Ms Janelle Reid

Ms Janelle Reid is an independent director of the National Asthma Council Australia.

Janelle is an accomplished governance and legal leader with over 15 years experience across national health, legal and community sectors.

Former General Counsel for a $1.2 billion Commonwealth statutory corporation and with a decade at top-tier law firm Clayton Utz, Janelle offers deep expertise in governance, risk and regulatory compliance. She has served on high-profile boards including Palliative Care Australia, Youturn (Headspace), Meals on Wheels, Little Athletics Australia and more.

Across these roles, she had board-level responsibility for the development of national clinical standards, strengthening clinical governance and quality systems supporting patient services and guiding digital transformation and risk frameworks in regulated health environments. Janelle is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and also holds executive certifications from Harvard University and Oxford.