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Dubai and Oman to host two major digital banking summits

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Dubai and Oman to host two major digital banking summits

The Middle East is set to host two major financial services-focused conferences next month, with the Digital Banking & Payments Summit and NextGen Banking & Technology Summit taking place in Dubai and Oman.

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PwC strikes partnership with Abu Dhabi-based AI group G42

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PwC strikes partnership with Abu Dhabi-based AI group G42

PwC has entered a strategic agreement with G42, an artificial intelligence and cloud computing company based in Abu Dhabi.

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KPMG announces six new partners in latest Scotland promotions

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KPMG announces six new partners in latest Scotland promotions

KPMG UK has promoted six colleagues to partner and 96 other colleagues to new positions in Scotland, demonstrating the firm’s continued development and investment in its people.

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Deloitte announces intention to purchase the business and assets of Reformis

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Deloitte announces intention to purchase the business and assets of Reformis

Deloitte has today announced its intention to purchase the business and assets of Reformis, a specialist investment management technology and data firm.

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Oliver Wyman Enters into Agreement to Acquire Avascent

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Oliver Wyman Enters into Agreement to Acquire Avascent

Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm and a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC], announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Avascent, an Aerospace and Defense (A&D) management consulting firm focused on the corporate and private equity sectors.

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Booz Allen Completes Acquisition of EverWatch

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Booz Allen Completes Acquisition of EverWatch

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of EverWatch. The transaction was previously announced on March 16, 2022.

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FTI Consulting appoints Miriam Wrobel as ESG leader

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FTI Consulting appoints Miriam Wrobel as ESG leader

FTI Consulting has appointed Miriam Wrobel as global leader of its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability offering.

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Media industry digital transformation expert Mark Endemaño joins AlixPartners as Managing Director

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Media industry digital transformation expert Mark Endemaño joins AlixPartners as Managing Director

AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, today announced that Mark Endemaño has joined as a Managing Director in the firm’s TMT practice, based in the London office.

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Dutch ministry to migrate to public cloud with Atos

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Dutch ministry to migrate to public cloud with Atos

Atos has been awarded a contract by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW) for the hosting, housing, maintenance, management, and public cloud migration of its SAP centric IT infrastructure.

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Alexander Buirski joins Arthur D. Little's partner team in Dubai

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Alexander Buirski joins Arthur D. Little's partner team in Dubai

Global strategy and management consulting firm Arthur D. Little has appointed Alexander Buirski as a partner in its Dubai office.

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Saud Alsulaimani leads JLL’s 300-strong team in Saudi Arabia

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Saud Alsulaimani leads JLL’s 300-strong team in Saudi Arabia

JLL, a global leader in the real estate sector, has appointed Saud Mohammed Alsulaimani as its new Country Head for Saudi Arabia.

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Deron Weston appointed head of banking at capital markets at Deloitte US

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Deron Weston appointed head of banking at capital markets at Deloitte US

Deron Weston has been named sector leader for banking and capital markets within the financial services industry practice of Deloitte US.

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Booz Allen creates laser weapon business unit 'HELworks'

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Booz Allen creates laser weapon business unit 'HELworks'

Booz Allen Hamilton has launched HELworks, a business unit focusing on high-energy laser (HEL) weapons systems.

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McKinsey hires Jacky Wright as chief technology and platform officer

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McKinsey hires Jacky Wright as chief technology and platform officer

Jacky Wright, chief digital officer of Microsoft US, will join McKinsey & Company later this year as its first chief technology and platform officer.

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PwC strikes partnership with Abu Dhabi-based AI group G42

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PwC strikes partnership with Abu Dhabi-based AI group G42

PwC has entered a strategic agreement with G42, an artificial intelligence and cloud computing company based in Abu Dhabi.

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Kearney partners with Model United Nations in the run-up to COP28

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Kearney partners with Model United Nations in the run-up to COP28

Model United Nations has signed a partner with strategy consultancy Kearney, as the two firms prepare for the ModelCOP28 – the student-run version of COP28 which will be held in Dubai next year.

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Artefact boosts corporate intrapreneurship offerings with Startup Inside

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Artefact boosts corporate intrapreneurship offerings with Startup Inside

In its first deal since delisting from Euronext Paris, Artefact has acquired Startup Inside, a France-based network that stimulates corporate intrapreneurship in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence.

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Miriam Kröger joins Strategy&’s partnership in Hamburg

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Miriam Kröger joins Strategy&’s partnership in Hamburg

Strategy& has welcomed a new partner to its team in Germany, with Miriam Kröger joining the firm’s Hamburg office.

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Boston Consulting Group launches BCG Inverto in Italy

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Boston Consulting Group launches BCG Inverto in Italy

Global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has launched its Inverto subsidiary in Italy.

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Accenture and Google Cloud Expand Partnership to Accelerate Value from Technology, Data and AI

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Accenture and Google Cloud Expand Partnership to Accelerate Value from Technology, Data and AI

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Google Cloud today announced an expansion of their global partnership through a renewed commitment to growing their respective talent, increasing their joint capabilities, developing new solutions using data and AI, and providing enhanced support to help clients build a strong digital core and reinvent their enterprises on the cloud.

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