Public sector consultancy Scyne Advisory has appointed former Google managing director John Ball as its first everlasting chief government, with the agency’s management group now absolutely in place.
John Ball joins after spending the previous decade overseeing buyer options for Google within the A/NZ, earlier than which he spent near 20 years in senior roles with fellow tech large Microsoft in Australia, Asia and the US.
Ball replaces inaugural chief Richard Gwilym from November, the latter who was appointed to steer the breakaway agency on an interim foundation throughout its institution, and can now head up Scyne Advisory’s newly-formed advisory management group.
“I’m very excited on the abilities and expertise that John brings to the function,” acknowledged John Mullen, who was appointed inaugural chair final yr. “As Scyne Advisory strikes into the expansion section and begins the journey of implementing its five-year technique, John’s depth of information of the expertise business in addition to his abilities as a pacesetter are a potent combine for the enterprise now we have established.”
A pc science and enterprise masters graduate from the College of Know-how Sydney, Ball kicked off his profession as a software program engineer for numerous IT corporations earlier than becoming a member of Microsoft in 1997. He then spent the following seventeen years in a spread of gross sales lead roles out of Singapore, Shanghai, and Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington State, latterly as world Samsung lead.
In 2014 he crossed to Google, main a group of greater than 200 workers throughout Australia and New Zealand as regional common supervisor for buyer options. Now, Ball will likely be accountable for overseeing virtually 1,000 professionals, together with round 90 managing administrators and a consulting enterprise which is pushing towards $240 million in revenues in its first full yr of operation.
Extra to the purpose, he will likely be doing so beneath a watchful public eye, following the PwC tax breach scandal which led to Scyne Advisory’s formation and ongoing suspicion in regards to the agency amongst sure authorities ranks. To this finish, Mullen revealed that the recruitment of an impartial CEO was a key dedication the agency had made to the Division of Finance in a bid to regain its belief.
The governance measures Scyne Advisory has put in place, and its freedom from battle as a strictly public sector consultancy, in flip caught the eye of Ball; “I used to be extremely drawn to Scyne’s purpose-led imaginative and prescient and the chance it presents to do advisory otherwise for public goal in Australia,” he stated. “I’m genuinely excited to affix Scyne Advisory and lead the group into its thrilling future.”
Greater than twelve months on, Ball’s appointment completes Scyne’s management line-up at numerous ranges, with its six-strong advisory management group led by Gwilym introduced in latest days. The consulting agency had earlier unveiled its government management group, whereas former Jetstar chief data officer Claudine Ogilvie claimed the ultimate advisory board seat in March.
