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Responding to an increasingly complex corporate risk landscape, leading professional services firm RSM Australia has devoted four of its nine new national promotions, including two new Partners, to in-demand specialist services such as climate and cyber security risk.
This includes, new partner Catherine Bell, joining the national ESG sustainability services team based in RSM’s Perth office. Catherine has extensive experience as a Global Sustainability Advisor both in Australia and overseas.
In response to the increased demand in cyber security services being experienced from clients, RSM has strengthened senior leadership ranks with two senior appointments. Riaan Bronkhorst has been promoted to Partner in the Security and Privacy services team based in Perth.The second in the cyber security team is the Melbourne appointment of operational resilience practitioner Kaustubh Vazalwar who joins RSM as an Associate Director. Kaustubh was formerly Head of Technology – Enterprise Resilience at Tabcorp. In addition to ESG and cyber services, RSM is experiencing a notable increase in the demand for tax services – a response to the ever-expanding compliance businesses are subjected to.
The growth in tax services has resulted in a number of recent tax appointments and we are pleased to announce the promotion of Peter Xi to Partner in the specialist Research & Development team in Sydney. The new appointments bring total Partner numbers at RSM Australia to 131.
RSM Chief Executive Partner Jamie O’Rourke said: ``The risks faced by businesses of all sizes are becoming more granular and complex.’’
``Governments, consumers, customers and investors are demanding more information, assurances and disclosures than ever before from companies and business suppliers,’’ Mr O’Rourke said.
"Whether it’s multinational tax reform at the ASX-listed company-level, meeting enhanced cyber security obligations if you’re a critical infrastructure owner, or implementing improved systems to protect customer data, no business can operate successfully today without the support of technical business specialists – the risk of not doing so is too great, for everyone.’’
Ms Bell is one such specialist who has made climate-related business risk her professional accounting major, saying a ‘business unusual’ approach was needed to respond to the imperatives of energy transition and climate change.
"These megatrends are ensuing generational and transformational changes to the way we do business, the way we live and the way we work,’’ she said.
“Achieving sustainable businesses and livelihoods is going to require an ‘all hands’ mentality, outside-the-box thinking and an understanding of working together quickly to help solve our collective challenges. It’s no longer business as usual. “The opportunities the new green economy offer is enormous, particularly as we accelerate the re-design of the economy towards sustainable production and consumption”.
Full list of RSM 1 July promotions:
New Partners:
- Catherine Bell, Perth Risk Advisory Services (lateral hire)
- Riaan Bronkhorst, Perth Risk Advisory Services
- Peter Xi, Sydney Research & Development
New Principals:
- Aleesha Bailey, Sydney Business Advisory
- Kenneth Lai, Melbourne Corporate Finance
- Stephanie McAuliffe, Perth Corporate Finance (received word of her promotion while she was on Parental
leave) - Derek Xie, Sydney Business Advisory
Associate Directors
- Tranquility Clinton, Melbourne Risk Advisory Services
- Kaustubh Vazalwar, Melbourne Security & Privacy (lateral hire)
Catherine is in our ESG Sustainability Services team in Risk Advisory, based in the Perth office.
Riaan is a Security and Privacy Services specialist in Risk Advisory, based in the Perth office.
Peter Xi is a Research & Development specialist in Business Advisory, based in the Sydney office.
Aleesha is in the Business Advisory division, based in the Sydney office.
Kenneth is in the Corporate Finance division, based in the Melbourne office.
Stephanie McAuliffe is in the Corporate Finance division, based in the Perth office.
Derek is in the Business Advisory division, based in the Sydney office.
Kaustubh specialises in Cyber Security & Privacy in the Risk Advisory division, based in the Melbourne office.
Tranquility specialises in Probity Advice in the Risk Advisory division, based in the Melbourne office.
Dr Mary Wang specialises in Supply Chain and Procurement, based in the Melbourne office.
