Katrina HARRY PSM, BA, LLB (Hons)

National Registrar and Chief Legal Counsel 

Katrina is the National Registrar and Chief Legal Counsel of the Veterans’ Review Board, responsible for managing the staff and functions of the Board across Australia.  

Katrina is an Accredited Specialist in Government and Administrative Law. A people focused, collaborative public service leader and change agent, Katrina has over 20 years’ senior leadership experience in tribunals. Katrina has successfully delivered strategic projects and operational transformation to establish a culture that improves tribunal performance to meet the aim of resolving disputes fairly, efficiently, quickly.  

Katrina has a strong interest in access to justice and how justice systems can put the people who use them at their heart. Katrina led the development of the VRB’s transformative Dispute Resolution Program which radically improved the VRB’s resolution rates and time targets. Katrina was awarded a Public Service Medal for her work. Most recently, Katrina led the design and implementation of the VRB’s Online Dispute Resolution program.  

Katrina is the current Treasurer for the Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT) NSW and a member of Licensing Committee of the Law Society of NSW. Katrina is also a regular member of the Specialist Accreditation Public Law Advisory Committee and Government Solicitors Committee.