Former PwC partner becomes a KordaMentha consultant
Former PwC partner Peter Konidaris has become a consultant at advisory firm KordaMentha, making him the first of the named tax leaks partners to take up employment at a new outfit.
Former PwC partner Peter Konidaris is going to work at KordaMentha.
Mr Konidaris, who was PwC’s national leader for government, health, infrastructure and defence, was one of eight veteran PwC partners named in a July release as being either involved in the tax leak scandal or not adequately addressing matters.
The public naming occurred despite Mr Konidaris being earlier cleared of any wrongdoing associated with the tax leaks matter by an internal investigation, and an external one conducted by multinational law firm Linklaters.
Another partner named by PwC in the release, Richard Gregg, has already successfully sued the firm for failing to follow proper process in its attempt to fire him. Other named partners are understood to be weighing whether they will also sue the firm.
Mr Konidaris said he was proud to join a “staunchly independent” firm like KordaMentha.
“I have dealt with KM for the past 15 years and have been hugely impressed by its history and its ability to remain staunchly independent,” he said. “I am now looking forward to the next phase of my professional career.”
In an email sent to staff at about 3pm on Tuesday, KordaMentha co-founder Mark Korda welcomed Mr Konidaris as a “well-known and respected senior leader in the Australian business world”.
“I am pleased to be able to tell you that Peter Konidaris is joining KordaMentha as a consultant,” Mr Korda said in the email.
“Many of you will already be familiar with Peter. As a firm, we know him very well, because we have worked alongside him for many years jointly assisting
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