Australian restructuring consultancy KordaMentha has launched a brand new main initiatives advisory line, which will probably be led by current PwC recruits David Ballantyne and James Wijemanne.
The pair joined KordaMentha as companions earlier this 12 months after having spent the prior three years in PwC’s infrastructure partnership in Brisbane and Sydney, and collectively carry greater than 4 a long time price {of professional} expertise.
The brand new main initiatives observe will sit inside KordaMentha’s current actual property division, with providers spanning the entire venture life-cycle from early strategic advisory and planning by way of to supply and operationalisation.
“David and James carry a visionary method and dedication to excellence that could be a valued addition to our senior group,” stated firm co-founder Mark Korda. “Their management and pragmatic methods of working will probably be instrumental as we proceed to evolve our advisory observe, constructing on our robust observe report of supporting shoppers by way of complexity in a few of Australia’s most difficult environments.”
The observe leaders
With greater than 20 years of expertise in main infrastructure initiatives, David Ballantyne served as an government director at Monash Well being previous to becoming a member of PwC’s in 2021, earlier than which he spent a decade in senior roles with NSW Well being Infrastructure. Earlier in his profession, he labored as a senior venture supervisor for Turner & Townsend within the UK and venture engineer for RailCorp in Sydney.
“It’s an thrilling time to affix the group right here at KordaMentha, with implausible initiatives already delivered,” Ballantyne stated. “The supply of main initiatives will be difficult, with the necessity to stability competing pursuits, funding constraints and dangers. My method is rooted in collaboration, working with shoppers to resolve their most complicated infrastructure issues.”
James Wijemanne likewise brings greater than twenty years price of personal and public sector infrastructure expertise to the brand new observe, together with six years early on as a transportation engineer with Christchurch Metropolis Council. Since then, he has frolicked with MWH (now Stantec), the Brisbane council and AECOM, earlier than crossing to PwC in 2017 and being made accomplice in 2021.
“I’m delighted to affix the agency throughout an thrilling part of development,” Wijemanne stated. “By working throughout geographically various places and a spread of industries, the most important initiatives advisory is strongly positioned to allow our shoppers to capitalise on rising alternatives throughout Australia by supporting the supply of initiatives and packages throughout their total life-cycle.”
Wijemanne and Ballantyne will probably be supported in rising the brand new observe by three different senior recruits from PwC, government administrators Sarah Goulding and Tom Scott, and director Michael Randle, who all joined KordaMentha on the finish of final 12 months.