater & Gordon Limited and has been heavily involved in the implementation of the Company’s growth strategy.
Mike Feehan - Chief Operating Officer
Mike joined the company in 2006 after having consulted to it for three years. He was instrumental in the development of the Company’s strategic plan and the Employee Ownership Plan.
Mike had previously worked for Orica in several senior executive roles, including as General Manager of its Adhesives division, General Manager of its largest petrochemical site at Botany in Sydney and Group Corporate Affairs Manager.
Paul Henderson - Principal Lawyer
Paul has led or worked in most of the company’s personal injury practices with considerable success. Paul is regarded as an authority in the field of catastrophic injury claims and currently practises in the Medical Negligence and Workers Compensation practices.
Paul has extensive experience in managing and developing legal practises across Victoria and interstate. He also plays a significant role in the design and implementation of the company’s precedent and workflow systems together with the development of the Firm’s Practise Standards.
Marcus Clayton - National Practice Group Leader - Industrial
and Employment Law
Marcus is the National Practice Group Leader for the Industrial and Employment law practice.
Highly regarded in the union movement, he leads the company’s national Industrial and Employment Law practice, with overall responsibility for dealings with the many unions for which the Company acts.
Cath Evans - National Practice Group Leader - Motor Vehicle Accident 
Cath is the National Practice Group Leader for the Motor Vehicle Accident practice. Cath oversaw rapid growth in the Melbourne Motor Vehicle Accident practice, and now leads that practice nationally.
Cath also has responsibility for the development and implementation of the Company’s National Practice Standards, which play a pivotal role in quality assurance, risk management and the training of staff.
Hayden Stephens - National Practice Group Leader - Workers Compensation
Hayden is the National Practice Group Leader for the Workers Compensation practice. In his previous role Hayden was instrumental in the rapid growth of the Perth practice.
Hayden has now returned to Melbourne to take national responsibility for the growth of the Workers Compensation practice.
James Higgins - Principal Lawyer - Asbestos and Project Litigation
James is a Principal lawyer specialising in asbestos litigation and the conduct of class actions.
James has recently returned from the Brisbane office where he was State Practice Manager during a period of rapid growth in that practice.
Mark Walter - National Practice Group Leader - Commercial Litigation
Mark is the National Practice Group Leader for the Commercial Litigation practice.
Mark has overseen the expansion of the company's range of legal services into the commercial area in the Melbourne practice and now, as National Practice Group Leader, has the responsibility for the growth of commercial law services nationally.
Tim Hammond - State Practice Group Leader - Queensland
Tim is the State Practice Group Leader of the Queensland practice (which is conducted by Andrew Grech pursuant to a Service Agreement).
Tim has extensive litigation experience, having practised in almost all areas of Injuries law. Tim has more recently specialised in asbestos litigation, where he continues to break new legal ground in Slater & Gordon’s ongoing fight for the victims of asbestos disease.
Chris Prast - State Practice Group Leader - Western Australia
Although not a lawyer, Chris has 30 years experience in the law, and has been involved in litigation in all jurisdictions in Western Australia.
Chris has a particular interest in the rights of injured workers and has appeared regularly as an advocate in all compensation Tribunals in Western Australia over the last 20 years.
Stuart is the Practice group Leader for the Newcastle and Gosford Offices. Prior to joining Slater & Gordon he was the managing partner of a leading Newcastle law firm until its merger with Slater & Gordon in 2006.
Stuart oversees the growing Newcastle and Central Coast offices and is responsible for growing the firms personal injury practice on the Far North Coast of New South Wales.
He is an accredited specialist in Personal Injury Law and has a particular expertise in coal miners personal injury matters, serious injury claims and coronial work.