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Why Valcon embraces international collaboration and hybrid working

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Why Valcon embraces international collaboration and hybrid working

With over 1,500 staff in multiple countries, pan-European consulting and technology company Valcon sees international collaboration and embracing new ways of working as a central element of the firm’s success on client projects and internally. Valcon members outline four main benefits they reap through cross-border teamwork and hybrid teams.

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Accenture adds Objectivity and Einr to European business

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Accenture adds Objectivity and Einr to European business

Global consulting and technology company Accenture has closed two acquisitions, welcoming Objectivity’s teams to its offices in three European countries, and Einr to its Norwegian organisation.

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Boston Consulting Group Releases 2022 Annual Sustainability Report

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Boston Consulting Group Releases 2022 Annual Sustainability Report

In 2022, BCG Continued to Drive Forward Its Commitment to Positive Action and Impact by Working on Global Challenges Across Health, Education, Climate, and Humanitarian Causes

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Intel and BCG team up on generative AI solution for businesses

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Intel and BCG team up on generative AI solution for businesses

Semiconductor manufacturing giant Intel and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have announced a partnership to offer generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) solutions to businesses.

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Confirmed: IBM acquires Polar Security for $60M to automate cloud data management

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Confirmed: IBM acquires Polar Security for $60M to automate cloud data management

IBM has now confirmed the news and said Polar will be integrated into its Guardium unit (itself based on an acquisition from way back in 2009). No price disclosed. Original article below.

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Ralph Orciuoli joins Oliver Wyman as Senior Advisory

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Ralph Orciuoli joins Oliver Wyman as Senior Advisory

Global management consultancy, Oliver Wyman, today announced that Ralph Orciuoli has joined as a Senior Advisor to its Corporate and Institutional Banking practice.

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Arthur D. Little appoints Martin Rauchenwald as Partner in DACH Financial Services Practice

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Arthur D. Little appoints Martin Rauchenwald as Partner in DACH Financial Services Practice

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced that Martin Rauchenwald has joined the company as a Partner and Leader of its Financial Services (FS) practice in Austria. With 23 years of executive-level experience in the financial services market as both a trusted advisor and banker, Martin has worked across all levels of the industry, from leading large-scale bank transformation programs to being a private equity investor. He will be based in ADL’s Vienna office.

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EY announces the acquisition of consulting services provider whyaye

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EY announces the acquisition of consulting services provider whyaye

EY has announced the acquisition of whyaye ltd, a UK-based consulting services provider for the ServiceNow platform, as part of significant ongoing investments in technology consulting services. Today's announcement marks the eighth EY acquisition in the UK since April 2021. 

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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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