Meet the Team
Our team is made up of people from diverse backgrounds with broad-ranging experience. This mix helps us tackle the wide-ranging complexities that our portfolio companies navigate every day as they grow.
Our Team

Managing Partner
Robert Radcliffe-Smith

Partner
Mark Jago

Partner
Brad Lynch

Partner
Symon Vegter

Partner
Rob Hooke

Independent Chairman, Investment Committee
Rupert Harrington

Senior Investment Manager
Hesh Dantanarayana

Senior Investment Manager
Melissa Lok

Investment Manager
Nick Stafford

Investment Associate
Isabella Blakiston

Investment Analyst
James Campbell

Chief Financial & Operating Officer
Kerry Kaplan

Deputy CFO
William Walshe

Financial Controller
Christine West

Finance Support
Melissa Chaudhary

Office Manager
Jo Calleja
Community-minded

We encourage our portfolio companies to give back to their local communities through fundraising activities, charity initiatives and ensuring we’re all acting as good corporate citizens.
Advent Partners is also a very keen supporter of children’s charity, Very Special Kids.
Established in 1985, Very Special Kids cares for children with life-threatening conditions by providing a hospice and professional support services free-of-charge to families.
Helping more than 900 families across Victoria, Very Special Kids provides free support services including counselling, advocacy, sibling support, bereavement support, networking and peer activities, trained family volunteers and specialist care at Very Special Kids Hospice.
Very Special Kids Hospice is the only children’s hospice in Victoria and families are offered access to planned and emergency respite, as well as end-of-life care. The hospice provides 24-hour medical and nursing care in a warm and welcoming environment.
