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Leon Filewood | 2018 Speaker

Lawyer to jester and the grain of truth in every joke

Leon Filewood completed his Bachelor of Laws and Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at QUT before going on to private practice as a solicitor in a range of legal practice areas. Feeling unfulfilled with private practice, he stepped away from private practice to work as in-house council and divisional manager for a not for profit organisation. There he gained experience in corporate governance and front-line management in delivering community services such as, health, training, employment and housing. Leon’s current role is as a community development coordinator.

All throughout his career, Leon has been searching for a platform to leverage important conversations that as Australians, we all need to have. Leon shares about his journey, the conversation and his platform of choice and why.