Luke Furness

Luke Furness partners his career as a commercial litigation lawyer at Clayton Utz with advocacy work across the homeless, LGBTIQ+ and student communities.

He is a non-executive director of homeless meal service, Community Canteen Co Ltd, the former CEO and non-director of Out for Australia, a national LGBTIQ+ student mentoring organisation, and a past Board member of the UQ Law Alumni Association.

Luke is a vocal champion for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and regularly speaks at major events, including as keynote speaker at the 2021 TEDxUQ conference.

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