Inna Kazagrandi · CPA · MBA
The experience behind Founders CFO
Inna Kazagrandi has spent nearly 30 years working across finance and operations, in corporate roles and businesses she has built. Her experience spans treasury, property development, manufacturing and advisory work.
In 2014, she co-founded Orisent, a Sydney-based technology company that designs and manufactures wireless emergency alert systems for high-risk workplaces. She remains its Group CFOO, leading the company’s finance and operations functions.
Orisent has received recognition in Australia and internationally. It is a winner of the 2024 Australian Technologies Competition in Disaster and Emergency Management and a finalist in the 2025 Financial Review Most Innovative Companies, as well as the 2026 Intersec Awards. It is also a recipient of an Australian Government Boosting Female Founders Initiative grant for female-founded startups to scale in domestic and global markets, one of 38 awarded in 2021 from more than 2,500 expressions of interest.
This recognition extends to Inna’s leadership: she is a finalist in the 2026 Intersec Women Trailblazers Awards, which celebrate women’s contributions to security, fire protection and workplace safety.
Founders CFO is a structured course and practical guide for people starting a small business in Australia. It brings together Inna’s professional financial expertise and first-hand experience establishing and operating a business.
