Chris McNamara: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
Chief Executive Officer	InDebted	This Week in Australian Startups, Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Australian FinTech
Chief Revenue Officer (former)	Go Remote	Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Australian FinTech
Chief Revenue Officer (former)	Glassdoor	Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Australian FinTech
Chief Revenue Officer (former)	Advanced Navigation	This Week in Australian Startups, Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Australian FinTech

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🇦🇺 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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Chris McNamara

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