Melissa Wingard is a senior commercial technology lawyer, with almost 15 years’ experience, assisting software, cybersecurity, and technology companies, across the Asia Pacific region, grow their business and meet strategic aims, whilst managing risk and regulatory compliance.

Melissa works as Special Counsel for Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick, a specialist IP firm. She has extensive experience in relation to commercialising intellectual property, information security, data protection and privacy across APAC. She holds an LLB (Hons), BA (Hist & Eng), Grad Dip Applied Finance & Investment and is presently studying a Masters of CyberSecurity Operations