MinterEllison has unveiled its line-up of threat & regulatory companions which the regulation agency poached from PwC earlier this yr, the seven recruits in complete combining for over 130 years of expertise.
Amongst them are former govt board member Nicole Salimbeni, most just lately PwC’s monetary providers and shopper enterprise chief, and Malcolm Shackell, the previous chief working officer of its threat consulting apply.
A mixture of PwC veterans and newer additions, the remaining MinterEllison partnership recruits embrace former monetary crime apply chief Peter Forwood, alongside Ashley Rockman, Edwina Star, Mark Rigby, and Garth Williams.
Having been first introduced again in Might and nearly doubling MinterEllison’s advisory partnership numbers to 18 within the single hit, the seven Sydney-based recruits convey experience in governance, threat & compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), and fraud & forensics along with information & analytics, and can work alongside the agency’s authorized professionals to supply a complementary providing.
“We’re thrilled to welcome these new companions, every on the prime of their recreation in these crucial segments,” said MinterEllison CEO Virginia Briggs. “Their unparalleled experience and perception will undoubtedly improve our capability to not solely meet the present calls for of shoppers but in addition to assist them thrive of their more and more dynamic and sophisticated working environments.”
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Salimbeni had been with PwC since 2007, and served because the agency’s long-term head of threat consulting previous to being appointed monetary providers & shopper enterprise chief and becoming a member of the chief in 2020. Initially, it was reported she would lead the agency’s governance & buildings reform program within the wake of its tax scandal, however was left off the board in a subsequent overhaul.
A specialist in forensics, regulatory investigations and monetary crime, Shackell in the meantime served as threat consulting COO at PwC throughout his nearly two and a half a long time on the agency, whereas Forwood led the monetary crime apply throughout the threat consulting division, himself spending near twenty years at PwC. One other threat & compliance professional, Rockman spent over three a long time there.
Including to that checklist is two-decade PwC threat consulting veteran Edwina Star, whereas Mark Rigby joined the agency in 2011 after six years in safety & intelligence operations with the Lawyer-Basic’s Division. Garth Williams is successfully the odd one out in having solely joined PwC as a associate in 2021, crossing kind the ANZ financial institution with an earlier profession stint at Clayton Utz.
Talking on the PwC raid in Might, consulting managing associate Victoria Hepburn mentioned; “Whereas MinterEllison will all the time essentially be a regulation agency, we’ll proceed to redefine the boundaries of what it means to be a recent one in response to our shoppers’ altering calls for. Making certain they profit from an built-in providing has lengthy been a core a part of our progress technique.”
