Our People
An important consideration in ensuring our clients receive cost effective services is having highly trained and supervised practitioners of varying levels so that work is carried out by the most appropriate person. At Company Matters, we have staff ranging from administration assistants to chartered secretaries and partner level lawyers – the combined experienced of our staff makes certain that we have the right mix of people and skills for any task.
Distinct from sole practitioner services, we operate with a team structure ensuring that our clients are continually served: one Company Matters professional is appointed as the primary contact for the client and a support practitioner nominated as a second contact.
Becoming a governance professional takes many years of experience and exposure to a range of organisations and industries. Below are brief biographical details on the senior Company Matters practitioners, who are supported by a team of qualified company secretaries and lawyers.
| Tom Rowe | Emma Lawler | Janine Rolfe |
Tom Rowe
BA LLB (Hons) ACIS FFin
National Manager
Tom has over 12 years experience as a commercial lawyer and is a chartered company secretary. With a focus on corporate transactions, Tom's experience includes IPO's, capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions together with general commercial and employment law.
Tom's experience in both in-house legal roles and as company secretary spanning ASX 100 and small cap listed companies together with listed and unlisted trusts gives him a skill set ideally suited to advising Company Matters' clients. In addition, as National Manager, Tom is responsible for overseeing the Company Matters' business.
Prior to joining Company Matters, Tom was Legal Counsel & Company Secretary for CSR Limited. His previous roles include as Legal Counsel & Company Secretary for Chandler Macleod Limited, a role in which he took the company through its listing on the ASX, and as an Associate Director with Allco Funds Management.
Emma Lawler
BBus Grad Dip App Corp Gov FCIS
Company Secretary
Emma has over 12 years experience as a company secretary in the private and public sectors. Her broad experience, particularly in corporate governance and compliance, is part of what makes Company Matters' service offering unique.
Previously, Emma was a Company Secretary at Westpac Banking Corporation where she was responsible for the day-to-day management of all corporate governance and company secretarial matters within the Westpac Group. At Westpac, Emma also managed a regulatory affairs, risk and compliance team in BT Financial Group. Prior to Westpac, Emma consulted in company secretarial practice to a variety of private companies.
Prior to working as a company secretary in the private sector, Emma had a number of years experience in the public sector in company secretarial and policy roles, including as Company Secretary for the former State Rail Authority.
Janine Rolfe
BEc LLB (Hons)
Founder
Janine has over 10 years experience as a corporate lawyer and company secretary. With a vision to efficiently provide practical advice to company secretaries and their fellow officers, Janine established the business now known as Company Matters in 2006.
Janine specialises in corporate law, regulatory compliance and employee incentive plan drafting and has a strong, technical skill set which enables her to advise today’s company secretaries.
Previously, Janine was a Company Secretary at Qantas Airways Limited where she was responsible for the day-to-day management of all public company issues arising within the Qantas Group. Prior to that, Janine was a Solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, working in the mergers and acquisitions and corporate advisory teams.