Peter O'Connell professional experience includes when he was a partner at Minter Ellison and Gilbert & Tobin where he acted on defence contracts, and energy and telecommunications projects for global clients; Asia Pacific Counsel for BellSouth as well as senior executive and CEO roles for Australian organisations. Mr O'Connell was part of a group which helped Optus Communications and was a founding Director of the company. He has served on a number of Boards for private and public companies and on government boards, including serving as an advisor to the Australian Government on IT reform.