Director

Raelene Sharp KC is the Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth). ​

Based in Melbourne, the Director has over 20 years’ experience in both domestic and international legal domains, specialising in criminal law, investigative and administrative law.  ​

She is passionate about the work of the CDPP, providing robust and just prosecution services to the Australian community. ​

Before being called to the Victorian Bar in 2010, the Director practised as a solicitor for 10 years, at the Office of Public Prosecutions (Vic), at the (then) Australian Crime Commission and at the United Nations in Lebanon, where she worked on the investigation into the assassination of the former Prime Minister. She was ​
appointed senior counsel in 2022. ​

The Director holds a Master of Laws in Public International Law ​(International Criminal Law) from Leiden University, and Bachelors of Law ​and Arts (majoring in linguistics).