OFFICE MANAGING PARTNER ERNST & YOUNG
WHY: Leads second-largest accounting and consultancy in OC: 550+ workers. Clients in real estate, life sciences, healthcare, tech. Bachelor’s: University of Melbourne.
RECENT: Consistent grower with 15% spike to employee base in Irvine for 12 months through May. Bought Irvine-based Kling & Pathak, 20 employees, March 2019.
NOTABLE: 28 years with EY; four years in current role, succeeding John Belli, who had 40 years with firm. New York-based EY: $14B revenue, 34K workers, 3.5K partners, 82 U.S. offices.
2020 HOBBY: “Listening to podcasts and reading books that help to explain the historical origin and provide context to so many of the current conversations.”
