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 is an accomplished senior level professional with more than twenty years of successful global experience in CFO roles across 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. A passionate bridgebuilder between teams, and champion of ensuring executives make educated decisions.
She holds a degree in Business Administration Management from Boston University.
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.
Steven Le is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Commence (B.Com), Accounting and a Masters degree in Accounting. Steven specialised in the banking and telco sectors including ANZ and Telstra before joining Lantern Partners.
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.
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.