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| Rank | Company name | Senior executive and title | Staff a) corporate finance b) total | Core services |
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| 1 | Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services | Mr Michael Anghie Managing Partner - Western Region and Regional Leader, Transaction Advisory Services | a) 65 b) 650 | Provides strategic financial advice and transaction execution expertise. Areas of specialisation include mergers & acquisitions, transaction support, valuation advisory services, business modelling, restructuring, oil & gas advisory, mining and minerals advisory, real estate advisory services, project finance advisory. |
| 2 | Azure Capital | Mr John Poynton Executive Chairman | a) 41 b) 41 | Azure has executed M&A, equity capital market and debt advisory assignments in all major resource commodities throughout Asia and Africa. Azure also has significant experience with a wide range of industrial clients in the financial services, engineering and mining services and IT sectors, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. |
| 3 | KPMG Corporate Finance | Mr Gary Smith Chairman of Partners, WA | a) 38 b) 455 | Acquisitions, divestments, takeovers, bid defence, debt advisory, equity advisory, IPOs, private equity, public private partnerships, privatisations, project and structured finance, valuations, independent expert reports, financial due diligence, vendor due diligence and general corporate advice. |
| 4 | PwC Corporate Finance | Mr Roger Port Partner | a) 36 b) 505 | Strategic advice and assistance across a full range of deal services including mergers, acquisitions, divestments, takeovers, strategic options analysis, restructuring, IPOs, capital raisings, debt advisory and project finance. |
| 5 | Deloitte | Mr Andrew Annand Head of Corporate Finance WA | a) 23 b) 449 | Acquisitions, takeovers, mergers, divestments, due diligence, capital raising, valuations and modelling. We serve an international and national blue chip and SME client base. |
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| Rank | Company name | Senior executive and title | ASX code | Company activities |
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| 1 | Fortescue Metals Group | Mr Neville Power CEO | FMG | Mining of iron ore from its Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek mine sites and the operation of an integrated mine, rail and port supply chain. |
| 2 | Woodside Petroleum | Mr Peter Coleman Managing Director | WPL | Hydrocarbon exploration, evaluation, development, production and marketing. |
| 3 | Santos | Mr John Anderson Vice President WA & NT | STO | Gas and petroleum exploration and the production, treatment and marketing of natural gas, crude oil, condensate, naphtha and liquid petroleum gas; transportation by pipeline of crude oil. |
| 4 | Iluka Resources | Mr David Robb Managing Director | ILU | Exploration, mining, concentration and separation of mineral sands, production of ilmenite, rutile, synthetic rutile and other titaniferous concentrates and zircon, and sales of these products throughout the world. |
| 5 | Mount Gibson Iron | Mr Geoff Hill Chairman | MGX | Mining of hematite deposits in Tallering Peak, mining of hematite deposits at Koolan Island, construction and development of hematite mining operations at Extension Hill. |
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