Dwayne Currie

Experience

Dwayne Currie is an Expert Advisor at Proximity and has considerable legal experience.

Dwayne’s key skills include excellent customer focus and highly-developed leadership and management skills. He has demonstrated experiencing in planning and delivering projects on time, and within budget and legislative parameters.

Dwayne has worked in a range of roles, including as the General Counsel for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority. In this role, he managed two high-profile teams and provided high-level legal advice to senior managers, negotiated and developed contractual arrangements with other Commonwealth agencies and external providers, and maintained relationships with key legal stakeholders.

Dwayne has also worked in a legal policy role at the Digital Transformation Agency and has extensive experience in public law. This includes time as the Practice Group Leader for the Aged Care Law team at the Department of Health.

Dwayne has also managed the commercial law work for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government and the Department of Family and Community Services.

Dwayne also has experience in the private sector as a lawyer and legal analyst in an IT firm.

Dwayne has a Bachelor of Laws from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Griffith University with majors in industrial relations and law in administration.

Dwayne and his partner Lisa can be seen regularly walking their golden retrievers and he may be found running, cycling, hiking or otherwise trying to keep active.