Adrian James and Patrycja Stasina have commenced the brand new yr as managing administrators at Companions in Efficiency, a global administration consultancy agency a part of Accenture.
Each new managing administrators have been with Companions in Efficiency for greater than 5 years from their respective bases in Australia and New Zealand, having joined the agency with earlier expertise at KPMG and L.E.Okay. Consulting.
The pair have been beforehand ‘companions’ at Companions in Efficiency earlier than the consultancy’s sale to Accenture final yr, which in being publicly-listed triggered adjustments to its senior management titles – ‘managing director’ now roughly equates to ‘senior companion’.
Adrian James
James joined Companions in Efficiency as an engagement supervisor in Melbourne in 2017 after greater than a decade at KPMG, together with a short stint in Los Angeles, the place he rose to affiliate director degree within the Huge 4’s technique consulting division. Altogether, he has clocked up 15-plus years value of administration consulting, M&A, and business expertise within the FMCG, retail and personal fairness house.
In keeping with his bio, the patron observe chief has labored with most of Australia’s large-sized nationwide and multinational manufacturers and over a dozen grocery retailers overseas on efficiency enchancment, whereas helping on greater than 40 M&A offers for traders, bringing collectively business experience with business and analytical acumen to scale and implement options.
Patrycja Stasina
An all-rounder with over 20 years value {of professional} expertise in operational and technique design, buyer expertise, transformations, and supply in each an advisory setting and throughout numerous industries, Stasina likewise steps as much as managing director degree to begin off the brand new yr, having joined Companions in Efficiency from Spark in 2018.
Previous to the telecom, she served for near a decade in numerous senior positions at Financial institution of New Zealand, insurer IAG, and Westpac between Auckland and Sydney, earlier than which she spent 4 years at L.E.Okay. Consulting after beginning out at market analysis consultancy Frost & Sullivan in Australia and the UK.
Accenture
Established in 1996 by former McKinsey guide Skipp Williamson, Companions in Efficiency, which nonetheless bears its personal title, grew to be one in all Australia’s main impartial administration companies previous to its acquisition by Accenture, with its deal with organisational enhancements proving to be an irresistible proposition for the tech consulting big in a interval of shifting consumer demand.
Lots of the former ‘administrators’ at Companions in Efficiency, together with Ben Thompson and Jane Algie, who have been promoted from companion to the highest degree earlier final yr, and up to date senior recruits akin to Vinoy Kumar, have since up to date the job titles on their LinkedIn profiles to ‘managing director’.
Accenture, in the meantime, has scaled again its huge managing director promotional rounds over the previous two years.
