‘We don’t want an all-star who’s a jackass’, says Kroll risk chief

The traditional professional services model of relying on star rainmaker partners has been in the spotlight following the surprising downfall of 95-year-old law firm Weil. But Kroll s risk advisory president, Brent Tomlinson, firmly believes in building a fluid business on a collaborative culture and not personalities. We re not the Big Four, so we don t have geographical borders, and we don t have thousands of juniors running around. We are a senior top-heavy platform that is intentionally incentivised to be multi-jurisdictional, Tomlinson told City AM. To offer clients a smoother, faster experience, the risk chief said the New York-headquartered firm s culture focuses on cross-border collaboration. Brent Tomlinson, Kroll s president of risk advisory When pitching against competitors, the management consultancy firm highlights its lack of internal silos. I can point to our competitors when we pitch and say they won t do that [work across verticals]. We incentivise t