Sally Dowling SC was appointed as Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) in August 2021 for a 10-year term.

Ms Dowling graduated from the University of Sydney (Hons I) in 1994 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1995. Called to the Bar in 1997, she worked in private practice until 2002 when she was appointed a Crown Prosecutor and joined the ODPP. Between 2002 and 2016 Ms Dowling practised as trial and appellate counsel. She was appointed Senior Counsel in 2013 and in 2016 was appointed a Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor and head of the Appeals Unit. 

Between 2018 and 2020 Ms Dowling practised at the private Bar appearing in coronial inquests and in criminal and regulatory matters both for the prosecution and defence, and acted as Senior Counsel assisting the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into Crystal Methamphetamine. 

As Director, Ms Dowling is a member of the NSW Sentencing Council, the NSW Criminal Justice Transformation Board and the Aboriginal Justice Partnership Committee and maintains an appellate practice appearing in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal and the High Court of Australia. Ms Dowling is also a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Prosecutors. In February 2025, Ms Dowling was appointed to the Panel of Advisors to the Attorney-General of Singapore for a two-year term. 

Helen Roberts SC was appointed as a Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in October 2022.

Having been Associate to Gleeson CJ in the High Court, she joined the ODPP as a solicitor in 1999. She then held positions as Solicitor Advocate with the NSW Crown Solicitor’s Office, as Deputy Coroner for the Northern Territory and as Crown Prosecutor with the NT ODPP, before returning to the NSW ODPP. 

Ms Roberts was appointed a Crown Prosecutor in July 2010, running trials in the District Court, before specialising in appellate work in 2017. She was appointed as an Acting Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor in February 2019, assuming joint responsibility for the Court of Criminal Appeal Unit. 

Ms Roberts has appeared for the Crown in numerous complex appeals in the Court of Criminal Appeal and appeared in the High Court in special leave applications on behalf of the Director. She has twice been appointed as an Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, from March to August 2020 and in August 2022. In September 2021, she was appointed Senior Counsel. 

She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at University of NSW Law School, teaching advocacy, and is Co-Chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the NSW Bar Association. 

Ken McKay SC was appointed as Senior Crown Prosecutor of NSW in November 2022, having served as Acting Senior Crown Prosecutor since December 2021. 

He commenced practice as a solicitor with the ODPP in 1987, later becoming a Trial Advocate. Since his appointment as a Crown Prosecutor in 2000, Mr McKay has appeared in some of the country’s most complex and high‑profile jury trials in the District Court and Supreme Court. 

He was appointed as a Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor in 2017, serving as a Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor for Sydney and Sydney West. He was appointed Senior Counsel in September 2020.

Craig Hyland was appointed Solicitor for Public Prosecutions in February 2015.

Mr Hyland has more than 35 years’ experience in the criminal justice system. He joined the ODPP NSW in 1988, holding positions as a Solicitor, Managing Lawyer and Assistant Solicitor of Public Prosecutions (Operations).

In March 2009, Mr Hyland was appointed Solicitor for Public Prosecutions at the Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria, holding that role until his appointment to his current position.

Mr Hyland graduated from the University of NSW in May 1985 with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Jurisprudence. He was admitted as a solicitor in December 1986 and holds postgraduate qualifications in Public Administration from the University of Sydney. 

Lee Carr SC graduated from The University of Sydney in 1981 after completing a mixed degree course of Economics and Law and was admitted as a solicitor in December 1982.

From 1983 to mid-1989 he practised as a solicitor with a firm in Newcastle and was almost exclusively working in criminal law. Called to the Bar in August 1989, he worked in private practice until 2002 when he was appointed a Crown Prosecutor. 

Between 2002 and 2025 Mr Carr SC practised as trial counsel, predominantly in the Supreme Court.

In 2016 he was appointed Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor (Country), a role he had acted in since 2014. 

He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2018.

In 2023 he was appointed Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions on an ad hoc basis and continues in that role at this time.

Brett was first admitted as a solicitor in 1998 and was called to the NSW Bar in 2010. Prior to being called to the Bar, Brett worked in private practice in both Australia and England, gained experience as a federal prosecutor with the Commonwealth DPP, worked in financial regulatory enforcement with the Financial Services Authority and spent a period of time seconded to the London legal department of a major US Bank. After a number of years at the NSW Bar, Brett was appointed as a Crown Prosecutor in 2014 and a Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor in 2022 and took silk in 2023. Brett’s practice is mainly in appellate and Supreme Court matters.

Ms Whitehead joined the ODPP in 1997 after working in commercial litigation at a large corporate firm. She was an instructing solicitor in District and Supreme Court trials before becoming a committal lawyer in 1999. She was appointed as the Managing Solicitor of a Sydney trial group in 2017 and worked part-time as Policy and Legal Advisor, assisting with policy and law reform.  

In 2019 Ms Whitehead was appointed as Deputy Solicitor for Southern Operations, with responsibility for three offices in regional NSW. She also assumed responsibility for EAGP (committal) processes statewide. 

In 2023 Ms Whitehead transferred into the Deputy Solicitor (Legal) role where she manages the Appellate Litigation and Legal Resources teams and has responsibility for the development of policy and law reform for the ODPP, in collaboration with Director’s Chambers. Ms Whitehead represents the Director at numerous interagency forums, including as Chair of the Sexual Assault Review Committee and Domestic Violence Review Committee and attending the Law Society Criminal Law Committee. Alongside the Deputy Solicitor (Legal Operations), she is responsible for numerous legal areas which arise in ODPP prosecutions including subpoenas, privilege, mutual assistance, criminal justice certificates and Public Interest Disclosure, and is one of the ODPP’s Right to Information and Privacy Officers. 

Ms Whitehead graduated with Honours in Arts/Law from the University of Sydney and was admitted as a solicitor in 1992. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Business Studies (Public Sector Management) from the Queensland University of Technology.

Ms Kwiet began working a prosecutor with the ODPP in 2009. She has worked in the Parramatta and the Sydney offices as well as in the Specialised Prosecution Unit, which prosecutes police officers, high profile matters and organised crime. In 2018 Ms Kwiet became a Senior Legal Adviser in Director’s Chambers and in 2020 became Principal Legal Adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Ms Kwiet was appointed to the position of Deputy Solicitor of Public Prosecutions (Legal Operations) in 2023. She has oversight of 130 staff including the Specialised Prosecutions Teams, the Witness Assistance Service and the Drug Court. She is also the Executive Lead for First Nations initiatives at the ODPP and works closely with the Witness Assistance Service on strategic projects to enhance the support provided to witnesses and victims of serious crime by the ODPP, as well as in the criminal justice system more broadly. Ms Kwiet is also responsible for other legal areas including subpoenas, privilege, mutual assistance, criminal justice certificates and Public Interest Disclosure, and is one of the ODPP’s Right to Information and Privacy Officers. In 2022 Ms Kwiet received the Director's Service Excellence Award for outstanding Management and Leadership.

Ms Kwiet graduated from the University of Technology Sydney in 2008 with Honours in a combined Law/Communications degree and was admitted as a solicitor in 2009. 

Ms Natalie Weekes commenced her career at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) in 1995 as a Legal Clerk in the Gosford office. She subsequently worked as a solicitor at the Penrith office before transitioning to the Parramatta office in 2017, where she took on the role of Trial Unit Co-ordinator. In 2018, Ms Weekes was appointed Managing Solicitor at Parramatta, and in 2022 she acted as Deputy Solicitor (Operations) across the Sydney, Southern, and Northern Regions. She was formally appointed Deputy Solicitor (Operations) for the Northern Region in 2023 and relocated to the Greater Western Sydney Region in July 2025. Her current responsibilities span the Penrith, Parramatta and Campbelltown offices.

Ms Weekes is a longstanding and active member of the ODPP’s Wellbeing Peer Support Committee (WPSC), contributing to a range of initiatives aimed at enhancing organisational wellbeing and operational efficiency. She chairs several key projects, including the Circuit Operations Review, Briefing Tool, Whole of Office Diary Refresh, and the Greater Western Sydney Police Liaison Group Meeting. Additionally, she serves as the ODPP’s Business Representative on both the Digital Briefing Project and the Information Management and Technology Committee.

Her portfolio of responsibilities also includes external engagement with Reporting Services Branch (RSB) and the Witness Liaison Unit (WLU) and oversight of Workload Management Tool (WMT) and the development of templates for the ODPP’s case management system. In recognition of her exceptional leadership and management, Ms Weekes received the Director’s Service Excellence Award in 2019.

A passionate advocate for women in the workplace, Ms Weekes is committed to mentoring and supporting women in balancing career and family. She is the Executive Sponsor of the ODPP Women’s Affinity Group. Her dedication was highlighted when she was invited to speak on the International Women’s Day panel in 2021 and featured in the March edition of the Women in Spotlight series, where she shared candid reflections on the challenges and rewards of being both an ambitious professional and a mother within the ODPP.

Ms Weekes graduated from the Legal Profession Admission Board in 2005 and was admitted as a solicitor in 2006.

Ms Hocking has more than 21 years’ experience at the ODPP. She joined the Office as a Legal Support Officer, later becoming a solicitor at the Sydney and Campbelltown offices. Since 2015 Ms Hocking has been in leadership roles at Parramatta, Wollongong and Campbelltown offices. She was appointed as Deputy Solicitor (Operations) in 2023, having acted in the role on numerous occasions since 2019, and currently oversees the Gosford, Newcastle and Lismore offices.

Ms Hocking has a particular interest in Learning and Development programs and in creating efficiencies through innovation and technology. In 2025 she received the Director’s Service Excellence Award for an Individual for her work on the Sexual Assault Review and in 2021 she received the inaugural Director’s Service Excellence Award for Innovation.

Ms Hocking graduated from the University of Wollongong in 2004 with Honours in Arts/Law. She was admitted as a solicitor in 2005.

Ms Croker brings over two decades of experience in the criminal justice system, having joined the ODPP in 2002. Her career spans roles as solicitor in Sydney and Campbelltown, progressing to Managing Solicitor at Penrith in 2014 and later at Campbelltown in 2017. She gained valuable leadership experience acting as Deputy Solicitor for the Northern Region in 2022 and Sydney Operations in 2023, before her appointment as Deputy Solicitor (Operations) in 2023, overseeing the Campbelltown, Parramatta, and Penrith offices. In August 2024, she took up assignment as Deputy Solicitor for Sydney Operations.

Actively involved in professional development, Ms Croker has participated in the ODPP Future Leaders Program and the Women in Leadership Executive Ready Program. She is passionate about mentoring and coaching, with a keen focus on establishing systems that enhance efficiency across the Office.

Ms Croker graduated with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Laws/Social Science from the University of Western Sydney in 2002 and was admitted as a solicitor in 2003.

Meagan began her career at the ODPP in 2010 as part of a cohort of Legal Development Program participants in the Sydney office. In 2011 she commenced as a solicitor at the Penrith office before joining the then Court of Criminal Appeal Unit in 2015. There she instructed in high profile appeals including Van Ryn, the Stocco matters and Barbieri. In 2018, amid a period of significant organisational change Meagan discovered a passion for leadership and began acting in the Managing Solicitor role. She commenced as a Managing Solicitor at the Parramatta Office in 2019 where she led a team until mid-2023, before transferring to the Penrith office, bringing her closer to home in the Blue Mountains. Meagan has acted as Deputy Solicitor (Operations) in both the Northern and Sydney West regions.   

Meagan has contributed to numerous strategic projects including the 2023 Legal Development Program Review, the MATTERS training initiative, the commencement of a Short Matters team at Parramatta in 2023, the digital brief project, and the WOOD project. A committed advocate for professional growth, she has served as a panel member in multiple Statewide and local recruitment activities and consistently promotes team development through a strengths-based leadership approach. Meagan has delivered practical legal skills sessions for new staff during induction since 2024, she facilitated a 2024 session on conducting Performance and Development Plan (PDP) discussions and has recently engaged with the 2025 Emerging Managers Program as a facilitator on the topic Team Management. In her role as Managing Solicitor, Meagan has regularly presented EAGP training to local Police and the Child Abuse Squad and has hosted several university students conducting placements and work experience. She has also maintained responsibility for leading the delivery of the Legal Development/Paralegal Program, reinforcing her commitment to developing the next generation of legal practitioners.   

Meagan completed formal leadership training through the ODPP’s Developing Managers Stream in 2019 and in 2024 underwent Executive Coaching, further enhancing her leadership capability and strategic insight. 

Brendan Oldham was appointed as Director, Information Management and Technology in March 2017.

He has previously held roles at organisations including the Audit Office NSW, Deutsche Bank and Deloitte, where he spent five years working in the United States on global IT programs.

He holds an MBA in Technology Management and has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Newcastle.

Michael Goddard was appointed as Director Finance and Facilities and Chief Financial Officer in August 2023.

A Chartered Accountant who has worked in the Australian public sector and in the United Kingdom, he has more than 25 years of experience in the finance and planning fields. He previously spent 13 years at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, including as Head of Finance/CFO. He holds a science and management degree from the University of Leeds in the UK.

Nigel Richardson was appointed as Director Human Resources in July 2015.

He has worked in human resources at the ODPP for 27 years, including as Personnel Co-ordinator, Assistant Manager Personnel and Manager Human Resources.

He has also held HR roles with the Public Service Board, Department of Industrial Relations and Employment, the NSW Department of Education and the NSW Archives Authority.