--- title: Accounting & Tax Blog for Melbourne SMEs | 42 Advisory | Geoffrey Tulett description: "Geoffrey Tulett is a Director of 42 Advisory, helping business owners navigate complex financial and strategic decisions with clarity, confidence and commercial insight. With experience across Australia, New Zealand and Asia, Geoff brings deep expertise in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, capital raising, R&D, financial modelling and strategic advisory. Geoff has worked alongside founders, entrepreneurs and private business owners at every stage of the business lifecycle — from start-up and growth through to succession planning, investment and exit. He has assisted businesses in securing funding, evaluating strategic opportunities, improving performance and preparing for successful transactions. His advisory approach is built on a simple belief: a business owner's ambitions for their business should work in harmony with their ambitions for life. 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