Talent Transfer

Jirsch partner joins Hall Chadwick

Sule Arnautovic’s new profile image on the Hall Chadwick website. After saying last last month that he was staying on at Jirsch Sutherland until March 31 next year former managing partner Sule Arnautovic has signed on as a partner at arch rival Hall Chadwick. Jirsch Sutherland managing partner Bradd Morelli told iNO that Arnautovic finished up at Jirsch last Tuesday and said he wished him…


PwC loses rainmaker as Chris Hill heads to FTI

Heading to FTI? Chris Hill. Restructuring gun Chris Hill was reportedly “miserable” at PwC and jumped to FTI Consulting after being conflicted out of a shot at Virgin sayeth the insolvency sector grapevine, which iNO yesterday pruned assiduously for insights, straight answers from Hill or FTI Australia practice leader Mark Dewar being yet to fruit. The move was reported in the AFR’s Street Talk column…


ASIC reshuffle loads up Eszenyi with auditors

ASIC’s top liquidator cop Thea Eszenyi now policing auditors too. Some iNO readers will be aware that there’s been a great of shuffling of senior roles over at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) of late, and while most of what little media attention there has been has focussed on the implications for ASIC’s most senior regulators, Thea Eszenyi, who is responsible the regulation…


Parbery joins old mates at Duff & Phelps

From KPMG to Duff & Phelps. Steve Parbery. Insolvency industry luminary Steve Parbery has rejoined former PPB Advisory colleagues at Duff & Phelps Kroll, ending his stint at KPMG which began when KPMG acquired Ferrier Hodgson in March 2019. Joking that he had made more moves in two years than the previous 30, Parbery said yesterday that as a senior advisor with a position on…



TALENT TRANSFER – Duff & Phelps snares PPB alumni

Duff & Phelps’ Ken Whittingham. Signed with Duff & Phelps: Marcus Ayres. For some time Talent Transfer has been wondering where insolvency veteran Ken Whittingham would land since departing PwC. Now we know. The former PPB partner, who endured less than a year at the big four consultancy before succumbing to the conflict-a-thon, has emerged in a senior role at the Sydney office of global…