James Smithers, Nick Anderson, Joanna Adams, Katie McNamara, Masao Kamiyama and Michael Hill
Skilled providers agency BDO has made 5 recent partnership appointments throughout its Australian workplaces, together with government director recruit Michael Hill, including additional Massive 4 expertise.
Michael Hill joins as an government director in BDO’s threat advisory crew in Melbourne after having beforehand spent greater than twenty years at KPMG, with the native workplace additionally welcoming ex-PwC accomplice Masao Kamiyama as nationwide Japan desk chief.
Along with Kamiyama, BDO has additionally introduced in Katie McNamara and Joanna Adams from EY as companions in Melbourne and Brisbane, the previous as sports activities & leisure lead, whereas Nick Anderson and James Smithers be part of as companions in Adelaide and Sydney.
Michael Hill
Up till his departure in the midst of final 12 months, Hill held quite a few senior management positions throughout his greater than 20 years as a threat consulting accomplice at KPMG, together with latest intervals heading up technique, progress & digital and as business chief for infrastructure, authorities & healthcare and for gaming, leisure & hospitality.
“With greater than 30 years’ expertise working throughout governance, threat and controls, and regulatory compliance, Michael has led quite a few high-impact tasks, together with the design and implementation of regulatory remediation packages, enterprise threat administration frameworks, and outsourced inner audit capabilities,” BDO said.
Masao Kamiyama
An knowledgeable in expatriate and employment tax compliance, Kamiyama crosses after the previous two and a half years at international mobility consultancy Vialto Companions to move up BDO’s Japan desk, having beforehand spent 5 years in the identical position at PwC throughout his nearly one and a half a long time on the Massive 4 agency in Melbourne.
Melbourne workplace managing accomplice David Garvey highlighted Kamiyama various business data; “Masao’s intensive expertise spans a variety of industries together with vitality & assets, mining, monetary providers, IT & expertise, retail & shopper, manufacturing, automotive, meals, industrial, building, and actual property.”
Katie McNamara
McNamara in the meantime joins as a venture & infrastructure advisory accomplice in Melbourne from EY, the place she spent the previous eight and half years and most lately led the agency’s sports activities, occasions & venues apply following earlier stints as a senior economist at engineering companies Jacobs, acquisition Sinclair Knight Merz, and Halcrow in London.
“Katie and her crew have delivered among the most vital main occasions and cultural tasks in Australia and globally,” Garvey stated. “The transfer of her total crew to BDO ensures shoppers can take pleasure in seamless service continuity and retain entry to the deep sector data, technical excellence, and robust relationships which have outlined the apply.”
Joanna Adams
Adams likewise jumps to BDO from EY, as a CFO advisory accomplice in Brisbane, having spent greater than three a long time on the Massive 4 agency throughout three places accumulating deep data in accounting requirements and monetary reporting, with specific expertise supporting massive multinational shoppers within the mining & assets sector.
Nick Anderson
Anderson joins BDO as enterprise providers accomplice Adelaide, bringing over twenty years of expertise advising household workplaces in Australia, the UK, US, and Europe in areas reminiscent of funding technique and working constructions. As well as, he holds important board expertise with public organisations, together with presently as a director for Credit score Union.
James Smithers
Lastly, Smithers joins BDO as a venture & infrastructure advisory accomplice in Sydney after eighteen years at WSP, together with as a member of the nationwide government and time as NSW advisory lead protecting amongst different areas transport, vitality, water, housing, and decarbonisation. His profession dates again additional nonetheless, beginning out with PwC within the UK in 1999.
“With the continued robust pipeline of infrastructure tasks in NSW, it’s important that we now have a robust crew of skilled advisers on this house,” stated Sydney workplace managing accomplice Grant Saxon. “James brings a singular capability to bridge technical, monetary, and coverage views, and his experience shall be instrumental in increasing our infrastructure capabilities.”
