Anthony Howard AM KC
B.Juris/LLB (Monash University), DipCrim (University of Melbourne)

Tony joined the Board in October 2024. He has had a long and distinguished career in the law as a solicitor, barrister and QC (now KC), then as a judge of the County Court of Victoria (2006 – 2016), practising mainly in the criminal law jurisdiction. 

Between 2015 and 2023, with his wife, the then Governor of Victoria, the Hon Linda Dessau AC CVO, Tony worked on the Governor’s community and international affairs program.  During this time, he was the patron or joint patron of many Victorian organisations, including Red Cross, Travellers Aid and the Lighthouse Foundation.

In 2019, Tony was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law, the judiciary, professional standards and the community of Victoria.

Over many years, Tony has been involved in community and not-for-profit organisations, including as a Trustee and Patron of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation;a member of the Victorian Bar’s Indigenous Lawyers’ Mentoring Program and the promotion of equal opportunity for women advocates; a board member of the youth mentoring organisation Big Brothers, Big Sisters; and founding Chair of the EFC’s Lawdons coterie(1999-2016).  

In 2023, Tony was appointed a director of Diabetes Victoria.