Our hand selected mentors and CFOs are both dedicated and approachable, with an extensive experience in top-tier traditional accounting firms and in industry.
Our hand selected mentors and CFOs are both dedicated and approachable, with an extensive experience in top-tier traditional accounting firms and in industry.
Michelle Kvello is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and also holds her Masters of Applied Finance (Kaplan). She trained at PwC in London before moving into commercial roles at blue chip companies such as Reuters, Foxtel and Yahoo!7. She founded Lantern Partners in 2011 and specialises in helping fast growth companies achieve their objectives through building strong finance support in both compliance and commercial aspects.
She is a commercially minded and analytical thinker with a passion for identifying areas of change to drive operational efficiency. Jo loves working collaboratively in a hands-on role with business partners to understand cost drivers, identify areas of opportunity to drive profitability and help businesses achieve their goals.
Kath Roth has a degree in Business
Administration Management from Boston
University. She is an accomplished senior
level professional with more than twenty
years of successful global experience in
SaaS, travel, manufacturing/ distribution and
marketing/advertising.
Kath has strong skills in leadership,
managerial, analytical, negotiation and
communication with in-depth knowledge of
sales and marketing and understanding
business drivers. She has a talent in
motivating and building skills in teams and
has a proven ability to direct cross-functional
and multi-cultural groups.
Mandy is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business Management (University of Queensland). She started her career at EY in tax and audit and has subsequently held a number of commercial finance and CFO roles in Australia and overseas. She has broad industry exposure, primarily in the SME space and family-run businesses.
She has a passion for driving business success and operational efficiencies through high-performing finance teams and the co-creation of those teams with founder-run businesses.
Jill is a Chartered Accountant and has held
CFO positions in a range of SME businesses
as well as providing external CFO consulting
support to fast growing businesses prior to
joining Lantern Partners.
She is highly experienced in supporting
businesses through scaling challenges
including growth planning and scenario
testing, recruiting and building finance
teams and driving operational efficiency.
She has also experience in working with
private businesses in investment readiness,
transaction support on both the buy and sell
side and global expansions.
As a Chartered Accountant, Sukhy has
worked for over 15 years in a variety of
finance roles within Corporate Australia
across the banking sector and also in audit
and tax at Deloitte.
Her mission is to bring that knowledge to
SMEs to help them understand the story
behind their numbers, make better financial
decisions and run a business with the right
systems, people and sustainable profits.
Daiana is a CPA from Salvador University
and began her career with PwC Argentina
where she worked across audit and
transactions services on both the buy and
sell side.
She continued her career at Ernst and Young
in Sydney, Australia in the CFO Advisory
division advising businesses and CFOs
across a number of industries focusing on
bolstering finance functions through services
such as financial reporting, accounting
advisory, treasury and hedge accounting
advisory, and credit risk and financial due
diligence for M&A transactions.
She then worked as in house CFO advisory
for Commonwealth Bank of Australia before
joining the Lantern Partners team.
Bec Chappell
Bec is responsible for marketing strategy
and execution. This includes
- Marketing strategy for Lantern Partners
and Michelle Kvello - Execution of marketing strategy across
all relevant channels (online and offline) - Management of content across those
channels
Muhilan Sriravindrarajah
finance professional with 20+ yrs B2B2C
experience working with market-leading
startups, technology, telecommunications &
professional services companies. He brings
expertise in Business Partnering, enabling
organisations to achieve their goals – by
aligning strategy & operations – to make
better business decisions, through a
commercial & financial lense.
His collaborative approach, analytical
thinking and attention to detail enables him
to build lasting partnerships, build bridges
across teams cross-functionally, and drive
growth in a sustainable & profitable manner.
Aana Mahajan
Aana is an Operations Manager and Executive Assistant with a proven ability to streamline processes, optimize financial workflows, and foster high-performing teams.She brings experience in C-level executive support, financial oversight, operational efficiency, and risk assessment—ensuring that business operations run smoothly and effectively across the board.
Shaan Adno
Shaan is originally from South Africa and enjoyed a career in Human Resources before transitioning 9 years ago to Bookkeeping. Shaan holds qualifications in Bookkeeping and Accounting and is compliant in both the Xero and MYOB financial systems.
Narelle commenced her career with Deloitte in South Africa where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. She has over 20 years of experience in financial control, payroll and compliance working with across multiple industries including marketing, technology and FMCG. She specialises in helping businesses run their finances efficiently and enjoys helping them grow whilst taking the pain points out of their processes.