Company Announcement - Datta Burton & Associates, a niche management consulting firm operating out of Australia and South Africa, has been steadily growing in size since its establishment in mid-2014. Despite industry challenges hampering the growth of many established management-consulting firms, Datta Burton & Associates has appointed four permanent employees and five contractors over the past few months. The latest member of this dynamic team is Graham Schwikkard, who joined the company at the beginning of May.
Datta Burton & Associates, founded by Nikhil Datta and Aaron Burton, was established with the goal to drive transformational change within large global resources and utilities firms. The company achieves this through the extensive experience of its partners and consultants leveraging the latest technology to achieve sustainable and measurable results.
Schwikkard, who joined the team in May as a Manager, complements this progressive company’s offering with his expertise in corporate strategy analysis and planning, optimising and developing management operating systems, and delivering high impact productivity improvements. His experience was gained over the past 6 years by working on multifaceted projects for leading global firms such as BHP Billiton.
In his previous role as a consultant, Schwikkard was involved in various optimisation projects, including redesigning and implementing the management system for the head office of a major resources company. His experience includes enhanced corporate strategy planning for South Africa’s largest multinational construction and engineering company, and heading the financial and market analysis of a state owned terminal, identifying high value opportunities to assist with the turnaround of the organisation.