Meet The Harlen Partners

A dedicated team of technically skilled, digitally savvy professionals

Our team of 17 highly qualified and experienced advisors will help you gain insights to make informed decisions and equip you with the right tools to achieve success.

Brittany Lincoln, CA

Brittany is a qualified Chartered Accountant and brings over 24 years’ experience in the related disciplines of financial advisory, insolvency, mergers and acquisitions and commercial disputes.

As a Partner heading up Harlen’s Advisory practice, Brittany’s calm and considered approach distils detailed analysis into meaningful insights.

Brittany has been involved in many, and varied, assignments for clients over her career including:

  • Management and board reporting
  • Cash flow management
  • Working capital and performance improvement
  • Sale of business / Acquisition of business
  • Transaction management and integration
  • Formal insolvency
  • Dispute analysis and expert witness


Before joining Harlen, Brittany was a Partner at boutique advisory and investment firm, KordaMentha. Here Brittany served 15 years leading and advising on a number of complex and high-profile corporate insolvency and restructuring matters including becoming a registered liquidator in 2013.

Brittany also spent the later years of her career at KordaMentha as an expert witness in high-stakes commercial disputes.

During the earlier part of her career, Brittany spent four years based in the US with Ernst & Young LLP within the Transaction Integration practice where she worked across the US and UK on mergers and acquisitions.

Brittany holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science from Latrobe University. Brittany also holds a Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting & is a member of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand.

“I am passionate about working with clients to help provide clear and commercial outcomes to their biggest challenges.”

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Kynan West, CA

Kynan established Harlen in 2010 with a mission of delivering simple, yet effective strategies for client’s financial needs, through highly personalised service and sound technical knowledge.

Kynan is a qualified Chartered Accountant and brings over 20 years’ experience providing commercial and taxation advice to corporations and business owners across a variety of industry sectors.

Kynan is focused on delivering exceptional outcomes for clients and has developed a strength in providing ‘end-to-end’ accounting, tax and commercial advice.

As a Partner heading up Harlen’s Tax and Compliance practice, Kynan’s genuine care and focus on building long term relationships with people has seen him act for businesses on a wide range of complex tax issues and fulfilling the role of broader commercial advisor.

Kynan has been involved in many, and varied, assignments for clients over his career including:

  • Tax restructures
  • Small business tax concession advisory
  • High net wealth individuals and family groups
  • Business advisory
  • Sale of business / Acquisition of business
  • Formal insolvency
  • Succession planning


Kynan is a registered tax agent and holds a Masters of Professional Accounting, Bachelor of Business in Entrepreneurship, a Diploma of Financial Planning and has completed the FASEA bridging course, Ethics and Professionalism in Financial Advice. Kynan also holds a Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting & is a member of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand.

“Having a deep understanding of what a client needs to maximise their outcomes is the most important consideration in all that we do.”

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Tom Napier, CFP

Tom leads the Wealth & Financial Planning division and brings over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. Tom is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), the highest designation in the field, and holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting.

Tom also serves as the Responsible Manager for Harlen’s Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) and takes great pride in Harlen being one of the few boutique professional services firms in Australia that is able to provide comprehensive and truly integrated tax and financial advice.

Passionate about the intersection of money, behavior, and psychology, Tom takes pride in creating meaningful relationships with clients and helping them achieve their most important goals. By aligning clients’ financial strategies with their values and aspirations, Tom helps them focus their time, efforts, and resources on what truly matters.

Areas Tom specialises in include:

  • Goals based financial advice
  • Financial independence
  • Investment selection and management
  • Tax and effective structuring
  • Superannuation & SMSF
  • Personal, Trust & Company Investment
  • Personal Risk Protection (Life insurances)


Tom is a member of the Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) and an affiliate of the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand.

“Financial advice isn’t just about investments; it’s about empowering clients to fully understand their financial situation and supporting them on the journey to achieve their definition of success over time.”

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