RSM admits 10 new leaders into its partnership
Global accounting and consulting firm RSM has made almost two dozen mid-year promotions and appointments, with ten members admitted into the firm’s partnership.
The mid-tier firm has made 20 senior internal promotions, including ten new partners and ten directors, with a notable spread across RSM’s regional footprint in locations such as Wagga Wagga, Albury, Geraldton, Ballarat, Toowoomba, and Port Lincoln.
“These new appointments align with our overarching strategic focus on growth and diversification, and strengthen our position as the first-choice advisor for middle market businesses in Australia,” stated newly-appointed chief executive partner Robert Miano. “The significant number of internal promotions is a clear reflection of our commitment towards the career development of our people.”
Miano also noted the substantial time many of those promoted had spent at the firm, along with the significant number of business advisory professionals among them, which he said reflected the strong demand the firm was experiencing for support in the area in the current economic landscape. New Geraldton business advisory partner Kara Golding for example joined in 2005.
Another, Amanda Beckhouse, now a partner in Wagga Wagga, has been with RSM for a decade and a half, while newly-admitted Perth-based partner Gavin Stacey joined the firm as a graduate in 2012. Sharon Baldwin meanwhile steps up in Toowoomba after seven years at the firm, having previously been promoted to principal in 2023 alongside fellow 2019 recruit and now partner Reagan Manns in Jurien Bay.
Ross Dixon also continues his rapid series of promotions since migrating to Australia and joining the firm in 2019 to become a business advisory partner in Albury, while Sydney-based R&D Tax and government incentives specialist Bryan Soepardi also steps up to partner after being promoted to director in the same 2024 new-year round as Dixon, having joined the firm in 2017.
Of the remaining new partners, transactions advisory specialist Albert Meintjes joined in Sydney in 2017 after a decade between Pitcher Partners and Deloitte and KPMG in Johannesburg; Adrian Hunter came to the firm via its recent purchase of Melbourne insolvency consultancy Brooke Bird; and office colleague and national CSR lead Beenu Fernando has been promoted to partner after joining in 2019.
