Brendan Lee: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
Managing Director and Head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications for Australia and New Zealand (former)	Morgan Stanley	This Week in Australian Startups, Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Australian FinTech
	McKinsey & Company	Business News Australia, Australian FinTech
	Macquarie Group	Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Australian FinTech
Chief Financial Officer	InDebted	This Week in Australian Startups, Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Australian FinTech
	Goldman Sachs	Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Australian FinTech

12 deals

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.

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Key hire

Role call: new people at allt, SQC, RedBelly Network, Neara & Indebted

Weekly people-moves column: new executives at allt, SQC, Redbelly Network, InDebted and Neara, including Clive Dickens joining allt's board and Chris McNamara becoming InDebted's CEO.

Key hire

InDebted appoint Chris McNamara as Chief Executive Officer and Brendan Lee as Chief Financial Officer

Collections technology firm InDebted has named Chris McNamara as chief executive and Brendan Lee as chief financial officer, filling a search opened when founder Josh Foreman shifted to a founder and executive director role.

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Brendan Lee

Roles

Coverage

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Role call: new people at allt, SQC, RedBelly Network, Neara & Indebted

InDebted appoint Chris McNamara as Chief Executive Officer and Brendan Lee as Chief Financial Officer