Therese is the Dean of Law and Head of School at Griffith University. She has taught corporate law, banking and finance law and international commercial arbitration. She wrote her Ph D thesis on “Regulating to Facilitate Access to Safe and Affordable Credit for Low Income Australians.”
Therese has served as Chair of the Australian Financial Inclusion Network and the board of Foresters Community Finance Ltd, and has served on the Queensland Law Society Banking and Finance law committee. Therese has coached the Law School's Vis International Commercial Arbitration moot team since 2003.