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One big four firm has this morning announced the appointment of 60 new partners and executive directors.
‘Record intake’ of new partners for big four firm
27 June 2016
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Fifty-two per cent of the appointments for KPMG are in the advisory division and the firm is also reporting "significant growth" in management consulting, which saw 25 new partners added.
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Under the new leadership of David Linke, the tax practice attracted 9 new partners, growing by 15 per cent.
The audit business has also grown by 10 per cent with six new partner, enterprise by 12 per cent with seven new partners, and shared services by 11 per cent with six new partners.
Further, 23 appointments were to partners who have an innovation, transformation, technology or cyber focus.
Overall, 25 per cent of the new partners are female, with women comprising 39 percent of internal partner promotions.
External hires increased year-on-year to 40 percent of total hires. Fifty-three per cent of appointments were from internal promotions and seven per cent from acquisitions.
"We have a continued focus on attracting the top industry talent to come and work with us and add to the diversity of perspectives. We are proud that over half of our new partners were promoted from within, reflecting the quality of people we have at the firm," said KPMG Australia chief executive Gary Wingrove.
A full list of the appointments follows:
|
Andrew Hounsell |
Audit |
Melbourne |
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Andrew May |
KPMG performance clinic |
Sydney |
|
Andrew Spong |
Markets and growth |
Canberra |
|
Brad Miller |
Enterprise |
Melbourne |
|
Brett Watson |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Catherine Hunter |
Corporate citizenship |
Sydney |
|
Catia Davim |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Colin Thorne |
Management consulting |
Canberra |
|
Dan Harradine |
Management consulting |
Brisbane |
|
Dan Robinson |
Audit |
Sydney |
|
David Ibels |
Management consulting |
Brisbane |
|
Elizabeth Munnings |
Risk management |
Sydney |
|
Eric Beere |
Enterprise |
Adelaide |
|
Gary Belfield * |
Management consulting |
Melbourne |
|
Gary Chiert |
Tax |
Sydney |
|
George Spathis |
Tax |
Sydney |
|
Gordon Archibald |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Guy Edwards |
Deal advisory |
Melbourne |
|
James Ferguson |
Management consulting |
Melbourne |
|
James Mabbott |
KPMG innovate |
Sydney |
|
Jane Bailey |
Audit |
Perth |
|
Jennifer Ma |
Enterprise |
Adelaide |
|
Joanne Lupton |
Deal advisory |
Sydney |
|
John Baker |
Management consulting |
Melbourne |
|
John Munnelly* |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Jon Stone |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Jonathan Di Michiel |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Julian Edwards |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Karen Parkes |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Kristy Rees |
Enterprise |
Darwin |
|
Len Nicita |
Tax |
Sydney |
|
Lisa Barry |
Management consulting |
Melbourne |
|
Louise Capon |
General counsel |
Sydney |
|
Martin Dougall |
Risk consulting |
Melbourne |
|
Matt Pearce |
Management consulting |
Adelaide |
|
Minh Dao |
Tax |
Sydney |
|
Natalie Raju |
Tax |
Sydney |
|
Nathan Fenner |
Enterprise |
Brisbane |
|
Paul Costa |
Markets and growth |
Sydney |
|
Paul Guinea |
Deal advisory |
Melbourne |
|
Peter Madden |
Tax |
Sydney |
|
Peter Mallyon |
Tax |
Sydney |
|
Philip Barfield |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Phillip Sands |
Enterprise |
Canberra |
|
Raphael James |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Richard Boele |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Rod Bryan |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Ryan Wolton* |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Sally Calder |
Management consulting |
Melbourne |
|
Sarah Blakelock |
Tax law |
Brisbane |
|
Scott Cass-Dunbar |
Management consulting |
Canberra |
|
Simon Dubois |
Audit |
Melbourne |
|
Stan Gallo |
Risk consulting |
Perth |
|
Steve Manners |
Enterprise |
Hobart |
|
Tim Aman |
Audit |
Sydney |
|
Tim Nice |
Tax |
Sydney |
|
Tim Robinson |
Management consulting |
Melbourne |
|
Tom Reilly |
Management consulting |
Melbourne |
|
Warren Green |
Management consulting |
Sydney |
|
Zuzana Paulech |
Audit |
Sydney |
* Executive director
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