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Michelle Mahoney

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Chief Innovation Officer at King & Wood Mallesons
📍 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Michelle is the Chief Innovation Officer at King & Wood Mallesons, where she spearheads innovation and transformation strategies focusing on generative AI and legal service design. With education from MIT Sloan, colleagues describe her as an enthusiastic, creative, and insightful international leader who excels at turning ideas into impactful, firm-wide initiatives.

Michelle was recognized as one of ILTAs 2025 Influential Women in LegalTech for her leadership and transformational work in the industry.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Chief Innovation Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Gen AI in Law
She is actively building capability in generative AI, combining legal excellence with tools like Harvey to augment how her firm works and drive client outcomes.
Legal Service Design
A core focus of her role is designing and implementing technology-driven, client-centric legal services that add value and improve efficiency.
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Career

Work history

7-2015
Chief Innovation Officer
King & Wood Mallesons
4-1996 - 6-2015
Director Legal Logistics
King & Wood Mallesons
1-2020
Board Member
MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) Data Research Advisory Board
3-2020
APAC Client Advisory Board Member
Neota Logic Inc
9-2018 - 9-2021
Teaching Fellow
The College of Law Australia
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Education
7-2021 - 9-2021
Data Monetization Strategy: Creating Value Through Data
MIT Sloan School of Management
2020 - 2020
Organizational Design for Digital Transformation
MIT Sloan School of Management
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