Professional services giant Accenture has completed its acquisition of Australian-headquartered management consultancy Partners in Performance, adding around 400 professionals to its team in multiple countries.
Economics and research advisory firm Mandala has continued the growth of its senior ranks with the addition of Tom McMahon to its partnership. The most senior hire since the firm’s founding just under two years ago, Tom McMahon brings over 15 years of experience in management consulting and the public sector to the firm.
BlueRock has added former Big Four consultants Jason Crawford and Rachel van Ketwich as directors in its research & development and government incentives division in Melbourne. A former partner at Deloitte, Crawford joins BlueRock after spending the past seven years running his own firm, Incentives Advisory, while van Ketwich crosses from GrantReady, bringing previous experience at EY and KPMG.
Australian technology and business consulting firm Atturra has recorded $ 243 million in revenues over its past financial year to July, an impressive 36 percent rise from the previous period. As per the firm’s long-stated strategy, Atturra’s $ 65 million jump in revenue from its 2023 figure resulted from both organic growth and acquisitions, the latter including managed services providers Cirrus and Sabervox.
Global consulting firm HKA has named two Sydney-based leaders as Co-Leads of its Advisory business across the Asia Pacific region. HKA’s Advisory business advises clients in the construction and infrastructure sector with planning and running their capital projects, across the entire project lifecycle: from strategic planning and commercial development to delivery and capability building.
As part of its promised reforms, professional services firm PwC has appointed legal eagle Carmel Mulhern as the third independent non-executive member to its Australia governance board. Mulhern previously served as group general counsel at both the Commonwealth Bank and Telstra, and is also an advisory board member for the University of Melbourne’s centre for artificial intelligence and digital ethics.
Melbourne-based boutique strategy consultancy, Foundstone Advisory, has launched a new offering that helps leaders shape their next business strategy in a rapidly changing world. Branded as the ‘Modern Strategy Methodology’, the approach brings together principles from Design Thinking (in a boardroom strategy context), Corporate Strategy and Open Strategy to create a more iterative, and non-linear way of crafting strategies – and keeping track of its relevance over time.
Global strategy firm L.E.K. Consulting has added Chris Bartlett as a partner in its M&A Transaction Services practice out of Sydney, bringing over two and half decades of experience. Chris Bartlett arrives after spending the past decade as a partner at Strategy&, having first joined its predecessor Booz & Company back in 2007, prior to which he also spent time in the telecoms sector with the likes of Optus and AAPT.
Accounting and consulting firm BDO is getting set to launch an office in Canberra, with former Big Four public sector partners Paul McDougall and Ridhish Arora recruited to lead the new practice. The move is being made on the back of firm’s trend-bucking growth of 14 percent to $ 540 million in revenues, with the BDO now looking to cut further into the Big Four’s shrinking slice of the federal consulting pie.
IBM Consulting has expanded its senior leadership team in the region with Iskra Nikolova, who has been appointed as leader of the firm’s Hybrid Cloud Services Growth Platform. Iskra Nikolova joins IBM Consulting from Telstra, where she served as the Network & Infrastructure Executive.
Australia’s business landscape is preparing for numerous new climate reporting regulations. Experts from FTI Consulting outline how leaders can prepare for such changes, and why they should strive for implementation beyond compliance, using the new regulatory requirements as an opportunity to drive business value.
The number of cyber threats and the complexity of incidents in professional services continue to rise, with consulting firms particularly prone to attackers. That is according to a new report from Trustwave.
From 1 July 2025, entities regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must comply with a new Prudential Standard for Operational Risk Management, which outlines review of operational risks, third-party management and business continuity planning.
Deloitte Digital creative partners Matt Lawson and Adrian Mills are set to launch their own independent advertising agency – ATime&Place – with Deloitte on board as the firm’s first client. Fresh from their instrumental role in creating Deloitte’s global ‘The First Effect’ campaign for the Paris Olympics, the pair will now embark on their new challenge from September, with both currently based in Melbourne.
RSM has extended and expanded its partnership with Macquarie Telecom, with the aim to enhance its digital communications across regional Australia. The collaboration, which initially began in 2019, has evolved into a comprehensive alliance that now encompasses both SD-WAN network and voice services.
The world’s oldest management consultancy Arthur D. Little is eyeing the Australian market, with Franco Santucci recruited as country lead partner in Melbourne to help expand its local business. Previously EY-Parthenon’s global power & utilities practice head, Franco Santucci joins after the past four years as managing director of sustainability advisory Energise Partners, which now also becomes a part of Arthur D.
Global business and technology consultancy Slalom has led the individual finalist count for this year’s Women in ICT Awards, including Salesforce lead Jane Beck for career achievement. The WIICTA ‘achievement’ category celebrates candidates with over two decades of experience who have made an unrivalled contribution to the ICT industry, with the winners to be announced next month in Sydney.
National accounting and advisory firm PKF has promoted Trent Ruprecht and Jackie Marriott to partner in its Sydney and Newcastle business. The headline promotions of a crop of 45 promotees at its annual summer performance cycle, Jackie Marriott and Trent Ruprecht are both long-time members of PKF in Newcastle.
Baringa has strengthened its powerhouse Energy & Resources practice with Przemek Luczynski. Appointed a partner, Przemek Luczynski brings over 15 years of experience in the energy sector to the firm. He joins from EY, where he led the electricity market modelling team in Sydney, specialising in modelling wholesale electricity market in Australia.
Insurance broker and consultancy Lockton has opened a new office in Adelaide, its 7th in Australia. The world’s largest privately-owned insurance brokerage has expanded its footprint in South Australia with a new Adelaide hub, which will operate alongside existing offices in Darwin, Hobart, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney.
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