Australia's leading professional services firms in innovation
New research by Australian innovation consultancy Inventium in collaboration with business and finance newspaper AFR has identified the leading professional services firms in Australia and New Zealand in the field of innovation.
Now in its eighth year, the ‘Most Innovative Companies’ list places the spotlights on companies in Australia and New Zealand that excel in innovation. These companies are either unlocking innovation internally to improve their customer service, propositions and/or operations, or tapping into innovation to reshape their business model and develop meaningful new business.
The list lauded a total of 100 companies across ten different categories. An overview of the ten most innovative professional services firms:
1. Deloitte
Sector: Accounting & Consulting
Headquarter: Sydney, New South Wales
Number of employees: 8,896
2. Veritas Group
Sector: Information Technology
Headquarter: Perth, Western Australia
Number of employees: 32
3. Nova Systems
Sector: Professional Services
Headquarter: Mile End South, South Australia
Number of employees: 397
4. Aurecon
Sector: Engineering
Headquarter: Docklands, Victoria
Number of employees: 7,500
5. CompliSpace
Sector: Consulting
Headquarter: Sydney, New South Wales
Number of employees: 98
6. Allens
Sector: Accounting
Headquarter: Brisbane, Queensland
Number of employees: 1,210
7. Resonate Holdings
Sector: Computer Software
Headquarter: North Sydney, New South Wales
Number of employees: 40
8. Flight Centre Group
Sector: Aviation
Headquarter: South Brisbane, Queensland
Number of employees: 1,150
9. Accenture
Sector: Information Technology & Consulting
Headquarter: Melbourne Victoria
Number of employees: 5,000
10. Gilbert + Tobin
Sector: Law
Headquarter: Barangaroo, New South Wales
Number of employees: 750
To be eligible for entry into the competition, companies had to be based in Australia and/or New Zealand, have at least 30 permanent full time employees and be in operation for at least two years, meaning that early stage start-ups are excluded from the analysis. Participating companies were asked to submit their track record in innovation over the past year, after which an expert panel – which included Inventium’s founder Amantha Imber – judged the entries and rated them on several characteristics of innovation.
