Guzyal Hill
Special Counsel · AI Governance
AI is already in your organisation.Your governance is probably behind it.
I'm Dr Guzyal Hill.
I help boards, executives and government leaders close the gap between how their people actually use AI and what their policies allow - through briefings, training, a board-ready governance review, and legal work through HWL Ebsworth.
Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
PhD
Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Chair, Commonwealth "Legislation for AI" working group
Contributor, The Conversation
Who I work with
Three audiences, one problem: the gap between AI use and AI governance.
Government executives
Your workforce is adopting AI tools faster than your frameworks can keep up, and accountability still sits with you. I work with departments and agencies on training, policy and legislative compliance - and I understand how government actually works.
Business owners and CEOs
Your staff are already using AI, with or without permission. I help you get the policy right once, train your managers, and take the productivity gains without becoming the test case.
Boards and in-house counsel
When the board asks "what is our AI policy?", you need an answer with legal weight behind it. I draft, review and brief - with a Special Counsel's precision, in plain English.
How I can help
Four ways to engage - each ends with something you can use.
Most AI governance advice comes from consultants without legal training, or from lawyers who write like lawyers. I'm a Special Counsel who spent years writing for publication - so the advice holds up in front of a regulator, and the report gets read past page one.
And when it needs to be legal advice, I deliver it through HWL Ebsworth: privileged, insured, and backed by a national firm.
Experience
Advisory work with government, industry and the boardroom.
Northern Territory Government
Advisory on legislative compliance and policy development.
Local government authorities
Strategic advice on governance and regulatory risk
Mining & infrastructure
Complex compliance, contracting and governance matters for major corporations.
Australian Law Journal Australian Journal of Human Rights AI and Society The Conversation