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Findlay Gerard McRae, known as Fin McRae is a lawyer who has been the Head of Legal Services for Victoria Police since 2006.

Biography
After graduating from university McRae worked as Registrar at the County Court of Victoria and is a 2006 alumnus of Leadership Victoria.

Victoria Police
McRae joined joined Victoria Police in 2006 and was initially their only lawyer before rising to the position of head of legal services supervising over 120 lawyers. In 2019 the legal services section of Victoria Police consisted of a staff of 600 and spent nearly $60 million on legal expenses.

In 2008 McRae appeared on behalf of Victoria Police before the Law Reform Committee of the Parliament of Victoria as part of the Inquiry into Alternative Dispute Resolution.

In 2010 McRae provided information for a review of the in-house legal team of the Australian Federal Police.

Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants
As head of legal services for Victoria Police, McRae was aware of Nicola Gobbo since at least 2010 when he met with Victorian Government Solicitor John Cain and director of the Office of Police Integrity Michael Strong to discuss the settlement of the civil case that Gobbo had submitted against Victoria Police in which Gobbo's role as an informed was discussed although it was not until 2012 that he discovered that Gobbo provided information on her own clients to Victoria Police when he helped start a review.

The Royal Commission referred McRae to the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner for persistently failing in his duty to inform the Director of Public Prosecutions of Gobbo's informing due to a focus on the safety of Gobbo and the interests of Victoria Police. On 10March 2022 it was announced that the actions of McRae "did not constitute unsatisfactory professional conduct or misconduct" and there would be no disciplinary action arising from the submission.

Recognition

 * 2015 President's Honorary Award for Outstanding Service, Law Institute of Victoria, which recognises those who have gone above and beyond in service to the Law Institute of Victoria or the legal profession in Victoria.
 * McRae is on the advisory board for the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University, Melbourne.