Jul 5, 2026 – 11.30amA former Tanarra Capital investment director has used an increasingly bitter workplace legal fight to allege that chief executive John Wylie told him he would rather close down the firm than report possible breaches of its financial services licence.James Lewandowski, who worked at Tanarra from November 2020 until he resigned in August 2021, is suing the firm, Wylie, and several other executives in the Federal Court, alleging that he was disadvantaged after raising issues about the asset manager’s financial services licence.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Ex-Tanarra employee claims Wylie didn’t want to report potential breach
In an increasingly bitter Federal Court dispute, James Lewandowski alleges the firm’s founder said he’d rather close the company than go to the regulator.











