Pitcher Partners has kicked off its new financial year with the promotion of six new partners across its offices, strengthening the leadership team in areas such as corporate finance, investment advisory, audit and family business.
Professional services company GHD has made three appointments in its Energy practice, elevating Claude Morris, Helen Barbour-Bourne and Taraz Saba to energy transition-related roles. Paul Greaney, leader of GHD’s Energy & Resources practice in Australia, said that the leadership appointments will add further depth to the firm’s energy transition offering, at a time of growing demand as Australia steps up its efforts to meet net zero targets.
US-headquartered WSN Consulting has launched its first office in Asia Pacific, selecting Sydney as its hub to build out a presence in Australia and the region. Founded in 2005 in New York, WSN Consulting (around 200 staff) supports clients with a range of management consulting, digital transformation, and technology services.
Bruce Herbert, Strategic Advisor at supply chain consulting firm TMX, outlines why not listening to blue-collar workers may jeopardise productivity levels and long-term talent attractiveness. Hybrid work is a hot topic in boardrooms and mainstream media.
Alvarez & Marsal has expanded its M&A-focused team in Australia with Erica Birchall, who has been named the lead for the Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory offering. Appointed a Managing Director, Erica Birchall brings over two decades of experience in mergers & acquisitions (mainly due diligence) and advising clients on complex technical accounting and financial reporting matters across the deal life cycle.
In the ongoing pursuit of efficiency, businesses are increasingly turning to automation as means of improving processes, writes Chris Ellis, a leader at Nintex. Key goals of automating processes include streamlining operations, freeing up valuable resources, and achieving greater productivity.
The Australian consulting branch of Tokyo-headquartered technology services giant Fujitsu has made a play on the local cybersecurity market, assembling a team of 300 specialists to launch its new practice.
Mandala has promoted eight staff in its mid-year promotion round, a record number for the rapidly growing homegrown economics consultancy. Established just over a year ago, Mandala has since its inception seen rocket growth despite a challenging advisory market, recently welcoming its 40th team member.
Global professional services firm KPMG has made 52 partnership admissions across its 2024 financial year, with the bulk of those added to its recently rejigged management consulting division. Altogether, 21 professionals have been promoted or recruited as partners within KPMG’s consulting division since the middle of last year, with around half of the cohort part of the firm’s mid-year intake.
Grant Thornton has appointed four new partners, with Kate Bonner, Lisa Gibb, Ioly Kisin and Paul Carbone all kicking off life as a partner as of today. Kate Bonner has over 15 years of experience in audit and assurance and has a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from dynamic mid-size businesses to listed public companies.
While there are many benefits to upgrading an ERP system, doing so without proper consideration can leave an organisation open to (costly) risks. Tracey Shearer, managing director of August Consulting, shares four ways how leaders can ensure a successful ERP system implementation.
The number of companies entering external administration has hit a ten-year record high last month, illustrating the mounting pressures on businesses. John Park, senior managing director at FTI Consulting, outlines why and how businesses of all sorts and sizes should be taking sensible precautions.
National business advisory firm McGrathNicol has appointed three new partners in its Brisbane and Sydney offices. Brisbane-based Melissa Smith has been with the consulting firm for 18 years, making the step up to partner in its Restructuring practice.
As technology continues to reshape the global banking industry, Australian banks are moving to embrace AI-powered personalised services. Over half of Australians believe AI will improve banking services, according to a poll of over 5,000 banking customers conducted by Publicis Sapient.
Selwyn Button (PwC Indigenous Consulting) and Barry Sterland (KPMG) have been appointed as commissioners at economic government advisory the Productivity Commission. Commencing their five-year terms in July, Sterland and Button join among others former PwC partner Martin Stokie and deputy chair Alex Robson as full-time commissioners, the latter who was an associate partner at Ernst & Young.
International sports consultancy Performance54 – which as a partner of the breakaway LIV tour includes a key office in Adelaide – has rebranded as 54, reflecting the perfect round of golf. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, 54 was established in 2015 by savvy sports marketeers and event managers Matt Selby, Gary Davidson and Jed Moore, with the trio now supported by a global team of around 180 professionals.
New Zealand-origin supply chain consultancy Middlebank has celebrated its quarter-of-century anniversary, taking the opportunity of its milestone to announce a new global growth strategy. Middlebank Consulting Group was established in Auckland in 1999, expanding to Australia four years later and more recently to Singapore and India in 2016, with its latest move entailing a foray into the US market.
As Australia’s leading professional services firms come under increased scrutiny as to governance and oversight, BDO has appointed Connie Carnabuci as its second independent board director. Carnabuci brings four decades worth of professional legal and governance experience to the role, including as a senior partner at global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and more recently as general counsel of the ABC.
Australian consultancies CSO Group and xAmplify are merging to form what the partners describe as the country’s largest home-grown and locally-owned cyber security, AI and automation firm. To be headquartered in Sydney and pulling in combined annual revenues in excess of $ 100 million, the new enterprise has yet to announce what its name will be going ahead, but say that the arrangement is “a true merger of equals”.
Global digital transformation consultancy Synechron continues its march on Australian soil, doubling its local presence on the back of dual acquisitions Chamonix IT and Exposé. The sister consultancies are based out of Adelaide, respectively focused on full service digital solutions and data science, engineering and AI, and together add around 200 professionals to Synechron’s Australian headcount.
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