Our People

HBA’s people are specialist insurance lawyers with an unbeatable depth of experience. They excel at what they do, solving problems the ‘HBA way’,  with our great team of specialists across the business.

Nathan Hepple

Head of Crawford Legal Services, APAC

Brett Ablong

Executive Partner

Ruth Slater

Partner

Kate Watson

Partner

Jamie McPherson

Partner

Mario Raciti

Partner

Claire Tota

Partner

Iona Sjahadi

Partner

Courtney Steele

Partner

Damian Hegarty

Partner

Natasha Burn

Partner

Geoff Brookes

Consultant

Deirdre Pennock

Special Counsel

Rob Parcell

Special Counsel

Shelley Johnson

Special Counsel

Natasha Fiodoroff

Special Counsel

Shamini Patel

Special Counsel

Bree Rosagro

Special Counsel

Simon Perrein

Special Counsel

Andrew Gulyas

Senior Associate

Emily Gibson

Senior Associate

Jacob Stekhoven

Senior Associate

Joan Jreij

Chief People Officer, Crawford Legal Services

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HBA Legal Pty Ltd is an incorporated legal practice (ILP) registered in Australia. We use the term ‘partner’ to refer to an employee or director who is a lawyer with equivalent standing/ qualifications and in a leadership position within our business.