Raelene Sharp (barrister)

Raelene Sharp KC is an Australian barrister. She was solicitor appointed as the Director of the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in December 2023. Sharp's diverse work has seen her advise and act in domestic and international investigative and regulatory matters, including in Lebanon for the United Nations.

Sharp's formal qualifications include degrees from Monash University, the University of Melbourne and Leiden University. Sharp completed her articles at the Victorian Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions in 2000.

Sharp was called to the Victorian Bar in 2010, reading with Mark Rochford QC and Stephen Donaghue QC. Sharp has been awarded an Indictable Crime Certificate and was appointed senior counsel ("took Silk") in 2022, with letters-patent for King's counsel the following year.