Melanie is a Director in KPMG Australia’s Tax & Legal practice, based in Melbourne. She specialises in remuneration and benefits, performance and reward strategy, and gender pay equity, supporting organisations to design effective, sustainable and equitable workforce remuneration and reward frameworks.
Melanie works with boards, executives and HR leaders on complex remuneration issues, including reward governance, effective incentive design, pay equity analysis, regulatory reporting and the intersection between employment law and reward design. She has deep experience advising on gender pay equity obligations and supporting organisations to respond to regulatory scrutiny and stakeholder expectations in this area.
With a background in employment law, Melanie brings a strong legal and risk lens to remuneration and benefits, helping organisations navigate employment, discrimination and industrial relations considerations alongside commercial and people objectives. Her advice is practical, evidence‑based and tailored to the Australian regulatory environment.
Melanie is known for translating complex legal and remuneration concepts into clear, actionable advice for senior leaders, enabling informed decision‑making and defensible outcomes.