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Joël Benzimra and Nicolas Harlé join Bain & Company as partners

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Joël Benzimra and Nicolas Harlé join Bain & Company as partners

Bain & Company has added two new partners to its partnership in France, with Joël Benzimra and Nicolas Harlé both joining from the same boutique player.

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Accenture set to buy manufacturing excellence group from Stellantis

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Accenture set to buy manufacturing excellence group from Stellantis

Accenture has announced its intention to acquire an Italian center of excellence from automotive giant Stellantis, in a move that would bolster its manufacturing and operations practices.

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McKinsey and Microsoft join forces to accelerate decarbonization transformations

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McKinsey and Microsoft join forces to accelerate decarbonization transformations

Organizations driving towards net-zero often face a major impediment—the lack of an efficient, scalable technology solution. To calculate their organization’s overall carbon footprint, build a robust decarbonization plan, and execute it with confidence and transparency, leaders need technology that can rival the challenge.

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FC Barcelona replaced EY with Grant Thornton after warnings

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FC Barcelona replaced EY with Grant Thornton after warnings

Spanish football giant FC Barcelona has reported a strong profit for its latest financial year, months after it installed Grant Thornton as its new auditor. The firm took over from EY, shortly after the Big Four auditor warned of ‘a hole’ in the football club’s finances worth hundreds of millions of euros.

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Capgemini continues to extend its digitial transformation capabilities in Asia Pacific with the acquisition of Aodigy Asia Pacific PTE Limited

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Capgemini continues to extend its digitial transformation capabilities in Asia Pacific with the acquisition of Aodigy Asia Pacific PTE Limited

Capgemini announced today the acquisition of Aodigy Asia Pacific Pte Limited, a Singapore-based company (“Aodigy Asia Pacific”), specialising in digital transformation on the Salesforce platform. With its customer experience consultants and developers, the deal further strengthens Capgemini’s ability to deliver end-to-end digital transformation at scale across the region.

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Deloitte launches new SAP-powered sustainability offerings

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Deloitte launches new SAP-powered sustainability offerings

Deloitte has announced a slate of new sustainability offerings built on SAP enterprise software.

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Kearney first management consultancy with SBTi-approved net-zero targets

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Kearney first management consultancy with SBTi-approved net-zero targets

Kearney last week announced it is the first management consulting firm to have its near- and long-term emissions targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

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Quantis to Join BCG to Accelerate Sustainable Transformation

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Quantis to Join BCG to Accelerate Sustainable Transformation

Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the leading global strategy consultancy has announced a deal to acquire Quantis, a pioneering environmental sustainability consultancy guiding many of the world’s largest organizations on their sustainability transformation. The parties expect the acquisition to close later this month.

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Capgemini acquires Swiss Pega partner Knowledge Expert

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Capgemini acquires Swiss Pega partner Knowledge Expert

Capgemini has acquired Knowledge Expert, a Swiss IT consulting firm with around 100 staff.

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Wavestone, Coeus Consulting and PEN Partnership join forces with the ambition of becoming a leading consultancy in the UK

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Wavestone, Coeus Consulting and PEN Partnership join forces with the ambition of becoming a leading consultancy in the UK

After joining forces with PEN Partnership in August, Wavestone announces the acquisition of Cœus Consulting, a London based management consulting firm specialising in CIO Advisory. The three companies all share strong growth ambitions to build together a leading player in the UK consulting market.

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Accenture adds The Beacon Group to strategy practice

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Accenture adds The Beacon Group to strategy practice

Accenture has acquired The Beacon Group, a growth strategy consulting firm based in Portland, ME.

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Eduardo van-Zeller Neto joins Corporate Value Associates in Dubai

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Eduardo van-Zeller Neto joins Corporate Value Associates in Dubai

Corporate Value Associates, a boutique strategy consultancy with an office in Dubai, has expanded its Middle East leadership team with Eduardo van-Zeller Neto, who joins as a partner and head of its energy & utilities practice.

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EY bosses approve radical split in largest shake-up of Big Four accountant in decades

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EY bosses approve radical split in largest shake-up of Big Four accountant in decades

Bosses at EY have agreed to push ahead with a split of its audit and consulting arms in the biggest shake-up of a Big Four accounting giant in decades.

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IBM wins contract to support NHS App

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IBM wins contract to support NHS App

NHS Digital has awarded IBM a £52.4 million ($60.2 million) contract for supporting and developing the NHS App, which the UK government plans to make the standard way for health services to communicate with patients.

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Southeast Asia leads in adoption of new technologies; expected to maintain projected growth in face of global headwinds

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Southeast Asia leads in adoption of new technologies; expected to maintain projected growth in face of global headwinds

Southeast Asia’s long-term outlook remains robust with the region’s projected GDP growth from 2022 to 2023 forecast to outpace most other markets such as the US, the EU, and China. This is according to Bain & Company and Meta ’s annual SYNC Southeast Asia report which looks at the digital economy and the future of e-commerce in the region.

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Capgemini strengthens its strategy, innovation, and transformation capabilities in Italy with the launch of Capgemini Invent

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Capgemini strengthens its strategy, innovation, and transformation capabilities in Italy with the launch of Capgemini Invent

Capgemini in Italy today announced the launch of Capgemini Invent, the strategy, design, innovation, and transformation brand of Capgemini Group, further reinforcing its commitment to the Italian market.

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Transforming the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) function

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Transforming the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) function

Organizations are increasingly facing challenges that make them recognize the need for upgrading their governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) function. Mohammad AbuDalo, Head of GRC at KPMG in Saudi Arabia and Levant, outlines five steps that should be considered during any GRC transformation.

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How Tenx Software Foundations helps businesses meet their needs as an SAP Build Partner

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How Tenx Software Foundations helps businesses meet their needs as an SAP Build Partner

When Tenx Software Foundations was set up in 2018, its mission was clear: simplify enterprise resource planning (ERP) and offer cost-effective but quality SAP support and add-ons for businesses to manage their day-to-day functions as well as challenges. Armed with the expertise of its founders, CEO Sukesh Govindan and CTO Madhuker Ganji, who are certified SAP professionals, and a passion for innovation, Tenx has built a suite of SAP add-ons and innovations for more than 15 industry verticals over the years.

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Accenture Acquires Leading Carbon Emissions and Climate Change Strategy Consultancy Carbon Intelligence

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Accenture Acquires Leading Carbon Emissions and Climate Change Strategy Consultancy Carbon Intelligence

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Carbon Intelligence, a leading carbon and climate change strategy consultancy, adding more than 160 professionals to its rapidly growing group of data scientists, consultants and sustainability experts. Carbon Intelligence is focused on helping global businesses understand their overall carbon footprints, and ways to reduce them, using Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) strategies that lead to transformational rethinking of clients’ business models and value chains.

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L.E.K. Consulting Joins Science Based Targets Initiative to Affirm Commitment to Carbon Reduction

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L.E.K. Consulting Joins Science Based Targets Initiative to Affirm Commitment to Carbon Reduction

L.E.K. Consulting, the global strategy consulting firm, today announced it has aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to assess and validate the firm’s progress towards its goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030.

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