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Yesterday

Katherine Tobias and Matthew Bailey, co-founders, InsightWise.

Ex-KPMG consultant lands global VC funding for AI start-up

California-based venture capital firm Aliavia Ventures and No Brand Holdings led InsightWise’s $1 million oversubscribed pre-seed round.

Joanne Gorton from Deloitte has cost saving on her mind.

Deloitte’s job cutting CEO takes partners on Queensland retreat

As job losses climb into the hundreds, partners enjoyed the Cairns sun.

This Month

EY’s Asia-Pacific region will be dissolved under the proposal.

EY Oceania to avoid merger in global restructure

The firm’s local division will continue to be led by chief executive David Larocca, but job cuts are expected amid a broader reorganisation of the business.

Part of the team behind the Allegro Funds-backed Scyne Advisory: (from left) Ben Neal (Scyne Advisory), Adrian Loader (Allegro co-founder) and Fay Bou (Allegro managing director).

PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory to slash staff and restructure

The public sector consulting specialist now owned by Allegro Funds told employees it would cut about 10 per cent of its headcount and focus on tech work.

March

Simone and Matt Rennie of Rennie Advisory last year.

Pemba Capital-backed Rennie Advisory hits the acquisition trail

People briefed on the deliberations described the pool of money that the firm wanted to spend as in the “tens of millions” over at least two deals this year.

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New Grant Thornton Australia chief executive Said Jahani is targeting mergers and lateral hires.

New Grant Thornton boss to strike at bigger rivals ‘while iron is hot’

Said Jahani wants to elevate the fast-growing firm’s market position, but is cautious on following his UK and US colleagues in taking private capital.

David Sacks ran Scyne Advisory’s business in Melbourne.

PwC spin-off Scyne loses one of its most senior executives

David Sacks said he had decided to leave the professional services industry entirely and “apply my energy to provide more leading and doing”.

Julie Sweet, chief executive of Accenture.

Accenture warns that Musk-DOGE cost cuts are hurting sales

The Department of Government Efficiency has taken aim at consulting deals as an example of what the administration deems wasteful spending.

The CFMEU administrator has contracted several consultants to help with “investigations”.

Dan Andrews’ fixer is in the weeds of the CFMEU administration

Self-styled “solutionist” Steve Palmer has a habit of popping up wherever there’s a risk of scandal for Labor and its comrades.

John Green, PwC Independent non-executive Governance Board chairman at their Sydney office. John talks about his observations after six months. Sydney. March 7, 2025. Photo: Louise Kennerley AFR

Post-tax-leak PwC looks beyond profit to measure partner performance

The firm’s first independent chairman, John Green, concedes it has a way to go before it fixes a “growth at all costs” culture where rainmakers are “untouchable”.

Men just have more experience capital than women, McKinsey reckons.

McKinsey solves the gender pay gap this International Women’s Day

Once women have earned their own equality, Elizabeth Arden will also help them celebrate with free lipstick applications.

Former Deloitte Australia chief executive Adam Powick: took the firm to No.1 by revenue during his term.

From coding to leading the nation’s largest consulting firm

As chief executive Adam Powick prepares to leave Deloitte Australia, the kid from Heidelberg is struck by how much hasn’t changed.

Parents and former Newington College students protest outside the Stanmore campus last year.

Sayers Group the latest beneficiary in Newington co-ed tussle

The Sydney boys school may be winning its battle to admit girls by 2026, but it’s clocked up some expenses doing so.

“Our diverse meritocracy is at the heart of who we are,” says McKinsey local managing partner Wesley Waldon.

‘Unsatisfactory’: US-based firms book biggest gender pay gaps

Law and consulting firms run out of the United States are grappling with the effects of an anti-DEI drive from the US government.

Saudi wealth fund blocks PwC from advisory work for one year

The firm’s auditing projects will not be affected, but the move will still halt the firm’s progress in one of the world’s most lucrative markets.

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February

EY is set to close down its local legal business.

EY to cut about 100 staff, warns of ‘targeted restructuring’

An Ernst & Young representative said market volatility was continuing to affect business and targeted restructuring may be required.

The Federal Court has ruled against Telstra over broadband speeds.

Accenture and Telstra sign AI joint venture deal

Accenture and Telstra have formally signed a $700 million joint venture deal to create a new company to roll out artificial intelligence across the telco.

 Jon Orszag.

FTI Consulting reels from staff exodus after rainmaker launches rival

The firm fired Jonathan Orszag in 2023 in a dispute over profit-sharing and control. He has since taken potentially tens of millions of dollars of business with him.

Canberra’s addiction to consultants is unending.

PwC spin-offs feast on taxpayer consultant addiction

Granting Scyne more than $12 million in taxpayer contracts this year alone doesn’t sound like the government is cutting consultant spending.

‘Ninja-level’ skills: How to pack like a consultant

Plane-hopping professional services consultants know how to pack a bag, including carrying a spare set of the essentials – preferably in colour-coded cubes.

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