World skilled companies agency Alvarez & Marsal has recruited former PwC accomplice Brett Duell as a managing director in its transaction advisory group based mostly out of Sydney.
An accounting & finance diploma graduate from Wright State College in Ohio, Duell has spent the previous twenty years at PwC, initially becoming a member of the agency in Chicago earlier than later turning into a accomplice in Sydney after an earlier style of the town.
A&M launched its world transaction advisory unit in Australia lower than two years in the past as a part of its full-scale march on the nation, however below the management of ex-KPMG non-public fairness chief David Willis continues to draw skilled expertise.
“Brett’s addition displays our ambition and ongoing want to redefine the transaction advisory panorama in Australia,” Willis said. “His expertise in software program and know-how mixed with an built-in due diligence method optimises our means to offer purchasers a aggressive edge, whereas his background aligns with A&M’s deal with deep sector experience and a results-driven mindset.”
Duell initially joined PwCfor six years in Chicago from 2004, which he adopted up with a three-year stint as a transactions affiliate director with the Large 4 agency in Sydney earlier than returning to its San Jose workplace. Evidently lacking the native life-style, he returned to Australia barely twelve months later and has been with PwC’s native arm within the decade since, making accomplice in 2017.
Talking on his resolution to cross to A&M, Duell famous the consultancy’s independence and client-centric method; “A&M’s deal with actionable outcomes dovetails with my skilled philosophy. The agency’s deep operational business and practical experience, freedom from audit-based conflicts, and cross-team collaboration ensures purchasers obtain best-in-class tailor-made options.”
Throughout his time on the agency, Duell served because the know-how, media, and telecommunications (TMT) chief for PwC’s offers group, and is claimed to be recognised for his M&A experience in areas comparable to monetary due diligence, transaction structuring, IPOs, and post-merger integration, alongside together with his in depth cross-border expertise – specifically between Australia and the US.
World transaction advisory chief, Paul Aversano, commented, “The Australian market has been a core a part of our development plan within the final two years. One of many plain alternatives offered on this interval is to develop our bench of best-in-market expertise – and we just do that, by bringing in specialists like Brett, whose experience provides additional range to our providing.”
