Our Managing Director is Alan Collett. Alan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (number 7623070), is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (number 32252), is a MARA Registered Migration Agent (number 0102534), and is a member of the Migration Institute of Australia (number 1230).

In addition to his involvement with Go Matilda he has associations with other businesses and individuals which can assist (amongst other things) with personal and business taxation, financial planning (including advice on investment matters, and the transfer of pension funds from the UK into an Australian superannuation fund), and the setting up or acquisition of a business in Australia.

He is therefore extremely well placed to advise on many aspects of a move to Australia, particularly the interaction of visa strategy with taxation on departure from the UK and arrival in Australia, and is often to be found giving advice on discussion forums that are dedicated to those who want to move to Australia (including the Forum on this website).

You can contact Alan by email via alan@gomatilda.com or via our office in Melbourne.

John Sylvester is one of our Senior Migration Consultants based in the UK. Prior to joining Go Matilda John worked at the Australian High Commission in London for 15 years. This included almost 9 years working in the Migration Branch where he was for many years the most senior locally engaged employee. He has managed the various visa processing sections - Temporary Entry, Temporary Residence, the Business Centre and Permanent Migration - and has assessed and processed every type of offshore visa application, and has supervised and trained many staff giving advice and direction to staff and applicants on migration law, policy, and procedures.

John can be contacted at our Southampton office, or by email: john@gomatilda.com

Marina Towner works with John Sylvester dealing with permanent visa applications, principally under the skilled, business skills, spouse, and parent visa categories. Before joining Go Matilda Marina had 18 years of experience working at the Australian High Commission in London, including 16 years in the Permanent Migration Branch, assessing and processing every type of permanent offshore visa application.

For 3 years Marina managed the Skilled Migration Section, which then processed all skilled visa applications for the UK. In addition to assessing and processing the various types of application, she supervised and trained the section's staff, and gave advice and direction to staff and visa applicants on migration law, policy and procedures.

Marina can be contacted at our Southampton office, or by email: marina@gomatilda.com

Lorraine Beaumont deals principally with family visa applications (including spouse and parent visa categories) and skilled applications. Lorraine had 16 years of experience working for the Department of Immigration at the Australian High Commission in London prior to joining Go Matilda, which included work in all the temporary and permanent visa areas.

She worked in the permanent visa section, primarily in the family section processing spouse, fiance, interdependent, child and other family (remaining relative, aged dependent and special need relative) visas and provided extensive training to new and existing officers in the area of policy interpretation and individual case processing . She was also solely responsible for the management of the offshore parent caseload, processing applications to the queued stage, and then monitoring and finalising the relevant caseload each program year.

Lorraine is contactable via our Southampton office, or by email: lorraine@gomatilda.com

Sarah White is a MARA Registered Migration Agent (number 0747071). She heads the Brisbane office of Go Matilda and handles all types of visas for Queensland bound applicants, including employer sponsored visa applications, and skilled and family visa applications for individuals who are already in Queensland on temporary residency visas.

Sarah is a (non-practising) solicitor, having spent the last few years before becoming a migration agent practising corporate tax law in London and Brisbane.

Sarah is contactable at the Brisbane office or by email: sarah.white@gomatilda.com.

Stephen Dickson is a MARA Registered Migration Agent (number 0640511) and is based in Australia with Alan Collett. He handles skills assessment applications for our clients with trade skills occupations, computing professionals, and engineers, and acts for clients who are located in Australia who require assistance with Australian visa matters.

Prior to working for Go Matilda and becoming a registered migration agent he was an IT professional, with many years experience working in Australia, South Africa and the UK.

Stephen is contactable via our office in Melbourne, or by email: stephen@gomatilda.com

Emma Smith-Jones is a MARA Registered Migration Agent (number 0746247) and is based in Go Matilda's office in Geelong, Victoria. She primarily handles visa applications involving employer sponsorships as well as skilled and family applications for individuals who already are in Australia on temporary residency visas.

Emma relocated from the United Kingdom 4 years ago, and established a career in International Human Resources specialising in overseas recruitment, relocations and the immigration process. Emma has worked as an advisor for many clients from global corporations to individual visa applicants.

She can be contacted at our Geelong office or by email: emma@gomatilda.com

Wendy Torjussen is our client management administrator who is based in Southampton with Sarah-Jane Pick.

Wendy and Sarah-Jane provide a vital link in the visa application process, in that they handle incoming post from clients, scan documentation and submit the same to the Department of Immigration, maintain client records on our internal client management system, and generally liaise with clients when a consultant is not available to confirm all is well with their visa application.

Our clients often receive emails directly from Wendy or Sarah-Jane to confirm the safe delivery of paperwork, or have a telephone conversation with them to confirm all is well with their visa application.

Sarah Hall is one of our client administrators based in Australia. Sarah provides support with the preparation of forms for review, the scanning of documentation in Australia for lodgment with the relevant authorities, and liaising with clients to confirm applications have been submitted to the Department of Immigration in Australia.

All of our consultants can advise you regarding your visa options and which category will best suit your circumstances. They can advise regarding expected visa processing times, will confirm our fees in writing for assisting with a visa application (which are fixed from the outset), will help prepare your visa application so that it is presented in the best possible way, and will give you advice and guidance throughout the visa application process so that your application is more likely to have a successful outcome.

We look forward to hearing from you.