Sarina Mari
Group Legal Counsel McNab GroupSarina Mari is an accomplished legal executive with nearly two decades of experience spanning private practice, corporate governance, and executive leadership. Admitted as a solicitor in 2012, Sarina brings a rare combination of frontline legal expertise and senior in-house leadership to every room she enters.
Most recently, Sarina served for nearly six years as General Counsel and Company Secretary of Minor DKL Food Group, a subsidiary of the globally listed Minor International — one of Asia's largest hospitality and food service conglomerates. In this role, she held full accountability for the company's legal function, corporate governance framework, and risk management profile, providing strategic counsel to the board and senior leadership team while stewarding the organisation through a period of significant growth and operational complexity.
Sarina currently serves as Group Legal Counsel for the McNab Group, a leading Australian construction and property development group of companies, where she oversees legal strategy and risk across a diversified, high-growth group.
Sarina's career trajectory — from technical legal practitioner to corporate executive — equips her with a uniquely versatile perspective on the intersection of law, business strategy, risk, and governance. She is a compelling voice on the evolving role of in-house counsel in complex, fast-moving organisations, and on the leadership qualities required to navigate legal risk at scale.