After taking a minority stake within the enterprise final month, Deloitte has relaunched PwC’s Indigenous Consulting as Yamagigu, with co-founder Gavin Brown persevering with on as chief govt officer.
A Wiradjuri man from central New South Wales, Brown collectively established the advisory in 2013, and can oversee a staff of greater than 60 professionals in what’s described because the nation’s largest First Nations consulting enterprise.
Yamagigu will function individually to Deloitte with its personal board and impartial chair whereas benefiting from the Huge 4 agency’s providers and programs. Deloitte will fold its present indigenous consulting enterprise into the brand new apply.
“Yamagigu brings collectively market-leading Indigenous advisory experience and Deloitte’s deep skilled providers capabilities,” mentioned Deloitte chief Adam Powick. “We’re actually excited to be getting into into this new enterprise as they proceed to impact significant change to create better prosperity and well-being for Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples, organisations and communities.”
Having accomplished in extra of 1,300 tasks throughout greater than 800 communities Australia-wide since its inception, the majority-Indigenous owned and managed enterprise will proceed to concentrate on offering experience to authorities, non-public sector and community-based purchasers in designing and delivering insurance policies, applications, and providers to enhance First Nations outcomes.
Deloitte’s 49 p.c stake within the enterprise sees the corporate’s title function within the emblem tagline – “Yamagigu, Along with Deloitte” – whereas the consultancy derives its new moniker from a Wiradyuri phrase translating to “our objective is to go along with you”, which the events say encapsulates the spirit of their partnership and shared journey and was developed with the assist of Wiradyuri Elders.
“That is an thrilling new chapter for our enterprise and one that can permit us to develop our affect whereas persevering with to assist the self-determination of First Nations communities,” Brown mentioned upon Deloitte’s buy, which was successfully pressured as a result of PwC’s exit from public sector consulting within the wake of its authorities tax scandal, with the phase accounting for the majority of revenues.
Becoming a member of Brown on the Yamagiguleadership staff are ex-Deloitte companion and Bundjalung and Yorta Yorta man Joe Hedger – who additionally beforehand led Ernst & Younger’s native indigenous consulting apply – alongside chief working and monetary officer Chris McKendrick, and former PwC’s Indigenous Consulting leaders Kate Healy, Roanna Edwards and Jay Edmondson as companions.
