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Hayden Marsh
Managing Partner
Former Bain & Company; led restructuring engagements across APAC and the Gulf. Founded Elevate Labs in 2024.
About the firm
A small firm of operators, engineers and strategists.
Elevate Labs was founded in Melbourne in 2024 on a single conviction: that the most consequential improvements available to a mid-market company today sit at the intersection of intelligent automation and well-designed corporate structure. Most firms do one. Almost none do both. We do both, deliberately.
Principles
How we choose to practice.
Selective engagement.
We accept fewer than one in four enquiries. Every engagement is staffed by partners — never offshore-leveraged.
Operator-grade outputs.
Every recommendation arrives with a P&L, a sequencing plan and a named owner. No abstract decks.
Aligned to outcome.
Most of our engagements include a performance-linked fee component. We earn alongside the operators we serve.
Quiet, deliberate, accountable.
Our work touches capital structures, tax positions and people. It deserves discretion and care, every time.
The bench
Partners & directors
PR
Priya Raghavan
Partner, AI Practice
Ex-Atlassian principal engineer. Builds the production systems behind our agentic and RAG deployments.
TW
Tom Whitfield
Partner, Tax & Structuring
Twelve years between PwC Melbourne and EY Singapore. Specialises in cross-border IP and treaty work.
MC
Mei-Ling Chen
Director, Governance
Former in-house counsel for an ASX 200 group. Leads our governance, board and policy engagements.
If our practice resonates, we'd welcome a conversation.
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