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Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture, is a multinational strategy and management consulting company headquartered in Sydney, Australia. It operates in six regions: Africa, Australasia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Southeast Asia.

Its team of approximately 600 consultants and support staff provides services across public, private, and non-profit sectors.^[1]

The firm operates across industries and service areas but primarily works with clients in heavy industries.

Partners in Performance was founded in 1996 by Skipp Williamson, a former consultant at McKinsey & Company.^[2][3]

The firm initially gained recognition through a pay-for-results turnaround project for UK Paper, which generated $100 million in savings for the client.^[4]

In 2020, Partners in Performance joined the United Nations Global Compact Network Australia's Sustainable Development Framework.^[5][6]

In 2021, the firm launched a digital transformation practice and acquired DataStories, a European-based data science company, to enhance its AI capabilities, and expand its prescriptive analytics and AI services.^[7][8]

In 2024, Partners in Performance was acquired by global professional services firm Accenture.^[9]

Partners in Performance provides management consulting services in many industries but is primarily focused on heavy industries - mining and metals, utilities, energy, chemicals. The firm advises on issues such as operational improvement, energy transition, capital project performance, organisational design, digital transformation, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate strategy. It also has practices in AI and prescriptive analytics, financial services, and consumer goods and retail.

The firm has an Energy Transition Practice^[10] and is an advocate for decarbonisation. It works with companies in hard-to-abate sectors like mining to reduce emissions.^[11][12]

Partners in Performance uses a continuous improvement methodology, which increases the capability of people within an organisation and ensures new behaviours and productivity improvements are sustainable across the long term.^[13] The firm partnered with INSEAD in 2019 to co-design a program to teach managers and leaders the fundamentals of continuous improvement methodology.^[14]

The firm works in a pro-bono manner with a variety of NGOs, non-profits and community groups around the world .^[15]  In 2023, the firm partnered with Bedford Group, a not-for-profit organisation that provides supported employment, independent living, and National Disability Insurance Scheme services.^[16][17]

In 2018, 2019 and 2020, Skipp Williamson was named one of the top five most influential consultants in Australia by the Australian Financial Review.^[18][19][20]

In 2022, the firm was named one of the AFR's annual most innovative companies.^[21][22][23]

In 2023, the firm was ranked 3rd by the Australian Financial Review BOSS's Most Innovative Companies, in recognition of its Virtual Experts AI solution.^[24][25][26] In the same year, it ranked third in Australia's top consulting employers for graduates.^[27]

In 2024, Partners in Performance was named once again among Australia's top consulting firms by Consultancy.com.au and received Silver, Gold, and Platinum rankings across their services areas as well Platinum rankings in Energy, Utilities, and Oil & Gas and Diamond Rankings in Manufacturing and Mining & Metals.^[28]

• Skipp Williamson

Category:Management consulting firms