International accounting and advisory firm Grant Thornton has added Christine Cornish to its partner team in Sydney.
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International construction consultancy Capital Consulting International (CCi) has launched a new office in Riyadh, its third in the Middle East alongside Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm and a business of Marsh McLennan has appointed Adel Alfalasi as its new Head of the UAE. In the role, Alfalasi will oversee the management consultancy’s business in the United Arab Emirates.
Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced the appointment of New York-based Nathaniel Bartch as a Managing Director in its Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG). His appointment highlights Global TAG’s commitment to expanding top-tier talent that best drives cross-border, collaborative teams.
Accenture has agreed to acquire industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company Flutura, headquartered in Bangalore, India.
Roland Berger has strengthened its restructuring and performance improvement capabilities in home market Germany with the time hire of Candidus, a 13-strong consultancy from Munich.
Big Four firm Deloitte has made two executive-level appointments in the Middle East, installing Akbar Ahmad and Muhammad Bahemia as the new leaders of its Audit & Assurance and Tax divisions.
Oxana has joined the firm from Natura & Co Group, and she previously held senior roles at Avon, Bain & Co and L’Oréal Group. She has almost 20 years’ experience of delivering business strategy, value creation, due diligence, and M&A for Corporate and Private Equity clients across the Consumer Products & Retail and FMCG industries. At KPMG, Oxana will be focused on business and deal strategy - helping clients to create value, seek growth and transform, with a particular focus on the Consumer Products & Retail industry, and with special expertise in the Beauty, Personal Care and Wellness sectors.
Deloitte has added new leadership to its sustainability and climate team in the UK, appointing Anne-Marie Malley as UK sustainability and climate leader and Smruti Naik-Jones as the firm’s first chief sustainability officer.
The World Economic Forum has unveiled its 2023 class of Young Global Leaders, with PwC’s Khaled Bin Braik one of just four consultants worldwide – and the sole in the region – to be admitted into the prestigious group.
Global strategy and management consulting firm Oliver Wyman has appointed Adel Alfalasi as its new Head of UAE.
Global operations and supply chain consultancy Argon & Co has boosted its leadership team in the Middle East with Stefan Westdijk.
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.
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.