Welcome to The Right Collective

Nikki Dryden is a dual-qualified Sport and Human Rights Lawyer with over two decades of legal practice across Australia, the US, UK, Canada, Kenya, and Sri Lanka, and more than 30 years of elite international sporting experience as a two-time Olympic swimmer.

 A former Human Rights Advisor at Sport Integrity Australia, she advises athletes, sporting bodies, and international organisations on accountability, transparency, complaint systems, and independent remedy. 

Nikki specialises in safeguarding, integrity investigations, and embedding human rights principles into dispute resolution, governance reform and culture change. 

A Fulbright Global Research Scholar, Nikki has conducted doctoral-level research on athlete rights in sports dispute systems. She is admitted in NSW and New York and holds the IOC Safeguarding Officer Certificate.

Joel Wilkinson is a former professional AFL (Australia) and NFL (USA) athlete and a pioneering anti-racism leader in Australian sport. 

He is the founder of Incident Guidance, a world-leading anti-racism software platform, and advises sport, government, and community organisations on race, incident response, and systemic reform.

He is a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) International Safeguarding in Sport Framework Group, and previously served as a Policy and Cultural Advisor at Sport Integrity Australia. 

For more than 15 years Joel has driven national media and community campaigns, contributed to landmark legal and policy reforms, and shaped industry responses to racism and systemic harm. 

Joel specialises in building practical remedial mechanisms to address racial abuse and other integrity breaches, ensuring organisations move beyond statements to structured accountability and redress.

Alison Quigley is a doctoral candidate in law (under examination) and sport researcher whose work examines whether child safeguarding reforms have meaningfully improved safety outcomes. 

Her research, Are We Safer Now?, examines the development and robustness of Gymnastics Australia's child sexual abuse prevention policies over time, with particular attention to the impact of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. 

Alison combines academic expertise with lived experience as a former high-performance gymnast and survivor advocate. 

She is the founder of Athlete Rights Australia and an Advisory Group Member for the National Office for Child Safety and an experienced writer and journalist, contributing evidence-informed insight to policy reform and cultural change in sport.

Maggie Mac Neil is an Olympic gold medallist, retired Canadian National Team swimmer, and emerging sport law professional, bringing elite high-performance expertise together with a strong commitment to athlete rights, sport integrity and governance.

Maggie competed at the Olympic Games and achieved success at World, Pan American, and Commonwealth levels. Alongside her sporting career, she completed a Master of Science in Sports Management and is currently undertaking law studies in London, UK. 

Maggie is a passionate ambassador for sport, using her platform and lived experience to advocate for safer, fairer, and more accountable sporting environments. 

She brings a unique perspective to clients, shaped by high-performance sport, resilience, and a willingness to step into new and challenging spaces, with a clear ambition to contribute to meaningful system change.

Phil Doorgachurn is a global safeguarding leader and children’s rights advocate with over a decade of senior leadership experience across sport, civil society, and government advisory roles.

Phil is a former elite junior runner and current Advisory Board member of the National Office for Child Safety, he provides strategic guidance on Australia’s National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse, shaping national approaches to child protection and safeguarding.

Phil specialises in safeguarding system design, organisational reform, and culture change, supporting institutions to embed effective, rights-based approaches that prioritise the safety and wellbeing of children.

A former CEO of YMCA Safeguarding and senior safeguarding leader at Arsenal F.C., British Tennis, and LimeCulture, Phil has led the development of safeguarding frameworks across national and international sport systems.

Now working as a global safeguarding consultant, Phil advises organisations worldwide on building robust safeguarding practices, strengthening accountability, and creating environments where children can participate safely and thrive.