V2 AI has opened operations in Perth and made four senior hires, giving the consultancy a permanent presence in Western Australia. The new Perth team is led by Partner Richard Allen and Perth Director Derek Bingham. In Melbourne, V2 AI has also appointed Holly Dean as Partner and Jean-Manuel Becker as Director as it expands its delivery footprint across Australia. The expansion comes as demand for artificial intelligence projects rises among large Australian organisations, particularly those moving from trial programmes to broader operational use. Perth is a key market because of its concentration of energy, resources, government and commercial organisations. Allen joins after more than a decade at Amazon Web Services, where he most recently served as Global Account Manager for large enterprise customers in Australia. Before that, he spent more than 20 years working with organisations in resources, construction and agriculture. Bingham brings more than 20 years of experience in software architecture, cloud engineering and developer leadership. Most recently, he was Principal Software Engineer at a major Australian bank, where he worked on modernising a core banking platform with AI tools and training engineers to use them. Earlier in his career, Bingham spent more than eight years at Amazon Web Services in roles including Senior Developer Advocate and Senior Partner Solutions Architect. Dean joins after roles at Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Sitecore and Stax.