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
Investment Manager
Annabelle Simkiss
Partner
Brad Lynch
Associate Director
Hesh Dantanarayana
Senior Investment Manager
Isabella Blakiston
Office Manager
Jo Calleja
Finance Support
Maria Awa
Partner
Mark Jago
Associate Director
Michael Frawley
Partner
Rob Hooke
Managing Partner
Robert Radcliffe-Smith
Senior Finance Manager
Sweta Dewan
Partner
Symon Vegter
CFO
William Walshe
Analyst
Zac Zhou
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.
