Protiviti Australia names new MD

By Jason Pollock on Nov 12, 2026 6:18PM
Protiviti Australia names new MD
Ridhi Garg, Protivi Australia.
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In summary

  • Ridhi Garg has been named the new MD of the Melbourne-based consulting firm, succeeding Rita Gatt.
  • Garg joins from Deloitte, where she spent the last eight years as director of tech controls assurance.
  • Based in Melbourne, she will focus on technology transformation and risk, helping clients build cyber and operational resilience and embrace AI.

Melbourne-based consulting firm Protiviti Australia has named Ridhi Garg as its new MD.

She takes over from Rita Gatt, who joined in December of last year after working at Deloitte for over a decade, with her final role being national lead partner - regulation, cyber security and risk client agenda.

Garg also joins from Deloitte, where she has worked for the last eight years as director of tech controls assurance.

She also worked as worked as a cyber risk and security transformation professional with Deloitte’s Risk Advisory division from 2013 to 2016, as well as serving as the deputy manager at the company between 2006 to 2011.

In between these stints, Garg held such roles as cyber security delivery lead at National Australia Bank and manager of IT advisory at KPMG.

"Based in Melbourne, Ridhi will focus on technology transformation and risk, helping clients build cyber and operational resilience and embrace AI and emerging technologies," Protiviti Australia said in a post on LinkedIn.

"I am looking forward to working alongside an incredibly talented team, supporting our clients through complex technology and cyber challenges, and seeing where this next chapter takes us," Garg said in her own LinkedIn post.

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