Mateus Nolasco CA

Profile

Mateus
Nolasco CA

Chartered Accountant and technology leader who likes solving difficult problems — seventeen years at the intersection of finance, technology, governance, and operations.

Built finance functions from scratch, designed the data platform behind a 50+ acquisition rollup, and worked in a PE-backed firm through to a $1B+ exit. Co-founder of Insider. Directorships across non-profits, professional services, tech, and aerospace.

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Mateus Nolasco CA Adelaide · Remote

Engagements

14 total · 10 active

Workbook.

Engagements, employment, projects, and everything in between.

№ 01 Active
Part-time Employment

Acclime

Group Director, Data & Analytics

Years 2018–present
Professional ServicesPE-backedAPACData PlatformM&AAI & Automation

Built the data platform behind a 50+ acquisition professional-services rollup, helping transform fragmented operations into a unified analytics capability while delivering value creation initiatives through to a $1B+ private equity exit.

№ 02 Active
Governance Retainer

Insider Publishing

Co-Founder, Non-Executive Director

Years 2008–present
Co-founderMediaSMEInternational EducationCreative AgencyProfessional Services

Co-founded Australia's leading international-student media platform, and international education focused creative agency; ran the Cost of Living Calculator from concept to licences with key corporate and government clients.

№ 03 Not Active
Governance Retainer

Renew Adelaide

Treasurer, Non-Executive Director

Years 2014–18
Not-for-profitUrban RenewalFirst CFOTreasurerGovernance

Effectively the first CFO — implemented Xero, built board governance, appointed auditors. The organisation grew from one to fifty-three projects, and from $50k to $500k in funding per year on that backbone.

№ 04 Not Active
Governance Retainer

The Mill, Adelaide

Treasurer, Non-Executive Director

Years 2014–19
Not-for-profitArtsGovernanceCFO

Built the finance, control and governance foundations for The Mill, serving as its first de-facto CFO and helping shape the business model behind one of South Australia’s leading multidisciplinary arts organisations.

№ 05 Not Active
Governance Retainer

Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce

Treasurer & Non-Executive Director

Years 2016–21
Not-for-profitTrade & InvestmentTreasurerGovernance

Financial oversight and governance for a national bilateral trade body, working across government, industry and diplomatic stakeholders.

№ 06 Not Active
Governance Retainer

Good Thnx Foundation

Independent Director

Years 2015–19
Not-for-profitPhilanthropyGovernanceTechnology

Oversaw governance, finance and compliance for a registered public ancillary fund, enabling corporate giving campaigns for clients including KPMG, Google and Commonwealth Bank.

№ 07 Active
Governance Retainer

Lunar Outpost

Resident Director

Years 2022–present
SpaceLunar RoboticsNASA ContractorAustralian Space AgencyVC-backed

Australian governance for the Colorado space-mobility company behind the MAPP rovers and NASA's Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle — its Oceania arm co-leads Roo-ver, Australia's first lunar rover mission under a A$42M Australian Space Agency program.

№ 08 Active
Governance Retainer

Dronamics

Resident Director

Years 2022–present
AerospaceCargo DronesLogisticsAustralian ManufacturingVC-backed

Resident director for the Australian entities of the cargo drone pioneer holding the first EU-wide drone airline licence — its long-range Black Swan freighter is built in Sydney — as it develops remote and middle-mile air freight for the Australian market.

№ 09 Active
Governance Retainer

Laser Light Communications

Resident Director

Years 2022–present
Space InfrastructureOptical SatcomTelecommunicationsEdge Data Centres

Governance for the Australian arm of the US developer of HALO — a planned all-optical satellite, fibre and subsea global network — with long-standing Australian ties through Optus Satellite and local edge data-centre partnerships.

№ 10 Active
Governance Retainer

Bukalapak

Resident Director

Years 2021–present
Digital CommerceGamingFintechIDX-listedIndonesia

Resident director for the Australian subsidiary of PT Bukalapak.com — Indonesia's first tech unicorn to list on the IDX — as the group evolved from marketplace e-commerce to digital goods, gaming and O2O merchant services.

№ 11 Active
Governance Retainer

Carbon Robotics

Resident Director

Years 2024–present
AgTechRoboticsComputer VisionAIVC-backed

Australian governance for the Seattle agtech company behind the LaserWeeder — AI computer vision and lasers replacing herbicides at field scale — supporting its expansion onto Australian farms and across Asia-Pacific.

№ 12 Active
Governance Retainer

Pythian

Resident Director

Years Current
Data & AnalyticsCloud ServicesManaged ServicesPE-backedProfessional Services

Resident director for the Australian arm of the Ottawa-founded global data, analytics and cloud services firm — enterprise database, cloud and AI managed services delivered to Australian clients from Sydney and Melbourne.

№ 13 Active
Governance Retainer

Spiral Therapeutics

Resident Director

Years 2018–present
BiotechClinical-stageOtologyDrug DeliveryClinical Trials

Governance for the Australian clinical vehicle of the South San Francisco biotech developing inner-ear therapeutics — its Phase 1b/2a Ménière's disease trial ran across Perth, Melbourne and Sydney ahead of US registrational work.

№ 14 Active
Governance Retainer

Sunfix Solutions

Resident Director

Years 2025–present
Enterprise SoftwareERPSAP PartnerAsia-PacificMarket Entry

Market-entry governance for the Australian arm of an Asia-Pacific ERP and enterprise-software consulting group — an SAP partner delivering S/4HANA and Business One implementations across the region.

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