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moreRSM Australia has kicked off its talent drive for the new financial year by appointing three new Partners, bringing the firm’s total partnership to 132.
Nick Webb is joining Financial Services and will be based in Brisbane. He joins RSM from east coast boutique financial planning firm Stonehouse. His appointment brings partner numbers in RSM’s growing Brisbane office to 8.
Rick Kimberley will be the national lead, HR Tax Solutions, based in the Melbourne office. He has significant experience at other large accounting and advisory firms with expertise in employment tax. Rick has also previously provided advice in the expatriate tax space.
Also based in Melbourne, Rita Choueiri joins the R&D Tax and Government Incentives team in Tax Services. Both Rick and Rita commence at RSM on 11 July 2022 and bring the partner numbers in the Melbourne office to 29.
In the last 12 months, RSM has appointed an additional 29 partners, comprising 15 lateral hires and 14 internal promotions.
Business Advisory, which accounts for about 45% of RSM’s services, had the highest lift in new partners during 2021-22 growing by nine, followed by Assurance and Advisory with five.
The new partner announcement kicks off RSM’s 2022-23 senior leadership talent drive to spearhead its ongoing expansion of in-demand and specialist professional services.
RSM Australia Chief Executive Partner Jamie O’Rourke said in its 100th year, RSM was continuing to expand its service offerings in line with changing business demands, including adding roles in growing areas such as data analytics and security and privacy.
'’We have invested significantly in our company growth strategy, and the development of our human capital, over the past decade,’’ Mr O’Rourke said.
‘’This has been bolstered by the adoption of the RSM global brand in 2015, and further cemented by our local focus on delivering robust advice and innovative client and industry-focused solutions,’’ he said.
''Despite the tough labour market, we've expanded our total staff pool by more than 300, including more than 200 graduates, since the start of the pandemic and now have about 1,550 staff nationwide, with a view to increasing this to 1,750 by 2024.
Full list of RSM partners appointed between 30 June 2021 to 1 July 2022
Internal promotions
Jeremy Elman – Risk advisory
Dan Hutchens – Risk advisory
Jaime Lam – Risk advisory
Bryan Ting – Assurance & advisory
Peter Kanellis – Assurance & advisory
Kian Ghahramani – Business advisory
Patrick McMaster – Business advisory
Warren Fynn – Business advisory
Mark Nichols – Business advisory
Jimmy Smit – Business advisory
Joanne Wynne – Tax
Mary Lai – Tax
Robert Zammit – Financial services
Jerome Mohen – Restructuring & recovery
Lateral hire partners
Craig Amos – Corporate finance
Ashwin Pal – Security & privacy
Carl Di Lorenzo - Tax
Matthew Cunneen – Data analytics
Amit Kabra – Assurance & advisory
Louis Quintal – Assurance & advisory
Matthew Beevers – Assurance & advisory
Peter Sarandopoulos – Business advisory
Simon Hardie - Business advisory
Matthew Moore - Business advisory
Sean Mulligan - Business advisory
Grace Bacon – Financial services
Nick Webb – Financial services
Rita Choueiri – R&D tax (commences 11 July)
Rick Kimberley - Tax (commences 11 July)
About RSM Australia:
Having grown into one of Australia’s leading professional services firms over the last 100 years, RSM Australia is committed to enabling clients through a greater understanding of what matters most to their business.
In addition to local knowledge provided by our advisers in 32 offices across Australia, we draw on our international reach and scale to ensure clients stay at the forefront of the world’s best practices, technology, and innovation within a rapidly changing global economy.