Irene Kwong Moss AO

Order of Australia

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 is an Australian

Australia

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 solicitor

Solicitor

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 and public servant. She graduated from Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

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 with a Master of Laws

Master of Laws

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, and became a solicitor at the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Supreme Court of New South Wales

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 and High Court of Australia

High Court of Australia

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. After some time working for the New South Wales anti-discrimination board, she was the Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

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 from 1986 to 1994. She was the New South Wales ombudsman

Ombudsman

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 from 1995, and from 1999 to 2004 was the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. She has been a board member for various organisations, including becoming the chair of the free speech organisation Australia’s Right To Know, a coalition initiated by News Limited

News Limited

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 of major Australian media organisations in 2007.

She is married to the former chief executive of Macquarie Bank, Allan Moss

Allan Moss

Allan Moss AO was the Managing Director/CEO of Macquarie Group Ltd. Allan Moss retired from Macquarie Group Limited on 23 May 2008 after a 15 year stint as the CEO of Macquarie. Prior to this Mr Moss was a director of Hill Samuel Australia and led the team responsible for preparing the submission...

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