Excellence in Leadership
JONATHAN WYATT/PROTIVITI
WHAT DOES WINNING CONSULTING’S TOP 25 AWARD MEAN TO YOU?
WYATT: “It is great to be recognized for my achievements. The award came
very much as a surprise as I did not know that I had been nominated. I
believe at Protiviti we have achieved a lot over the years, but I also believe
that we are just getting started. I do find it slightly uncomfortable receiving
an individual award as consulting is very much a team sport.”
Jonathan Wyatt is here today via Arthur Anderson and then Deloitte being given the opportunity to start up a
technology consulting practice for
global consulting firm Protiviti in
2004, based in its London office.
“In many ways I was doing
what I always wanted to do, building a technology business from the
ground up,” Wyatt says. “I have
been with Protiviti ever since, starting out with four desks, one phone
and no London-based clients and ultimately becoming part of its global
leadership team and helping to grow
the business.
Today, Wyatt is a Managing Director of Protiviti and has been
global head of the firm’s multi-com-petency digital services offering,
Protiviti Digital, since 2017. Based
in the London office, Wyatt also
served in the role of global leader
of Protiviti’s Technology Strategy
and Operations practice, which he
led for two years before taking on
his current role as leader of Protiviti
Digital and Innovation.
“It’s not hard to be motivated in
my current role! I have always had a
passion for technology, and we live
in an age of unprecedented change,”
Wyatt says. “I have also always en-
joyed empowering others, and this
is very much an important part of
my role at Protiviti.”
I have always worked hard and
taken pride in delivering the high-
est quality work product that I can,
and I’ve been lucky to always be
supported by people in my personal
life, including my parents and my
wife of almost 20 years.”
When asked about his proudest
achievement, Wyatt always talks
about people. “When I joined Pro-
tiviti, I was fortunate that a number
of people decided to follow me,”
he says. “Several of these people
were then only a couple of years
into their careers. My proudest
achievement is that all of the indi-
viduals that followed me in 2004
are still with Protiviti today in
leadership roles.”
To that end, Wyatt says you are
only as successful as the people
that surround you. “The key to suc-
cess is focusing on your team mem-
bers and genuinely trying to help
them achieve their goals,” he says.
“In return, they will respect you,
become friends and pay you back
many times over. I have worked
with a core group of people for
almost 20 years and have built up
a level of trust and mutual under-
standing that would be difficult, if
not impossible, to replicate. I have
also been fortunate to be trusted
by Protiviti’s leadership team and
had many influential mentors and
coaches over the years.”
Wyatt says one also should not
overlook the contribution that his
wife, Loredana, has made to his
career. She was at Protiviti before
him, introduced him to the firm and
ultimately stood aside to allow his
career to progress, and she contin-
ues to support him in everything he
does today.
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