Mr Dawkins was Chairman of LawCentral from its early beginnings in March 2000 until March 2006.  His other board appointments include Chair of Elders Rural Bank, Chair of The Retail Energy Market Company, Chair Fortuna Funds Management Ltd, and Director of Genetic Technologies Ltd. For over 10 years – until 2005 – he served on the board of Sealcorp Holdings, now Asgard Wealth Solutions.

Mr Dawkins has consulted to several large Australian and overseas companies, the World Bank and the OECD.  Until his retirement from politics in 1994 he served as a Minister in the Federal Government for 10 years and in the House of Representatives for 18 years.

A graduate in Economics from The University of Western Australia, he has been awarded honorary doctorates from The University of South Australia and the Queensland University of Technology.