About Me

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Mohamed is an accomplished executive and senior lawyer with over 27 years of international experience in governance, risk and compliance, business resilience, corporate and commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and complex issues management. He brings deep expertise developed in highly regulated, multi‑jurisdictional environm

Mohamed is an accomplished executive and senior lawyer with over 27 years of international experience in governance, risk and compliance, business resilience, corporate and commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and complex issues management. He brings deep expertise developed in highly regulated, multi‑jurisdictional environments across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the United States.He brings deep expertise developed in highly regulated, multi‑jurisdictional environments across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the United States and is recognised for his international law expertise. 

Mohamed offers a rare blend of diverse senior international in-house and private practice experience. His career spans global roles in Washington DC, Riyadh, Cairo, Baghdad, Rome, Dubai, and Canberra. He has particular strength in the infrastructure, energy, and resources sectors, having held senior positions with global organizations including Amec Foster Wheeler and General Electric. He is equally comfortable in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors, having also held high-profile senior roles at Orascom Telecom/Weather Investments and Seeing Machines. His work also includes major business crime investigations, involving enforcement actions by the US Department of Justice, the UK Serious Fraud Office, France’s Parquet National Financier, Italy’s Guardia di Finanza, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and the Australian Federal Police. 

In private practice, Mohamed has advised on international border disputes, large-scale industrial and infrastructure projects, and substantial corporate legal services, including multi-billion-dollar financings and mergers and acquisitions. In 2003, during the Second Gulf War, he co-founded the first full-service international law firm in Baghdad, Iraq, representing clients involved in the country’s reconstruction and those investing in its private sector. He advised on numerous landmark transactions, including the first acquisition of an Iraqi private bank by a foreign financial institution, the establishment of the international banking support facility for the Trade Bank of Iraq, the launch of the country’s first mobile phone operator, the reconstruction of war-damaged energy and power infrastructure, and the modernization of the Iraqi Stock Exchange. Mohamed leveraged this experience over his in-house career, providing governance and compliance solutions to help clients successfully navigate complicated issues in challenging environments, including war zones, sanctioned countries, and post-conflict regions, and in countries such as Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Somalia, Libya, the DRC, North Korea, Mozambique, and Haiti.

Mohamed has strong governance credentials as a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has served as a regulatory administrative decision maker and was the inaugural chair of the Conduct Committee of the Council of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory

Mohamed has strong governance credentials as a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has served as a regulatory administrative decision maker and was the inaugural chair of the Conduct Committee of the Council of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory. Currently, he serves as Vice Chair of the Australian Press Council and is a member of the Legal Practitioners Admission Board in the ACT. Mohamed has previously held key roles including Councillor and Treasurer of the Law Society of the ACT, and as a member of the Board Risk and Compliance Committee of ACWA Power, a major Saudi global power and water developer. 

With his extensive experience in corporate legal services, he is also an adept data protection and privacy officer, particularly in data-heavy and AI-driven environments, providing governance compliance solutions to organizations operating globally. Mohamed's international law expertise is underscored by his standing as an Attorney and Counsellor at Law admitted to the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1999) and to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia (2000). He is  admitted as a Lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (2022) and holds an unrestricted private practicing certificate as an Australian Legal Practitioner in the Australian Capital Territory. , He is a registered practitioner at the High Court of Australia. His educational background includes a Juris Doctor (JD) from Northeastern University School of Law (1999), a Master of Arts (MA) in Middle East Studies from The American University in Cairo (1996), and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business Administration from the same institution (1994).

Mohamed is a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. and an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  He serves, and has served as:

• Vice Chair, Australian Press Council (Current) 
• M

Mohamed is a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. and an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  He serves, and has served as:

• Vice Chair, Australian Press Council (Current) 
• Member, Legal Practitioners Admission Board (Current) 
• Chair of the Conduct Committee, Council of the Law Society of the ACT (11/2025 – 06/2026) 
• Councillor and Treasurer, Council of the Law Society of the ACT (2025) 
• Vice President and Member of the Audit & Risk Committee, Mental Illness Education ACT Incorporated (2021-2024) 
• Member of the Board Risk and Compliance Committee, ACWA Power (2016-2022) 

Outside of work, Mohamed is a PADI open water scuba instructor who enjoys teaching people to dive and helping them gain skills to enhance their diving adventures. He is the owner/operator of Bespoke Diving, a boutique diver training business in Canberra. When he's not teaching people to dive, he loves exploring wrecks and diving with shar

Outside of work, Mohamed is a PADI open water scuba instructor who enjoys teaching people to dive and helping them gain skills to enhance their diving adventures. He is the owner/operator of Bespoke Diving, a boutique diver training business in Canberra. When he's not teaching people to dive, he loves exploring wrecks and diving with sharks. A citizen of three countries across three continents and multicultural in background and outlook, he enjoys traveling and experiencing new cultures.