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Sarah Varghese returns to the Middle East with KPMG

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Sarah Varghese returns to the Middle East with KPMG

Following a decade working in Australia and India, Sarah Varghese is back in the Middle East. At KPMG, she has been appointed a Senior Director in the Saudi organisation.

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Deloitte to host AI and data event in Riyadh

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Deloitte to host AI and data event in Riyadh

Consultancy firm Deloitte is hosting its flagship artificial intelligence and data analytics event, Experience Analytics, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 18.

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Managers who use AI will replace managers who don't, says an IBM exec

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Managers who use AI will replace managers who don't, says an IBM exec

Cutting-edge AI tools like ChatGPT isn't quite ready to replace managers — but those who don't learn how to use AI may be at-risk of losing their jobs.

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Bain & Company forms partnership with Ashling Partners to provide market-leading automation consulting and implementation advice as automation boom accelerates

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Bain & Company forms partnership with Ashling Partners to provide market-leading automation consulting and implementation advice as automation boom accelerates

Bain & Company today announced a strategic alliance with Ashling Partners, a leading global provider of automation consulting and implementation services and an industry-recognized expert leader in these fields. Bain is also directly investing in Ashling to deepen its collaboration with a key partner in Bain’s Vector℠ digital practices. Ashling is backed by THL, a premier private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies.

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Victoria Kerrigan joins Deloitte’s Financial Advisory practice

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Victoria Kerrigan joins Deloitte’s Financial Advisory practice

Deloitte today announces the appointment of Victoria Kerrigan as a partner in the firm’s financial advisory practice to focus on M&A deals funded by private equity.

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GoetzPartners is Leading Employer 2023

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GoetzPartners is Leading Employer 2023

goetzpartners has been named LEADING EMPLOYER 2023 in recognition of its outstanding employer qualities, once again placing the company among the TOP 1% of all employers in Germany. The advisory firm specializing in strategy, M&A and transformation scored particularly well in the categories of employee satisfaction, talent communication, recommendation by employees and social media.

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Accenture Invests in Stardog to Help Companies Optimize their Data Insights and Value

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Accenture Invests in Stardog to Help Companies Optimize their Data Insights and Value

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Stardog, a leading enterprise knowledge graph platform enabling organizations to do more with, and achieve greater value from, their data in this age of generative artificial intelligence (AI).

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Sumitomo partners with Roland Berger for new healthcare offering

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Sumitomo partners with Roland Berger for new healthcare offering

Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corporation is launching a new service that will help businesses in Southeast Asia slash their costs for healthcare. The new service is being launched in collaboration with Roland Berger.

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Saudization in the consulting sector: 40% local employees by 2024

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Saudization in the consulting sector: 40% local employees by 2024

Saudi Arabia has officially begun the process of localizing the consulting industry for foreign firms operating in the Kingdom. Known as ‘Saudization’, this process requires companies to employ a certain percentage of Saudi nationals.

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Accordion buys data analytics firm Merilytics

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Accordion buys data analytics firm Merilytics

Accordion, a New York-based financial and technology consultancy focusing on the private equity sector, has acquired Merilytics, a Hyderabad, India-based data and analytics firm.

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Arthur D. Little completes inaugural edition of Saudi Case Competition

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Arthur D. Little completes inaugural edition of Saudi Case Competition

Arthur D. Little has completed the inaugural edition of its Case Competition in Saudi Arabia, bringing together top talent from universities to solve real-world business problems.

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EFESO beefs up team with 120-strong Tsetinis Consulting

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EFESO beefs up team with 120-strong Tsetinis Consulting

EFESO Management Consultants has joined forces with Tsetinis Consulting, a performance improvement specialist with offices in Germany, Austria and North America.

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EY recognises ‘exceptional’ Oceania staff with internal CEO awards

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EY recognises ‘exceptional’ Oceania staff with internal CEO awards

Close to dozen EY professionals and three of its teams have been recognised in the consultancy’s internal CEO Awards.

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KPMG recruits Jadanne Dare as head of brand & marketing

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KPMG recruits Jadanne Dare as head of brand & marketing

KPMG has recruited two-decade marketing expert Jadanne Dare to take over as the firm’s new head of brand & marketing strategy for Australia.

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RSM US names John Brackett chief risk officer

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RSM US names John Brackett chief risk officer

RSM US has appointed John Brackett as chief risk officer, effective May 1, 2023. He is based in Charlotte, NC.

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TSA Management expands into UK with Henry Riley deal

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TSA Management expands into UK with Henry Riley deal

Australian project management consultancy TSA Management has expanded into the United Kingdom with the acquisition of Henry Riley, a 200-strong project management and quantity surveying business.

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Swiss government taps Alvarez & Marsal for Credit Suisse rescue

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Swiss government taps Alvarez & Marsal for Credit Suisse rescue

The Swiss government has hired consultants from Alvarez & Marsal to facilitate its role in the acquisition of failed Swiss bank Credit Suisse by UBS.

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Abdalrahman Bin Kharbash (PwC) wins 'Best Emirati Talent' award

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Abdalrahman Bin Kharbash (PwC) wins 'Best Emirati Talent' award

Abdalrahman Bin Kharbash – an M&A consultant at PwC – has been recognised as one of the UAE’s top Emirati talents in the private sector.

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Roland Berger's due diligence framework for Web3 investments

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Roland Berger's due diligence framework for Web3 investments

With the number of investments and transactions in Web3 technologies and digital assets going through the roof, investors are in strong need for conducting a thorough due diligence on target companies.

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KPMG’s Tech Innovator competition returns in Saudi Arabia

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KPMG’s Tech Innovator competition returns in Saudi Arabia

Global professional services firm KPMG has kicked off its process to identify the leading tech innovators in Saudi Arabia.

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