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 Peter Munro
Peter is a Partner of A.T. Kearney and has been with the Firm for over 10 years. He heads up the Financial Institutions Group and is the ANZ Unit Leader based in the Sydney office.
Peter has 17 years of management consulting experience for corporate clients in financial services, telecommunications and manufacturing. His expertise is in corporate and business strategy and implementation, organisation and process design.
Peter has managed multiple performance improvement programs for a number of financial institutions in Australasia and Asia. He led engagements at these organisations to improve their competitive cost position, better understanding customer needs to improve the attractiveness of product and service offerings, channel management and organisation design.
Prior to joining A.T. Kearney in 1998, Peter was a senior investment manager at Telecom New Zealand responsible for developing business unit growth strategies and managing major acquisitions. Peter also spent nine years with Boston Consulting Group, in Germany and Australasia.
Peter holds a BSc (Hons) in Electronics from the University of Kent, and an MBA from INSEAD in France.
In his spare time, Peter enjoys playing tennis and trying to beat his daughter at Sudoko.
 Jeremy Barker
Jeremy is a Partner in the Sydney office of A.T. Kearney, a member of the firm’s leadership team for Sustainability and a Director on the global A.T. Kearney Board. He has over fifteen years experience consulting to clients throughout the Asian region.
Jeremy’s functional focus is on organic and inorganic growth strategies and sustainability. He works with clients on developing and implementing profitable growth strategies which have increasingly come to incorporate sustainability as a key consideration. His clients include Private Equity firms and leading companies in the Food & Beverage, Retail, Banking, Insurance and Transportation sectors.
Prior to consulting Jeremy was an Economist including a role as a Departmental Liaison Officer for the NSW Minister for Finance. Given his ongoing policy interests, he has continued to work with local and state government agencies and the not-for-profit sector during his consulting career.
Jeremy earned an economics degree from the University of New England, is a FINSIA graduate and has completed an Executive program within the MBA School of the University of Michigan.
Jeremy is married with two young children and with his partner, has a love of renovating 19th century houses to their former glory. Life’s pleasures include travel, photography, good company, wine and food – and cheering Australia on in cricket and rugby.
 James Deighton
James is a Partner in the Melbourne office and is the Head of the Asia Pacific Financial Services practice. He has over 20 years of consulting and operational experience in Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
James has worked closely with major financial services organizations in developing their corporate and growth strategies; designing operations strategies; undertaking operations improvement programs focused on cycle time reduction and improving the customer experience; and designing innovative approaches to increasing the effectiveness of distributed sales forces.
Prior to joining A.T. Kearney, James was a co-owner of the consulting firm, Business Development Partners for 6 years.
James was an investment banker for 4 years with Deutsche Bank, a management consultant with McKinsey & Company for 5 years and worked with ABB and Bunge.
James completed an MBA from the Melbourne Business School where he was a Rupert Murdoch Scholar and won the CUB Prize for final year distinction and the Amcor prize for Operations Management. James also holds a BSc from the University of Melbourne.
James is married and has four children, so life on the home front is important and enjoyable. James is a keen, but slow, cyclist and enjoys the great outdoors.
Adam Dixon
Since joining A.T. Kearney in 2002, Adam has worked in the UK, Bahrain, Croatia, Canada, US, Mexico, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He joined the Sydney Office in 2008.
Adam’s primary expertise is in the Communications and High Tech (C&HT) sector where he has worked with clients on a wide variety of strategic and operational topics including: the Customer Experience, Outsourcing and Offshoring, Organizational Redesign, Cost Transformation, Benchmarking, Driving Innovation through Partnerships, Next Generation Access and Productivity Improvement. He leads the Australian C&HT Practice.
Adam majored in English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College where he graduated with Honours. He earned an MBA from London Business School where he graduated with Distinction, and where he was elected Class President.
He is a rugby aficionado who still aspires to get the boots on again, and thinks the Wallabies have a real shot at RWC 2015. He is an avid reader, likes to jog in the mornings and enjoys travelling to see friends and family. He has a wonderful Aussie wife Nikki and an adorable young daughter, Virginia.
 Irvinder Goodhew
Irvinder is a Partner in our Australian practice and leads the Consumer Industries and Retail Practice for AT Kearney in Australia and New Zealand.
Irvinder has over 22 years’ experience in industry and consulting during which she has worked with many of the leading retailers and consumer goods companies in Australia and Europe, advising them on supply chain strategy & operations, inventory management, ERP strategy & implementation, strategic sourcing, market analysis, store operations & merchandising.
Irvinder recently co-authored a future looking report for the Australian Food & Grocery Council, which examines the challenges facing the $108 billion Australian food and beverage manufacturing industry. In addition, she regularly undertakes speaking engagements on a variety of topics, including shopper marketing, store operations and global megatrends and their implications for consumer-related industries.
Prior to joining A.T. Kearney, Irvinder held senior supply chain industry positions for over 14 years both in Australia and the U.K., including General Manager Supply Chain ANZ for BOC Gases, Retail Operations Director and General Manager Operations for a leading UK 3PL.
During this time Irvinder managed an extensive operations network for a leading UK retailer for several years. In addition, Irvinder has experience in leading large scale ERP implementation projects with Accenture and IBM prior to joining AT Kearney.
Irvinder is married and lives in Sydney – she has one daughter and spends her spare time indulging in the outdoors with her family, travelling, and trying to play tennis. She is also preparing herself for the joys of teenage parenting.
 Phil Harkness
Phil is a Partner in the Melbourne Office for A.T. Kearney. He has provided Strategic and Operational advice to a wide range of industries including Financial Institutions, Utilities, Manufacturing, Retailing, Mining, Chemicals, Consumer Goods and Government.
Prior to joining A.T. Kearney, Phil worked with the Agricultural division of Bunge (Aust) Pty Ltd for three years running their Stockfeed Mill in Ballarat. He then moved to Philip Morris Ltd where he worked for three years in Distribution and Industrial Relations.
Phil joined Pappas Carter Evans and Koop (which later became The Boston Consulting Group) in 1986 and worked as a Strategy and Organisation consultant until 1990. He was then a Director of Australian Consulting Partners, offering Strategy and Operational advise to major Corporates for 9 years. Phil then moved to Arthur Andersen where he headed their consulting practice in Melbourne for 2 ½ years.
Phil graduated in Agricultural Science from LaTrobe University in 1980. He completed his MBA from University of Melbourne in 1985 where he won the CRA prize for Business Policy
Phil is a Director of Rubicon Systems Australia – a supplier of channel gates and control systems to the irrigation industry around the world, and is also an Executive Board member for the Committee for Melbourne.
Phil is married to Rose and has three children.
 Terry Innerst
Terry is a Partner in the Sydney office of A.T. Kearney in Australia. He heads the Operations Practice for Asia and Australia. Since he joined over 13 years ago he has worked almost exclusively in Operations, primarily in Australia and in North America.
Over the past five years Terry has developed a strong practice and offering in Australia – primarily focused on operations strategy and performance improvement work in the Consumer Goods industry. He also has experience in other sectors such as mining and process industries, and in other topic areas such as merger integration, due diligence, and portfolio improvement in PE. He has a mix of strong local and global clients in Australia and New Zealand.
Outside of work, Terry spends his time with his wife and two young children. There were hobbies before his children arrived, but the memories are fading. When Terry returned from paternity leave where he was the primary carer, he decided that consulting is a much easier job.
 Simon Mezger
Simon is a Strategy Partner in the Melbourne office of A.T. Kearney Australia. In this role he leads the Strategy & Organisation practice. He also has co-ordination responsibility for all Merger Integration activities across South Asia.
Simon has extensive consulting experience in growth and mergers and acquisitions for both corporate and financial investors. He covers all aspects from target identification, commercial due diligence and portfolio improvement for Private Equity firms. He has supported the top line growth aspirations of some of Australia’s leading corporations from organic to inorganic and led multiple large scale merger integrations both in Australia and offshore. Simon has also written several articles and white papers on the topic of organic and inorganic growth.
In addition, Simon has spent a significant portion of his consulting career advising clients on organisational restructures to improve both the effectiveness and efficiency of the organisation, either as part of a merger or to more closely align with strategy. He possesses strong industry experience in utilities, consumer goods, construction, mining services, automotive, telecommunications, transportation and process industries. Simon holds an M.B.A, a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.
Simon is married to Anna and they have two sons. In his spare time Simon enjoys swimming with the “Icebergers”, skiing and camping, not to mention a good red and a book.
 Enrico Rizzon
Enrico is a Partner in the Melbourne Office who leads the Procurement & Analytics Solutions practice in Australia whilst strengthening the Management Consulting Operations Practice, particularly in the area of efficiency driven profit improvement programmes.
Enrico has deep experience, having worked as a Vice President Consulting over the past 5 years in this space. Prior to this Enrico held various senior roles at leading AXS Industrial Companies (Orica and Incitec Pivot) including GM Transformation, GM Integration and running various Business Units over a 17 year career.
Enrico has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Adelaide and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School.
When not working he enjoys spending time with family and friends and the odd glass of good wine.
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