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.
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.
Melissa Chandler
Melissa Chandler is an experienced finance
and commercial executive with over 25 years
in the technology, health, media,
telecommunications, and professional
services sectors
She has led financial strategy, governance,
and operational functions across Australia,
New Zealand, and the UK, with expertise in
financial management, business
transformation, and strategic growth.
A Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) and
Graduate Member of the Australian Institute
of Company Directors (MAICD), Melissa is
recognised for her ability to drive
performance, strengthen governance, and
deliver sustainable commercial outcomes.
Muhilan Sriravindrarajah
Muhilan is a dynamic commercially minded 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.
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.
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