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Emerging Firms

December 2024

Dr Melissa Kaltner and Mark Galvin  are ex-EY and are launching a new boutique consultancy called Lumenia. Friday 9th February 2024 AFR photo Louie Douvis .

Boutique consultancy thrives in difficult market for major firms

Specialist advisory firm Lumenia has quickly built up a roster of clients thanks to its ability to take on smaller projects and adapt to changing customer needs.

  • Edmund Tadros
New Alvarez & Marsal managing directors (from left): Paul Gallagher, Shahzeb Panhwar and Jayde Thompson.

‘Eat what you kill:’ how this consultancy is taking on the big four

Alvarez & Marsal’s remuneration model means managing directors can potentially earn multiples of the average big four partner pay.

  • Edmund Tadros
Steve Evans in Melbourne

Demand for offshore white-collar workers triples firm’s revenue

ConnectOS specialises in hiring and managing low-cost staff in the Philippines on behalf of other companies.

  • Edmund Tadros

November 2024

John Riccio of Endpoint.

This ex-big four partner has automated his LinkedIn posts

An AI-driven tool helps former big four consulting partner John Riccio take only about five minutes a week to create and schedule five LinkedIn posts.

  • Edmund Tadros

October 2024

Franco Santucci is leading the new Arthur D. LIttle operation in Australia.

World’s oldest consulting firm reopens in Australia

Arthur D. Little, the world’s original consulting firm, once again has a dedicated Australian operation that will initially aim to win work in the energy sector.

  • Edmund Tadros
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Dawid Naude is co-founder and CEO of Pathfindr.

Start-up deploys AI to slash consultant costs

A company launched by Accenture’s former head of generative AI uses the tools to streamline costly early legwork by consultants.

  • Edmund Tadros
Connon Bray, a New Zealand-based partner at The Research Agency and part of the founding team at Ideally.

Marketers get ‘freedom to play’ using automated research tool

The marketing aid uses artificial intelligence to quickly ask customers what they think about new products and deliver the research results overnight.

  • Edmund Tadros

February 2024

Dr Melissa Kaltner and Mark Galvin  are ex-EY and are launching a new boutique consultancy called Lumenia. Friday 9th February 2024 AFR photo  .

Former EY execs form new advisory firm aimed at social services

A former EY partner and director have teamed up to launch a new boutique firm aimed at helping community sector organisations and social service outfits improve their operations.

  • Edmund Tadros

August 2023

Ord Minnett eyes bigger slice of small-cap equities, hires analysts

The broker wants to increase coverage to 150 public companies from 90 in 18 months, aiming to be the top small- and mid-cap broker within three years.

  • Aaron Weinman

October 2022

Upstart infrastructure consulting firm launches with focus on culture

Five of Australia and the UK’s most experienced infrastructure consultants are launching their own boutique advisory firm.

  • Hannah Wootton

August 2022

Dani Matthews and Rich Hirst, consultants from Tenfold, which has been rebranded Abundium, stand for portrait in Sydney  on August 08, 2022  Photo: Flavio Brancaleone/The Sydney Morning Herald

Why this two-year-old consulting firm rebranded

Two-year-old consulting company Tenfold has changed its name to Abundium, a play on abundance and the suffix for metallic elements ‘-ium’.

  • Edmund Tadros

March 2022

Jeremy Barker of Australian Strategy Partners.

Global firm snaps up Aussie strategy start-up

Australian Strategy Partners will become the local branch of part of global firm OC&C Strategy Consultants amid demand from private equity clients looking for commercial due diligence services.

  • Edmund Tadros

August 2021

Allison Rossiter is the managing director of Roche Diagnostics in Australia.

The consultancy where clients provide the best advice

Chief executives are asking each for help with their most difficult business and personal challenges at private events organised by a new type of leadership consultancy.

  • Edmund Tadros
Matt and Simone Rennie, of Rennie Partners, say the regulation for the energy sector is both complicated and ever-changing.

Former EY partner and wife ride the net zero consulting boom

A new advisory run by a husband and wife team offers strategic advice for businesses looking to transition to a net zero emissions future.

  • Edmund Tadros

June 2021

How this expert helps clients avoid ‘zombie’ projects

Managers should focus on tracking the benefits of an internal project, as well as its costs, to avoid having “zombie” projects taking up time and resources, according to a project management expert.

  • Edmund Tadros
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Probe Group CEP Andrew Hume says the company doesn’t have immediate plans for an IPO.

Outsourcing giant eyes $375m revenue jump in 12 months

Outsourcing services business Probe Group expects revenue to jump 60 per cent to almost $1 billion by June next year, as the COVID-19 pandemic further boosts demand for its customer-contact service centres.

  • Edmund Tadros

May 2021

Jeremy Barker of Australian Strategy Partners.

Consultancy aims to win with strategy focus

Australian Strategy Partners saw a gap in the local market for providing independent strategic advice for private equity and corporate clients.

  • Edmund Tadros

February 2021

Sayers’ co-founder and CEO of Sayers Advisory and Investment, Sammy Kumar, at the firm’s Melbourne office.

Sayers, PwC pitch for visa processing 2.0

After an earlier attempt to privatise the processing of immigration visas was abandoned, former PwC CEO Luke Sayers’ new advisory and investment company has teamed up with his old firm to tender for the government’s next attempt.

  • Edmund Tadros

November 2020

Emerging firms.

These firms missed out on a spot but don't count them out

These emerging boutique accounting firms from around the country are thriving despite COVID-19.

  • Edmund Tadros
Teresa Dennison of Sage Software Australia.

Mid-tier accountants outgrow big four

A surge in demand for traditional accounting services has led to mid-tier accounting firms growing by a faster rate than the big four consulting firms amid the COVID-19 recession.

  • Edmund Tadros and Hannah Wootton

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