Director Profile: Damian Walsh

Damian is the Managing Director, UK, of The Highland Group, a global management consultancy specialising in operational performance optimisation.

Damian has more than twenty years’ international experience as a chartered accountant and management consultant. He started his career in Australia with the accountancy firm Arthur Young and was appointed Partner in 1984. With the merger of Arthur Young and Ernst & Whinney in 1990, Damian was seconded to New York to support the post-merger integration. As the Director of Tax in the Ernst & Young Global Office, Damian was responsible for strategy formulation and execution to grow the business across key geographies, industries and service lines.

After a short time back in Australia, Damian rejoined the E&Y Global Office, this time based in London to lead a major business development programme in Europe.

In 2005, Damian joined Management Consulting Group Plc as Senior Vice-President and in 2008 joined The Highland Group where he is now responsible for the growth and profitability of the firm in the UK.

Damian is also a Director of Australian Business. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales and is a member of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants in Australia and in England & Wales.