Elizabeth Lawton

Elizabeth Lawton has extensive experience as a senior in-house lawyer and company secretary across multiple sectors including banking, finance, mining services, retail, aged care and disability.

Ms Lawton joined Brightwater Care Group as its inaugural legal counsel in March 2015 and was appointed general counsel and company secretary in June 2016. She left to become the chief legal, governance and risk officer at Racing and Wagering Western Australia in September 2021.

Prior to joining Brightwater, Ms Lawton was counsel at National Australia Bank in Melbourne and Westpac Banking Corporation in Perth, covering both retail and institutional banking; and general counsel and company secretary at Home Building Society where she was heavily involved in guiding the board and executive members through the scheme of arrangement with the Bank of Queensland. As an assistant company secretary at Wesfarmers, she fulfilled the role of company secretary of Coles, Bunnings, Officeworks, Kmart and Target and was involved in two pro-rata entitlement offers. She was also instrumental in her position as general counsel and company secretary at P&N Bank in establishing a governance framework following its conversion from a building society to a mutual bank.

Ms Lawton holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia.