World administration consulting agency Arthur D. Little has introduced in Manik Mahajan as the newest recruit to its budding Australian observe, with Mahajan becoming a member of as a principal in Melbourne.
Mahajan crosses to Arthur D. Little’s energy-focused technique & transformation observe after a current advisory stint with Infrastructure Victoria, having additionally frolicked at Turner & Townsend, Publicis Sapient, Accenture, and ThinkPlace over the previous decade of his profession along with instructing on the Australian Nationwide College.
“I am wanting ahead to tackling massive challenges and shaping Australia’s power future,” Mahajan mentioned. “With the power sector evolving each day on many fronts, together with decarbonisation, infrastructure transformation, and market reform, I’m desirous to collaborate with traders, governments, and trade leaders to drive actual impression.”
After kicking off his profession as a methods engineer at Tech Mahindra in Northern India, Mahajan then served as a analysis assistant at ANU whereas finishing a masters in human-computer interplay earlier than becoming a member of Canberra-based strategic design consultancy ThinkPlace, which was picked up by Synergy Group firstly of 2024.
From there, he spent three years as a administration advisor at Accenture engaged on aged care tasks, earlier than later transferring into the power and infrastructure domains with firstly Publicis Sapient after which Turner & Townsend. In his most up-to-date position, Mahajan helped Infrastructure Victoria ship its 30-year technique, with the power transition a key space of focus.
Now, he’ll apply his experience in supporting power & utilities shoppers with their transformation agendas alongside Arthur D. Little companion and Australian observe chief Franco Santucci, who beforehand headed EY-Parthenon’s world energy section, and fellow principal Andrew Sampson, with world observe chief Michael Kruse welcoming Mahajan to the agency in a message on LinkedIn.
Typically described because the world’s oldest administration consultancy, Arthur D. Little was based in 1886 a full decade and a half previous to Australia’s federation, however solely actually started constructing its native observe in earnest in the course of final yr with the recruitment of Santucci, earlier than then formally saying Australia as one in all its 39 present nation places in October.
