Michelle Maynard

Partner Trustee | Mutual Trust Pty Ltd
Tel: +02 9224 7633
michelle.maynard@mutualtrust.com.au

Education and qualifications

• Bachelor of Economics | Macquarie University
• Bachelor of Laws | Macquarie University
• Diploma of Business Management | University of New England
• Accredited Specialist Wills & Estates, NSW
• TEP (Trust & Estate Practitioner) | Full member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners
• Graduate | Company Directors Course | Australian Institute of Company Directors

Biography

Michelle Maynard is a specialist lawyer admitted to practice in New South Wales and has approximately 30 years legal and managerial experience in the areas of estate and trustee services and legal, risk and compliance. She is currently the national head of Trustee Services for Mutual Trust Pty Ltd, which includes overseeing the management of several large native title trusts for Indigenous groups in Western Australia and Queensland. Prior to joining Mutual Trust Michelle headed legal group in the Perpetual Private Division of Perpetual Limited, managing and supervising legal and technical teams providing specialist services in relation to trusts and estates and financial advice.

Michelle is an Accredited Specialist in Wills & Estates and has served as members of the NSW Law Society’s Elder Law & Succession Committee and the Trustee Board of the Financial Services Council. She is currently a member of the editorial committee for a new text published on succession law in NSW.

Michelle has extensive experience in the provision of complex legal advice in relation to trust and estate matters, including philanthropic trusts and native title trusts and, the carriage of litigious matters in relation to estates and trusts. She has also been involved in reviewing draft legislation and assisting with responses to government reviews and inquiries; estate planning; specialist training for staff and external organisations.