Anthony Speight joins OCG as a principal in growing Melbourne office
Oceanic Consulting Group has recruited former KPMG director Anthony Speight as a principal in its Melbourne office.
Established in 2018, Oceanic Consulting Group (OCG) supports clients in the financial services sector with a range of offerings grouped around strategy, risk & operational advisory, human resources & resourcing, and markets.
Having in recent months upsized its consulting team with ten new recruits, OCG has now bolstered its senior leadership with the appointment of Speight as principal, bringing with him close to a decade of Big Four experience.
Speight crosses to OCG after a brief stint as consulting lead at RegTech platform Cube, before which he served as a director in KPMG’s managed services and risk strategy & technology consulting divisions. Prior to his four years at KPMG, Speight spent five years at Deloitte, joining the firm as a treasury & capital markets analyst in 2014 following a graduate stint at Oz Minerals.
“I am excited to be joining the OCG team, supporting the business’ exciting growth trajectory and formally expanding its Melbourne presence through strategic initiatives and a strong customer focus,” stated Speight, who is now one of six OCG professionals currently based out of Victoria. “I look forward to contributing to the continued success of OCG and our clients.”
In addition to founder and managing director James Dickson and COO Paul Neves (who both held senior roles at the Commonwealth Bank prior to the consultancy’s founding), Speight joins an OCG leadership team consisting of fellow principal Jay Stuart and director duo Simon Smyth and Danielle Radford, the latter who also arrived via KPMG at the beginning of last year.
“We’re very excited to welcome Anthony to our team,” stated Dickson. “He brings a wealth of experience to the firm with many years in the trenches across a number of programs, with Paul, myself and the broader team.”
Meanwhile, Amy Pearce has also come on board as a business manager based in the consultancy’s Sydney headquarters, crossing directly from the banking and finance sector after spending the past five years at NAB, most recently as a senior business analyst. Pearce spent the prior five years at Pacific National and freight logistics parent Asciano, with an earlier stint at Macquarie Group.
