In the carnage of the PwC scandal, each of the big four submitted themselves to the sicko humiliation of appearing before the Senate’s consulting inquiry this year. One spreadsheets-for-hire firm outside the group stood apart.

Accenture chief Peter Burns appeared before Deb O’Neill, Barbara Pocock and Richard Colbeck in July. Unlike his industry colleagues, Burns all but brought the Senate’s three-headed Cerberus to heel.