Corporate Team

Tue 18 Mar, 2008 The Team

Stephen Thatcher - Director Finance and Operations

Stephen has completed a Bachelor of Business (Accounting). He has worked in the corporate finance field for over 10 years. Initially starting out in the financial services industry he has now been working in the property industry for over 10 years, prior to joining the GBCA he spent 8 years with one of Australia's leading project management firms. Commencing in the role of Assistant Accountant and progressing to Finance Manager he was involved in the firms growth from a small Sydney based operation to a company that had offices in all major Australian capital cities and employing over 130 staff. During his time there he was involved in the acquisition of a number of firms and the consolidation of a centralised finance function.

Stephen's primary role at the GBCA is overseeing the financial management and general operations of the organisation. This includes preparing the annual budget through to completion of the organisations annual financial report for audit and distribution to our members.

Emily Lawton - Human Resources Director

Emily has been in HR management roles for over 13 years, and until joining GBCA had worked exclusively in the legal industry. After completing an honours degree in history at the Australian National University, Emily joined Mallesons Canberra in an office administration role. Over time Emily's interests and experience moved from general office management to HR and she built upon this by undertaking further study in the HR field. This led to Emily being appointed as Mallesons' HR Manager in Canberra.

After a few more years at Mallesons Emily moved to London where she worked for Linklaters, one of the UK's 'Magic Circle' law firms, in their HR International team. In this role Emily was responsible for employee transfers between the London and international offices, and also worked on the integration of HR systems and processes following mergers between Linklaters and other European law firms.

Just prior to joining GBCA Emily worked as an HR Manager for the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) in Canberra.

Emily's role as Human Resources Director is to help establish and implement HR strategies (in consultation with the GBCA Executive) which optimise employee performance and development opportunities and which assist GBCA to meet its strategic objectives.