Marnie Manning

Marnie is a lawyer, researcher and academic.  She has extensive experience establishing and leading multi-jurisdictional legal functions of businesses in various sectors including health, forestry, construction, engineering and manufacturing.  

She is currently Group General Counsel of Australia’s largest dental group, the Smile Solutions Group. The group comprises Smile Solutions, the Core Dental Group and various other healthcare practices specialising in orthodontic, periodontic, endodontic, prosthodontic and paediatric dentistry, and in oral & maxillofacial surgery. 

Marnie’s primary academic and research work examines how Australian judges and doctors deal with conflicts involving the medical treatment of seriously ill young people (adolescents) and children.

She is a PhD Candidate in Law at Monash University and completed part of her research as a Recognised Student at the University of Oxford. 

She is a Non-Executive Director of the Hush Foundation and holds Fellowships with the Governance Institute of Australia and the International Intellectual Property Strategists Association.

She has a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in molecular biology, and a mini MBA from Boston University.