The world’s oldest administration consultancy Arthur D. Little is eyeing the Australian market, with Franco Santucci recruited as nation lead associate in Melbourne to assist increase its native enterprise.
Beforehand EY-Parthenon’s world energy & utilities follow head, Franco Santucci joins after the previous 4 years as managing director of sustainability advisory Energise Companions, which now additionally turns into part of Arthur D. Little.
Based in 1886, Arthur D. Little has established a thriving enterprise in east and Southeast Asia over the past decade following its administration buyout in 2012, from the place it has principally served the Australian market on cross-border initiatives.
Now the consultancy – which has grown its partnership by 50 p.c to 150 throughout 44 international locations since simply 2021 – appears to be shifting in the direction of a larger native presence. If that’s the case, it might be hoping to emulate fellow world advisories Oliver Wyman and Alvarez & Marsal, each of which have been increasing quickly since stepping up their efforts on Australian soil over the previous two years.
Santucci brings greater than three many years of expertise to such an endeavour, having first kicked off his consulting profession with a five-year stint at McKinsey & Firm again in 1989. He later joined Kearney, earlier than spending the most effective half a decade at Deloitte, in the end departing for the rival Huge 4 partnership of Ernst & Younger after which its technique arm EY-Parthenon.
Franco Santucci is Lead Associate for Australia at Arthur D. Little
Having spent a lot of his profession centered on development technique, enterprise fashions, market entry, optimisation, and transaction companies within the vitality sector, Santucci left EY-Parthenon upon its buy of Australian boutique Port Jackson Companions in 2020 to construct Energise Companions, whereas additionally serving for a yr and a half as govt director of influence funding agency Sentient.
Alongside Santucci, fellow recruit and former EY director Andrew Sampson will even be aiding the growth plans, bringing greater than 20 years of advisory expertise to the agency as a principal, whereas Sydney-based monetary companies associate Yoshiro Makita crossed to Arthur D. Little in 2022 following a short stint heading up PwC’s native insurance coverage follow.
Others with a neighborhood connection to Arthur D. Little embrace Southeast Asia vitality & utilities follow chief Trung Ghi, who’s listed as spending his time between Singapore and Australia and accomplished his MBA at Melbourne Enterprise College in 2004. In the meantime, the agency can be presently recruiting in-country, noting that it’s on the hunt for consultants with three-to-five years of top-tier expertise.
Having earlier accomplished a level in mechanical and house engineering on the College of Queensland, Ghi offers an instance of the calibre of advisors at Arthur D. Little, which is understood for its lengthy historical past of technical experience. Upon its one hundred and thirty fifth anniversary celebrations, world CEO Ignacio García Alves described the agency as ‘ambidextrous’, each artistic and pragmatic.
