About PartnerUp

Australian-led. Built for growing businesses.

~92%staff retention
50%+savings vs a local hire
1 business dayresponse

Our story

2022

PartnerUp was founded in 2022 by three partners who had seen the same problem from both sides: growing Australian businesses that needed more capacity but couldn't justify the cost and risk of another local hire, and outsourcing options that either left them managing everything or put an agency layer in the way.

So we built a different model. Every PartnerUp client gets a dedicated team member who works only for them, recruited to their brief and chosen by them. The client directs the work. We take care of everything on the employment side, from recruitment and onboarding to payroll and compliance.

We're based in Adelaide, with delivery from our Hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Our Mission

Support teams built to enterprise standards, without the enterprise overhead. Genuine accountability, never outsourced risk.

Our Vision

Every growing Australian business can build a dedicated remote team with no compromise on control, quality, or trust.

What we stand for

Our values

TrustWe earn it by doing what we said we would.
TransparencyClear costs, clear terms, no surprises.
Genuine PartnershipYour success is how we measure ours.
Growth-FocusedWe build teams that scale with you.

Meet the team

The partners

Kavindra Perera
Kavindra Perera (MAccFin, CA)Partner
Kavindra Perera (MAccFin, CA)Partner
Leads client engagement, strategy and performance reporting.
Azard Buhary
Azard Buhary (BCom, MPA, MBAn, CA)Partner
Azard Buhary (BCom, MPA, MBAn, CA)Partner
Leads operations, business management and process improvement.
Chamith Kotte
Chamith Kotte (BCom)Partner
Chamith Kotte (BCom)Partner
Leads operations and process improvement.

Every engagement has one of us accountable for it. When you need something, you talk to a partner, not an account manager.

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