KORDAMENTHA - Key Persons


Aaron Johnstone

Job Titles:
  • Director Performance Improvement Education

Adam Ahearn

Job Titles:
  • Director in the Melbourne Office
  • Director Restructuring Public Sector
Adam is a Director in the Melbourne office of KordaMentha and a specialist in public sector advisory. Adam provides strategic advice to clients to help their organisations grow, protect and recover value. He has a wealth of experience across strategy development and implementation, government transformation, people and organisation redesign, business cases and cabinet submissions. He helps senior leaders across government and the private sector understand true impact of the challenges they face and provides strategic advice on how to solve these problems. Adam is focused on achieving quality project outcomes by working collaboratively and transparently with his clients.

Anya Gielen

Job Titles:
  • Partner Forensic, Financial Crime Education, Public Sector

Brad Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Partner Real Estate

Brendan Barley

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Restructuring

Bridgette Barker

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Director Forensic
Bridgette is a Chartered Accountant with over seven year's experience in professional services. Bridgette considers attention to detail and teamwork essential to delivering timely and effective solutions. Bridgette's unique experience as a Project Management Accountant for a leading integrated energy company combined with experience as a Forensic Accountant engaged on high-profile commercial disputes has equipped her with the skills and expertise to grasp complex accounting issues and provide clarity in disputes.

Cameron Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Director Forensic Education, Public Sector

Cameron Blagdon

Job Titles:
  • Director Restructuring Public Sector, Defence and National Security

Cannon Hill

Job Titles:
  • Development

Chris Craner

Job Titles:
  • Partner Forensic Education, Public Sector

David Ballantyne

Job Titles:
  • Infrastructure Advisory Leader
  • Infrastructure Professionals
  • Partner Real Estate, Major Projects Health, Education, Public Sector, Defence and National Security
David is a collaborative infrastructure advisory leader with multi sector experience across all phases of the asset life cycle. He enjoys working with clients to solve complex infrastructure problems and enabling future focused outcomes. David has led the development and implementation of asset management change programs and overseen annual capital expenditure programs including business case development, assurance reviews and project delivery. With his public and private sector experience across health, transport, mining and arts sectors, David has the ability to respond to differing client goals and objectives. David is motivated to drive value for clients across their assets and support great infrastructure outcomes. Whilst we provide a service to meet requirements, it is just as important to deliver a positive experience that customers remember. Expertise Asset management Capital portfolio management and optimisation

Dionne Higgins

Job Titles:
  • Partner Performance Improvement Education, Public Sector

Gideon Shapiro

Job Titles:
  • Director Performance Improvement Health, Education

Henriette Rothschild

Job Titles:
  • Partner Performance Improvement Health, Education

James Wagg

Job Titles:
  • Partner Performance Improvement Health, Public Sector

James Wijemanne

Job Titles:
  • Partner Real Estate, Major Projects Health, Education, Public Sector

Jane Ayers

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Performance Improvement Education

Jess Finlay

Job Titles:
  • Partner Restructuring Public Sector

John Dewar

Job Titles:
  • Partner Performance Improvement Education, Public Sector

John Grill

Job Titles:
  • Executive Leadership in Major Projects

Joshua Rodgers

Job Titles:
  • Partner Public Sector, Defence and National Security

Kate Berry

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Real Estate

Lachlan Abbott

Job Titles:
  • Leader
  • Partner Restructuring Health, Public Sector
Lachlan is a leader in our Canberra Practice with over 17 years' of experience specialising in restructuring, turnaround strategy and counterparty assessment. Originally from Armidale in NSW's Northern Tablelands, Lachlan moved to Sydney to attend university before commencing his professional career in restructuring and becoming a Chartered Accountant during the Global Financial Crises. Lachlan became a Registered Liquidator in 2015 and has worked on a broad range of restructuring and commercial advisory assignments with clients in aged care, disability, education, Indigenous, property and construction, professional services and Government settings. Lachlan has built a diverse skill set providing advice to Government, financiers, corporate clients and not-for-profits in a range of complex restructuring situations. He works well in team environments with diverse stakeholders, helping to drive cohesion and outcomes through his empathetic, respectful and constructive ways of working in challenging circumstances. He is pragmatic, reliable and outcomes focused. Expertise Independent Business Review

Lauren Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Director Forensic
  • EDiscovery Specialist
Lauren is an eDiscovery specialist and admitted lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria with 10+ years industry experience in managing complex eDiscovery projects related to large-scale litigation, transactions, and regulatory review. She has provided eDiscovery services to law firms, government, global and remote clients including supporting public and private organisations through multiple Royal Commissions, government inquiries and class actions activity. Lauren is versed in both Nuix Discover and Relativity, and is Agile certified. In addition to her technical expertise, she has attended multiple Case Management Hearings to assist parties with understanding and agreeing to the use of technology to promote efficient document review. Previously Lauren has worked at a number of nationally and internationally recognised law firms, including managing not only large-scale eDiscovery projects but transactional data rooms and a number of larger multi-disciplinary digital transformation projects. Expertise eDiscovery - Litigation, Arbitration, Investigation

Mario Papaleo

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder of KM Property Funds
  • Partner Real Estate Health
Mario is a co-founder of KM Property Funds and was appointed Joint Managing Director in September 2013. Mario has more than 20 years' experience in direct real estate, listed and unlisted property investment and funds management. He is responsible for acquisitions. Before establishing KM Property Funds, Mario worked in various property and funds management roles including fund manager of Centro Retail Trust through its restructure and aggregation to form part of Federation Centres (now Vicinity Centres). Mario was an Analyst and Syndicate Fund Manager for Heine Management Limited. Before joining Heine, Mario worked as a consultant for Jebb Holland Dimasi and he obtained direct property and asset management experience working for McDonald's Australia Limited Store Development Group. Expertise Investment management Transaction management.

Mayuri Kain

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Executive Director Restructuring Public Sector, Defence and National Security
Mayuri is an Executive Director in our Restructuring practice, specialising in public sector advisory. Having worked both within the public sector, and advising public sector agencies for over two decades, she brings a unique lens to public policy and finance challenges. Mayuri has worked with a range of government agencies including in finance, environment, trade, service delivery and national security sectors. Mayuri is values-driven and understands how outcomes are achieved in government. She is a Fellow Certified Practising Accountant (FCPA) a strong advocate for combining quantitative data with qualitative measures, and demonstrates excellent judgement in her advice to clients, drawing on her expertise in funding, cost reform, and reporting.

Michael Harmsworth

Job Titles:
  • Director Performance Improvement Health

Michael Rose

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Restructuring Education, Public Sector

Mike Kalms

Job Titles:
  • Partner Public Sector, Defence and National Security

Morgan Forrest

Job Titles:
  • Partner Restructuring Public Sector

Nick Crockett

Job Titles:
  • Partner Real Estate Health

Nick Gill

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Restructuring Public Sector

Olivia Newton John

Job Titles:
  • Cancer Research Institute ( ONJCRI ) - Board Member, 2015 - 2023

Paul Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Director Forensic Public Sector

Peita Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Partner Restructuring Education, Public Sector, Defence and National Security

Peter Chapman

Job Titles:
  • Partner Forensic, Forensic Technology Public Sector

Rachel Waldren

Job Titles:
  • Crime Partner, Explains Why We Need Bipartisan Support for Vital Regulatory Changes in the Form of the Anti - Money .
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Richard Ainley

Job Titles:
  • Partner Performance Improvement Health

Richard Tucker

Job Titles:
  • Restructuring Expert
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Roheena Khan

Job Titles:
  • Partner Client Technology Group Cybersecurity, Forensic, Financial Crime, Forensic Technology, Technology and Data Education

Roman Barbera

Job Titles:
  • Partner Forensic, Forensic Technology

Ronald Holtshausen

Job Titles:
  • Partner Forensic, Forensic Technology, Technology and Data Health

Sam Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Performance Improvement Education, Public Sector, Defence and National Security

Sarah Goulding

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Real Estate, Major Projects Public Sector

Sean Lowry

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Performance Improvement Health

Sharee Bartlett

Job Titles:
  • Partner Technology and Data

Skye Arnott

Job Titles:
  • Director Financial Crime

Stephanie Rockefeller

Job Titles:
  • Director Restructuring Education

Suzanne Wauchope

Job Titles:
  • Partner Performance Improvement Health, Education, Public Sector

Ted Fitzgerald

Job Titles:
  • Partner Real Estate Education

Tom Scott

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Real Estate, Major Projects Defence and National Security

Tony Massaro

Job Titles:
  • Partner Real Estate Health

Zachary Pearson

Job Titles:
  • Partner Real Estate Education, Public Sector