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    CEW members are leaders across diverse sectors in Australia, including government, business, sport, academia, the arts, and the not-for-profit sector.

    Our members share a unifying goal: to remove systemic barriers and create pipelines that enable Australian women to rise to leadership positions in their communities. This ensures a diversity of women's voices at every decision-making table while supporting both women and men to thrive—at work and home.

    Jennifer Mathews

    Jennifer Mathews

     Jennifer is the National President of the Australia Indonesia Business Council having served as WAs commissioner to Indonesia from 2017/2021.


    Prior to this she was Director - General of the Department of Local Government and Communities from 2013-2017 and Director General of the Department of Local Government and Regional Development from 2008-2013


    In these roles, Jennifer focused on delivering the State Government's reform priorities for local government in Western Australia, including implementing a new Integrated Planning and Reporting framework for the local government sector and working to build closer collaboration and stronger partnerships between the State Government, local governments and community service organisations, recognising their shared role in building strong and sustainable communities.

    Prior to her current role, Jennifer served with the Commonwealth Government for more than 25 years. This included roles as State Manager of the Australian Trade Commission and State Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Western Australia. Jennifer has also held a number of senior management and policy positions with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra and overseas. She has a legal background and has worked as a lawyer and trade law consultant in Melbourne and Jakarta. Jennifer has served as Chair of the Metropolitan Local Government Reform Implementation Committee, an Honorary Board Member of Local Government Managers Australia (WA Division), a member of the WA Government's Partnership Forum and Chair of the Community Development Roundtable



    +61 438 670 411
    jennifer.mathews86@gmail.com