• Clarity before activity. I identify the decision, risk or performance issue that matters before introducing new reporting or processes.
• Commercial practicality. Recommendations must work within the organisation’s resources, systems and operating reality.
• Performance discipline. Clear ownership, useful measures and regular review turn recommendations into results.
• Responsible innovation. AI enabled finance should strengthen capability without weakening control, confidentiality or human accountability.

I’m a CFO-level finance leader. I don’t provide tax, audit, bookkeeping or legal services, and I’ll refer you to a specialist if you need one.

I’m Inga Chandilya, and I’ve spent more than 20 years in international business and finance leadership. I led regional finance at Mars across Asia Pacific, then served as CFO of a PE-backed growth business in the US. There I was responsible for the reporting and oversight of about $5M of investor capital, and I advised founders and investors through a period of major market disruption.

Along the way I’ve built finance systems and controls for growing businesses, led finance planning for a Mars business with ambitions to scale from USD 2M to USD 100M+, and supported restructuring and entity wind-downs. Earlier in my career I served as an Estonian diplomat, representing Estonia at UNICEF and Global Partnership for Education board meetings, which taught me to build trust and negotiate across cultures.

I started Altair Advisory because most founder-led businesses need CFO-level thinking long before a full-time CFO makes sense.