‘Record intake’ of new partners for big four firm

One big four firm has this morning announced the appointment of 60 new partners and executive directors.

Katarina Taurian -

Monday, 27 Jun 2016 0 comments

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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.

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
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