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Consulting is changing. Here are 4 unlikely ways the Big Four are reinventing themselves to seem less 'stodgy.'

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Consulting is changing. Here are 4 unlikely ways the Big Four are reinventing themselves to seem less 'stodgy.'

  • Household names turn to the Big Four professional services firms for consulting and accounting.

  • But the Big Four are moving into industries like space and venture capital.

  • One industry observer says this helps distance them from a reputation for being "stodgy" as consulting changes.

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Arthur D. Little appoints Goetz Kuras as partner in Financial Services practice

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Arthur D. Little appoints Goetz Kuras as partner in Financial Services practice

Arthur D. Little has welcomed a new partner to its Financial Services practice in the Middle East: Goetz Kuras.

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Frazier & Deeter expands Southeast presence with Anglin acquisition

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Frazier & Deeter expands Southeast presence with Anglin acquisition

Frazier & Deeter, a top-50 accounting and consulting firm, has acquired Anglin Reichmann Armstrong, a Huntsville, AL-based accounting and consulting firm.

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McKinsey cautions over tech infrastructure challenges

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McKinsey cautions over tech infrastructure challenges

McKinsey warned frontier technologies including generative AI, robotics and immersive environments are exposing gaps in global infrastructure, challenges which are changing the game in terms of scaling systems involving compute-intensive workloads.

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Marsh McLennan’s Oliver Wyman To Acquire Healthcare Analytics Business Validate Health

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Marsh McLennan’s Oliver Wyman To Acquire Healthcare Analytics Business Validate Health

Oliver Wyman, a global leader in management consulting and a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), announced an agreement to acquire Validate Health, a healthcare analytics business that enables healthcare providers and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to better manage costs, risk, and performance. The terms of the transaction, expected to close in summer 2025, were not disclosed.

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Sebastian di Paola is elected to chair PwC’s global board

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Sebastian di Paola is elected to chair PwC’s global board

PwC has elected Sebastian di Paola to chair the global governance board of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL), which is responsible for the governance of PwCIL, oversight of PwC’s Network Leadership Team, and approval of the standards by which each PwC firm must abide.

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McKinsey slashes 10 per cent of jobs in major overhaul

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McKinsey slashes 10 per cent of jobs in major overhaul

Consulting giant McKinsey has unleashed one of the largest job culls in the company’s history after ten per cent of staff faced the chop.

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Accenture Trains 500,000 Employees for AI-Powered Consulting

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Accenture Trains 500,000 Employees for AI-Powered Consulting

Accenture, a global leader in consulting and professional services, has trained 500,000 employees in generative artificial intelligence (AI) to meet the growing demand for AI-driven consulting work.

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PA Consulting caps 80th anniversary year with record turnover

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PA Consulting caps 80th anniversary year with record turnover

PA Consulting has capped its 80th anniversary year with a record turnover of £790 million.

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RISE division rebrands as APEX Advisory for next phase of growth

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RISE division rebrands as APEX Advisory for next phase of growth

The public private initiatives division of RISE has rebranded as APEX Advisory, with the transition marking the kick off the firm’s next phase of growth.

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Deloitte appoints Suresh Kanwar to lead UK financial services business

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Deloitte appoints Suresh Kanwar to lead UK financial services business

Suresh Kanwar has been promoted to head up Deloitte’s UK financial services wing. He also joins the executive committee, having first joined the firm nine years ago.

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TowerBrook Capital Partners Announces Strategic Investment in BRG

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TowerBrook Capital Partners Announces Strategic Investment in BRG

TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. (“TowerBrook”) announced a majority equity investment in Washington D.C.-based Berkeley Research Group (“BRG”), an industry-leading expert services and consulting firm.

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Bain & Company appoints Manny Maceda as Chair as Orit Gadiesh takes role of Chair Emeritus

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Bain & Company appoints Manny Maceda as Chair as Orit Gadiesh takes role of Chair Emeritus

Bain & Company, one of the world’s leading management consulting firms, welcomes Manny Maceda as the new Chair of the firm. He succeeds Orit Gadiesh, who becomes Bain’s Chair Emeritus, having served in the role of Chair for the previous three decades.

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Econic Partners Launches as Premier Economic Consulting Firm for Complex Antitrust, Regulatory, Litigation, and Policy Matters

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Econic Partners Launches as Premier Economic Consulting Firm for Complex Antitrust, Regulatory, Litigation, and Policy Matters

Econic Partners (“Econic”) announced its launch as a premier economic consulting firm, bringing together many of the world’s foremost experts in competition economics.

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Peter Heit named new chief financial officer at Efficio

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Peter Heit named new chief financial officer at Efficio

Efficio has announced Peter Heit’s promotion to Chief Financial Officer. He takes over from Richard McBride, who is now a non-executive board director.

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Consulting industry trends in 2025

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Consulting industry trends in 2025

There are positive signals coming out of the management consulting industry, with several major players expressing optimism about the market and business prospects for the year ahead.

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Pakistan engages US consultancy firm Kearney to boost foreign investment

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Pakistan engages US consultancy firm Kearney to boost foreign investment

The consultancy firm outlined its commitment to developing a comprehensive plan for sustainable development in collaboration with the government

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PA Consulting appoints Chris Fosdick as Head of US

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PA Consulting appoints Chris Fosdick as Head of US

PA Consulting (PA), the global innovation and transformation consultancy, announces the appointment of Chris Fosdick as head of its US business.

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Economic Development expert Shalini Raste returns to PA Consulting

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Economic Development expert Shalini Raste returns to PA Consulting

PA Consulting (PA), the global innovation and transformation consultancy, has appointed Shalini Raste as a Public Services expert within its Strategy and Economics capability.

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Bexprt wins AWS award for Middle East and North Africa

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Bexprt wins AWS award for Middle East and North Africa

Bexprt, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, was recognised as the 2024 AWS Rising Star Consulting Partner of the Year for the region.

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