EY expands Asia Pacific leadership team with five members
Source: Consultancy
Global accounting and consulting giant EY has expanded its Asia Pacific leadership team with five new members.
According to the Australian Patrick Winter, since July 2018 EY’s boss for the Asia-Pacific region, the expansion of the firm’s top body for the region, known as the Area Operating Executive (AOE), is related to two developments. First, it reflects the growing importance of the region for EY’s overall strategy. Strong growth in recent years has seen EY’s Asia Pacific headcount grow from 27,000 a decade ago to the 48,000 today. Meanwhile, EY has also ramped up its services offering in the region, adding new capabilities such as strategy consulting, cybersecurity and digital transformation, and expanding existing offerings. To cater for the larger span of control, Winter and his AOE members have decided to enlarge the number of executive seats.Second, as elsewhere across the globe, EY is facing major change, both at its clients as well as internally. “It’s essential that we help spearhead transformation for the EY organisation and our clients. With the new additions to the Area Operating Executive, EY Asia-Pacific is ready to not only respond quickly to disruptions, but to overcome and thrive,” said Winter.
The five members that have been promoted to the board:
Yew-Poh Mak, EY Asia-Pacific Strategy and Transactions LeaderYew-Poh previously served as EY Asia-Pacific Deputy Transaction and Advisory Services Leader, and as the Asia-Pacific Strategy Execution Leader. He now leads EY Strategy and Transactions, a newly formed practice that brings together capabilities from EY-Parthenon teams and the advisory and transactions businesses.
Mike Wright, EY Asia-Pacific Assurance LeaderMike previously was the Deputy Assurance Leader for EY Asia-Pacific, and the Assurance Leader for the Oceania region for five years. Harsha Basnayake, EY Asia-Pacific Deputy Area Managing PartnerBasnayake is a Partner with EY in Singapore. He previously led EY Transaction Services in Asia-Pacific Area and Asean Region and played a leading role in growing that business to over 5,000.Nobuko Kobayashi, EY Asia-Pacific Strategy Execution LeaderNobuko co-leads the EY-Parthenon’s Consumer and Retail practice in Japan. She has more than 10 years of strategy consulting experience advising C-suite clients at both Japanese and multinational corporations. Walter Tong, EY Asia-Pacific Accounts LeaderTong has more than 30 years of experience in advising multinational companies, with a focus on the Chinese market. He is a Partner in China, and previously served as the Accounts Leader for EY Greater China.Earlier this year, EY was named one of Asia’s 25 best employers by an independent research house.
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