Mr Kaye was admitted to legal practice in 1978 and employed as a solicitor at Allen, Allen & Hemsley Solicitors. Thereafter he pursued his legal career at the NSW Bar and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2003, practising in commercial law. He has been involved in an array of commercial matters both advisory and litigious in nature and served on a number of NSW Bar Association committees including the Professional Conduct Committee. In the conduct of his practice as a barrister, he has acted for many financial institutions and commercial enterprises, both public and private and given both legal and strategic advice. He has had significant mediation experience and been involved in the successful resolution of complex commercial disputes.
Mr Kaye is currently Chair and a Non-Executive Director of Collins Foods Limited and a Non-Executive Director at FAR Limited. Mr Kaye was previously the Chair of Spicers Limited, the Chair of the Macular Disease Foundation Australia and was formerly a Non-Executive Director with UGL Limited, Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited and HT&E Limited.