Mrs Cook brings more than 30 years of legal, governance and executive leadership experience across Australia's corporate and financial services sectors. Most recently, she served as Group Executive, Customer & Corporate Services and Group General Counsel at National Australia Bank (NAB) from 2017 to 2025, where she was a member of the Executive Leadership Team and oversaw legal, governance, regulatory affairs, government affairs, sustainability, customer complaints, remediation and customer hardship functions. Mrs Cook was also a member and later Chair of the NAB Foundation Council. Prior to joining NAB, Mrs Cook held senior leadership positions within leading Australian law firms, including Managing Partner, Clients at King & Wood Mallesons and Managing Partner at Henry Davis York.