- Cape York Partnership Board – Chair
Danny Gilbert AM is co-founder and Chairman of Gilbert + Tobin, which he co-founded with Tony Tobin in January 1988. The firm is now one of Australia’s leading corporate law firms with 110 partners, 500 lawyers and a total staff of 1,000 with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
In his role as co-founder and Chairman of Gilbert + Tobin, Danny has been the recipient of many awards over the past 20 years. More recently he received the Australasian Law Award for Law Firm Leader of the year in 2023 and in 2020. During his time as Managing Partner, he was also the recipient of the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards Managing Partner of the Year 2018 and the 2017 Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers first ever Special Achievement Award for his extraordinary contribution to law and commitment to innovation.
Danny is currently:
- Director, Business Council of Australia
- Chair, Cape York Partnership Group Limited
- Member, Governance Board, Reserve Bank of Australia
- Director, Impact Investing Australia Limited Member, Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
- Member, Advisory Committee to the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales
Danny has also held various non-executive positions, including Co-Chair and Director of Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition Ltd, Non-Executive Director of National Australia Bank Limited 2004-2016, Chairman of National Museum of Australia 2009-2015, Chairman of Western Sydney University Foundation 2012-2019, Chairman of Australian Film Television and Radio School, Chairman of Law and Justice Foundation of NSW and Chairman of Public Interest Advocacy Centre.
In June 2005, Danny was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to the law and to the community, particularly Indigenous Australians. Danny holds degrees of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from the University of New South Wales and Western Sydney University.
Danny is also a trustee of a private charitable trust.