French engineering and consulting group Egis has significantly beefed up its Middle East presence with the acquisition of Omrania, a Saudi architectural and engineering firm with around 700 staff. PwC provided buy-side deal advisory.
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As the dust settles on the largest edition of the World Police Summit to date, leaders from official knowledge partner Sia Partners reflect on the event’s key takeaways and how the firm helped shape the event’s agenda.
FTI Consulting has strengthened its Strategic Communications division in Spain with Ali Karami Ruiz (Senior Managing Director) and Leonor Díaz-Córdova (Managing Director).
SAP has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Qualtrics, an experience management company, to private equity firm Silver Lake and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). It was revealed last week that an offer was on the table - but SAP has now said that it has agreed to the all-cash transaction that values Qualtrics at approximately $12.5 billion.
EY has appointed five new Partners to its UK&I Corporate Finance team. Jeremy Ellis, Amit Dewan and Mauro Fiorucci join the Energy & Infrastructure Corporate Finance practice, while Jack Dessay and Maurice Harbison join the TMT Corporate Finance team.
PwC is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire people technology consultancy People Force, with completion expected by April 2023.
Accenture has acquired Optimind, a French management consulting firm dedicated to the financial services sector. The deal adds around 350 consultants to its footprint.
Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced Simon Vessey has been appointed as a Partner in its Global Automotive practice. Based in London, he will advise clients on a wide range of strategy and customer insight-led revenue growth topics, with a focus on the challenges faced by automakers in relation to future mobility and distribution.
Xynteo, a consulting firm that offers services related to energy transition, sustainability and ESG topics, has roped in a major investment from Leon Capital.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world's leading management consulting firms, today announced the formation of its global Center for Climate & Sustainability Policy & Regulation to support clients as they navigate and shape the global transition to a net-zero, nature-positive world.
Approaches cover a broad spectrum, from helping companies with net zero strategies to ditching dirty clients
Consulting veteran Vanessa Matthijssen has joined Deloitte Australia’s national executive alongside a number of other senior leadership promotions, with two office managing partner roles opening up.
Women account for only 19% of executives in China, compared to an average of 25% in leading countries, according to a new joint report China Needs More Women in Executive Leadership by Bain & Company and Spencer Stuart.
Building on KPMG’s global alliance with Google Cloud, today KPMG in the UK announced a new five-year agreement focused on further enabling its professionals to help enterprises transform their businesses with Google Cloud technologies and solutions.
As it moves forward with its bold expansion plans, KPMG Fiji has acquired Microsoft specialist Acton for an undisclosed sum. Meanwhile, the firm is looking to employ 500 people over the next three years.
Capgemini, a French information technology and consulting company, aims to hire 3,000 employees over the next three years to provide cross-border outsourcing services to its international clients in Egypt.
Following PA Consulting's announcement that it has combined design, engineering, and science, PA has appointed Dr Mark Humphries as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). In this new role, Mark will help enhance PA’s position as a leader in applied science and its integration with design and engineering to deliver more disruptive innovation. Mark’s appointment follows the announcement that PA has united its design, engineering, and science skills to create new growth platforms for clients.
The firm receives high recognition globally for employee quality of life and diversity efforts
AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced that it has expanded its Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice in the Japanese market. Along with the expansion of this practice area, we announced that Joji Hattori has joined as Partner & Managing Director and Tetsuya Kimura has joined as Partner in the firm’s Tokyo office. Joji and Tetsuya will focus on clients across a broad range of industries, with specialization in the pharmaceuticals and medtech sectors. Both have a strong track record in consulting firms and a wealth of management experience in healthcare and life science companies.
Capgemini Government Solutions LLC, an independent Capgemini subsidiary working with U.S. Government Agencies, today named Bill Webner as Chief Executive Officer. Webner’s appointment is a result of the firm’s succession plan, initiated by outgoing CEO Doug Lane’s recently announced retirement.