Our Senior Executive

Margaret Tregurtha

Acting Director General

Margaret has been part of IP Australia's leadership team since early 2020. Her focus is on ensuring that IP Australia has the right capability to deliver on its strategic objectives, and on working collaboratively both domestically and internationally to support effective IP policy development.

Before joining IP Australia, Margaret was A/G First Assistant Secretary of Legal and Compliance in the former Department of Environment and Energy.

Margaret has extensive experience in providing legal and governance advice to government across a range of subject matters including education, industry, science, environment and energy.

Since 2008 she has held Senior Executive roles in the Commonwealth Government. She was General Counsel of the Department of Industry Science and Resources from 2012 to 2017 and General Counsel of the then Department of Environment and Energy from 2017 to 2019.

She has a Bachelor of Arts/Laws (Hons) and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Australian National University. She is also a graduate of the Australia Institute of Company Directors.

Kelly Sims

Acting Deputy Director General

Kelly Sims is General Manager and Registrar of Trade Marks and Designs at IP Australia. She leads the Melbourne office and is the agency's Disability Executive Champion.

Kelly has held several senior executive positions, including General Manager Governance Group at IP Australia, and various executive roles at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) covering technology sectors, customer experience, and product design.

Kelly spent 12 years abroad as Trade and Investment Commissioner for the Australian Government in San Francisco, New York City, and Frankfurt, before returning in 2018.

She was Austrade's inaugural LGBTQ+ Executive Champion and established the Pride@Austrade global network.

Kelly holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science (Hons) from the University of Wollongong, a Masters of Management from the Australian National University (ANU), and completed the Executive Leadership program at Columbia University in New York City.