| Australian PwC Milestones |
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| 2010 |
- Acquired boutique consultancy, The Difference. The Difference specialises in working with public and private organisations on complex issues that involve and affect multiple stakeholders.
- Merged our Canberra office with professional services firm WalterTurnbull. The mid-market specialist's local knowledge deepens our expertise and service offerings.
- Acquired specialist consulting firm, AshleyMunro. AshleyMunro works exclusively with entrepreneurs and high-growth business to grow capability, develop tax strategies and manage employee relations and change.
- PwC globally refreshes its branding in order to strengthen, and modernise how it represents its worldwide network to its clients, its people and communities in which we operate.
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| 2012 |
Australia Chairman, Bruce Morgan, announces the appointment of Luke Sayers as the next CEO of the Australian firm. |
| 2013 |
- PwC's Indigenous Consulting (PIC) launched. PIC is majority Indigenous owned, led and managed, is Australia's biggest Indigenous consulting firm, which aims to create shared value commercial activity that can deliver societal impact - by bringing cultural integrity to Indigenous projects, policies and programs on an unprecedented national scale.
- Established a Tax Advisory Panel with representatives from governments, business, academia, unions and non-profit organisation to carefully consider the key issues and opportunities for tax reform.
- A Strategic Alliance with Microsoft Corp. formed to help companies engaged in enterprise transformation projects using Microsoft Business Solutions technology.
- Named Australia's top LGBTI's top employer by Pride in Diversity in 2013.
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| 2014 |
- Booz & Co mergers with PwC to create Strategy&. Strategy& is PwC’s global strategy consulting business, and the only at-scale strategy business inside a professional services network.
- Acquisition of MGI Melbourne bolsters succession planning, self managed super funds, wealth and advisory services for high net worth individuals and family and private businesses.
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| 2015 |
- PwC ranked as the world’s second most attractive employer for business students in Universum’s annual World’s Most Attractive Employer ranking – second only to Google.
- Selected by The Workplace Gender Equality Agency WGEA as one of 90 organisations in Australia as an Employer of Choice.
- Partners with The Australian National Committee for UN Women in a joint effort to promote gender equality.
- Admits 64 individuals to the partnership across all of the firm's businesses and most of its geographies.
- Sets a gender target of ‘40:40:20’ for future partner intakes, with the aim of minimum 40 per cent women and 40 per cent men making up future admissions. The remaining 20 per cent either men or women. A 20 per cent target for partner admits from diverse cultural backgrounds also announced.
- Full year results with revenue growth of 10.1% to $1.73b.
- Recognised by clients with market accolades at the Financial Review Client Choice Awards, receiving the award for Best Accounting Firm (revenue over $500m) and Best SA firm award.
- Firm of the Year in the inaugural Australian Accounting Awards.
- Selected by The Workplace Gender Equality Agency WGEA as one of 90 organisations in Australia as an Employer of Choice.
- Australia's top LGBTI's top employer by Pride in Diversity in 2015, the only employer to have won this twice.
- Recognised in the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) top 10 list of corporate social responsibility (CSR) organisations.
- PwC’s ASEANZ Consulting established made up of more than 3200 partners and staff across PwC’s consulting businesses in Australia, New Zealand and 10 South East Asian countries.
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| 2016 |
- PwC launches Global purpose and values
- Acquisition of Strategic Intelligence Group (SIG) to assist clients accurately create, enhance and capture value derived from infrastructure projects.
- Fastest growing legal practice taking the team to18 partners and more than 70 lawyers in just two years.
- Under a new initiative supported by the Australian Government, PwC Australia with a wide range of iconic Australian employers to design and pilot a higher level apprenticeship programme that will create vocational pathways into professional, business, IT and financial services.
- Full year results revenue growth of 11 per cent to $1.92b.
- Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner and one of the country’s leading advocates for the social and economic empowerment of people from diverse cultural backgrounds joins PwC’s Diversity Advisory Board.
- Brisbane and Melbourne offices move to new locations to continue the focus on new ways of working with clients and each other.
- Admits 72 individuals to the partnership across all of the firm's businesses and most of its geographies.
- Chairman of the Board of Partners of PwC Australia, Michael Happell, announced Luke Sayers to continue as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian firm for a further four years.
- Recognised by clients as Market Leader in Australia at the Financial Review Client Choice Awards.
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| 2017 |
- PwC named one of the world's most powerful brands. PwC has retained its position as the number one professional services brand, and one of the world’s top ten most powerful brands in the Brand Finance Index.
- Sydney office moves to new locations to continue the focus on new ways of working with clients and each other.
- Greater Western Sydney (Parramatta) office opens to establish a broader reach in clients.
- Advocates and welcomes the news that the majority of Australians had voted in favour of marriage equality.
- Full year results 10.4 per cent revenue growth to $2.12bn.
- People profit scheme introduced to all eligible staff for playing a part in the firm’s performance.
- Largest ever intake of 91 new partners, with all of the firm’s businesses and geographies represented.
- Named the best place to work on LinkedIn's top companies list.
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| 2018 |
- PwC increases position amongst the world’s strongest and most valuable brand.PwC leads the professional services sector, as one of the top 50 brands world-wide in the annual Brand Finance Global 500.
- Full year results 10.8 per cent revenue growth to $2.35bn.
- Admits 85 new Partners, taking total Partner numbers to 679.
- Acquisition of key partners and staff from PPB Advisory, bolstering our corporate restructuring and deals business, as well as partners and staff from Litmus Group, PPB Advisory’s management consulting business.
- For the first time gender pay gap at a partnership level, reveals a like for like role gap of zero percent and a gap of 16 percent overall.
- PwC leads the professional services sector, as one of the top 50 brands world-wide in the annual Brand Finance Global 500.
- Named mid-market M&A adviser of the year at the inaugural Australian M&A Awards.
- PwC’s Sydney Client Collaboration Floors wins the prestigious Good Design Award® Best in Class in the Architectural Design category.
- Luke Sayers named CEO of the Year at the Pride In Diversity Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) awards.
- Chief of staff, James Collins, receives Executive Leader Award for unwavering courage, passion and leadership. He was instrumental in setting up the GLEE network and pioneered the establishment of PwC Australia’s LGBTI Authentic Leaders program.
- Awarded bronze status in the AWEI index, a national benchmark on LGBTI workplace inclusion.
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| 2019 |
- States tax position for the firm including tax paid by its partners and staff.
- PwC ranks 6th in LinkedIn Top Companies List 2019 and as the number one professional services firm to work for in Australia.
- Launched Green Light To Talk initiative focusing on how we approach conversations about mental health at work.
- Supports the Australian Human Rights Commission inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplace.
- Opens PwC, The Rocks Sydney office location.
- Named a Gold Employer at the 2019 Australian LGBTI Inclusion Awards, recognising our firm as one of the most inclusive workplaces in Australia.The award recognised our significant achievements in 2018 on LGBTI inclusion, including world first, groundbreaking research with Pride in Diversity titled ‘Where are all the Women’; a refreshed policy for those transitioning at work; and a market leading LGBTI Authentic Leaders program.
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