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.
