Joanne Philipson is the Deputy Director of the Serious Financial and Corporate Crime practice group at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP). Joanne joined the CDPP in 1989 and has conducted prosecutions across several different crime types including drugs, fraud and commercial prosecutions. She has extensive experience as a federal prosecutor, having served as the Assistant Director of the CDPP’s Sydney-based operations for the Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism branch and the Commercial Financial and Corruption branch for over 13 years.
Joanne has a strong interest in developing better ways to manage disclosure in complex criminal matters and was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2019 to make a comparative assessment of strategies to effectively manage prosecution disclosure in the UK, Canada and the USA. Ms Philipson joined the CDPP’s Senior Executive in 2007 and holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.
Joanne is a member of the Women in Law Enforcement Strategy steering committee and has participated as a mentor. She is also a mentor for the Churchill Trust and a committee member.