KordaMentha appoints Anthony Moore and Jill McGahon as partners in Canberra
Australian business advisory KordaMentha has recruited former Big Four pair Anthony Moore and Jill McGahon as partners in the firm’s forensics practice in Canberra, taking its office tally to five.
Having launched the public sector-focused practice in the nation’s capital in 2024, KordaMentha’s Canberra office has now welcomed Moore and McGahon from Ernst & Young and KPMG, where the pair had respectively served as directors.
The firm said the dual appointments reflect its continued investment in the ACT and commitment to supporting clients across the government and private sector as cyber risk, regulatory expectations, and stakeholder scrutiny continues to grow and evolve.
Anthony Moore brings over two decades worth of experience to KordaMentha in leading complex cyber transformations across government and industry, including during the past one spent at Ernst & Young. Prior to joining EY, he spent seven years at Verizon as its Asia Pacific professional services head of federal government and head of PMO (project management office).
A commerce graduate of ANU in information systems and finance, Moore specialises in strategy development, cyber resilience, and maturity uplifts in organisational security, having previously directed major multi-year national cyber initiatives including hub development and identity & access management reforms while guiding stakeholders through operational change.
Jill McGahon meanwhile joins KordaMentha from KPMG, where she has spent the past eight years after an earlier career in the public sector, including in senior roles with the Logan City Council and Office of the Health Ombudsman and as a case manager with the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, having originally graduated with a law degree with QUT.
With a strong legal and regulatory grounding, McGahon specialises in supporting organisations to strengthen their governance frameworks, ethics and integrity advisory, and leading independent reviews and enquiries, including matters involving misconduct, fraud and corruption and those subject to public, stakeholder, and media scrutiny in complex and politicised environments.
Canberra office
The pair of new recruits join former PwC partners Andrew Mrnjavac and Jess Finlay together with Lachlan Abbott as Canberra-based partners, with all three also sharing background at EY, while office colleague and KPMG alum Alan Duong is a director in the forensics practice. Other recent national senior arrivals include former financial services executives Paul Riordan and Scott Tanner.
