Australian technique agency EY Port Jackson Companions has introduced a significant management transition, with firm veteran and managing accomplice Byron Pirola passing on the baton to Chris Paxton.
Changing into simply the fourth managing accomplice within the 33-year historical past of EY Port Jackson Companions, and the second because the agency turned a part of EY, Chris Paxton brings over 25 years of technique consulting expertise to the function. He has been with the technique consultancy since 2021, and beforehand labored for amongst others Technique&, Pacific Technique Companions (purchased by KPMG in 2014), and Kearney.
All through his profession, Paxton suggested purchasers acoss quite a few sectors on company and enterprise unit technique, acquisitions, integrations and efficiency enchancment. He specialises in business and due diligence work throughout mergers & acquisitions, having suggested on over 250 purchase and promote aspect engagements for company purchasers, personal fairness companies and their portfolio firms.
Now stepping up from his earlier function as chief of the Offers observe, Paxton leads a crew of 17 companions and round 100 consultants and employees.
Byron Pirola, who has been with EY Port Jackson Companions since its inception (he joined Terrey Arcus and Fred Hilmer from McKinsey & Firm once they co-founded the enterprise), stated that Paxton is the suitable individual to guide the agency into its subsequent chapter. “We’re assured that Chris’s management will proceed to drive the agency’s success and uphold the legacy of excellence, care and integrity that has characterised EY Port Jackson Companions over the previous three a long time.”
Remaining with the agency as a full-time senior accomplice, Paxton will going ahead focus his time on consumer work, and lead EY-Parthenon (the worldwide technique consulting enterprise of EY) throughout Oceania.
In the meantime, EY Port Jackson Companions has additionally introduced that David White, a former managing accomplice and chairman, has now retired after an extended tenure with the agency.
In keeping with Consultancy.org’s newest benchmark of consulting companies, EY-Parthenon together with EY Port Jackson Companions ranks as one in every of Australia’s main technique companies for 2024.