DBM Hires EY's Bond as Executive Director

Australian financial services insights and consulting firm DBM Consultants has appointed former EY exec Matthew Bond as Executive Director.

Founded in 1992 by Dhruba Gupta to provide data for financial services clients, DBM is part of the Illuminera Group and partners with Nielsen. It also works for clients in utilities, telecoms and government.

Bond (pictured) joins after seven years at EY Sweeney (formed following the EY (Ernst & Young) acquisition of Sweeney Research in 2014), latterly as a Director in the Business Transformation team. Earlier he worked as a Senior Consultant / Research Director at Quantum Market Research; Research Manager at Streetscope Research; and a Research Analyst at Philip Morris.

In his new role, Bond will focus on strategic consultancy and bespoke research studies across all commercial sectors. CEO Kipling Zubevich comments: 'We are thrilled to welcome Matt and look forward to leveraging his strategic insights across a wide range of sectors'.

Web site: www.dbmcons.com.au .