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Our Founders

Our Founders

At PCG, our leadership team brings together deep industry expertise, global experience, and a passion for driving measurable impact. Each of our founders and senior leaders has a track record of guiding organisations through complex challenges with clarity and purpose. United by a commitment to collaboration and excellence, we empower our clients and our people to achieve lasting success.

John Stathis

Founder of PCG

John Stathis

Founder of PCG

John Stathis is the founder and chairman of Pacific Consulting Group and has more than 20 years’ global consulting experience in the USA, Europe and Australia. Prior to founding PCG, John was a leading consultant with Bain & Company.

John has been advising CEOs and boards on issues relating to strategy, M&A, profit improvement, branding and marketing and information technology since 1994. John has particular depth in working with leading institutions on areas of strategy consulting and profit improvement. He has a reputation for consistently delivering outstanding client results.

John graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours, Business Information Technology) from the University of New South Wales and was awarded the University Medal.

Christopher Kernahan

Managing Partner

Christopher Kernahan

Managing Partner

Christopher has over 15 years’ experience in transformation, profit improvement, and analytics engagements in Australia and Europe.

Christopher holds a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand). He is the author of Golden Scales: A History of Customer Profitability Analytics.

Ben Hill

Founder of MODLR

Ben Hill

Founder of MODLR

Ben Hill is the Founder of MODLR, the leading corporate performance management solution for the modern era. He has over 15 years’ experience delivering transformational performance management solutions. With broad global industry experience, PCG leverages Ben and MODLR to deliver advanced analytical solutions.

Franz Schlechta

Senior Partner

Franz Schlechta

Senior Partner

Franz has over 20 years’ experience in advising senior leadership across a variety of industries including utilities, logistics, chemicals, food, manufacturing, mining, and financial services.

With a proven track record of delivering large-scale transformation and profit improvement programmes, PCG clients benefit from Franz’s direct experience in both industry and consulting environments.

Franz has Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)/ Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.