Shirley Machaba has become the first black African woman to be appointed chief executive of PwC Southern Africa, the Big Four firm has announced
Managing director Jim Taylor has brought experience in valuing mining companies in West and Central Africa to the economic consulting segment at FTI Consulting in London.
FTI Consulting has expanded its London office by hiring Jim Taylor as a managing director in its economic consulting segment.
The Big Four accountancy firms are by far the largest recruiters of cyber security experts in the UK, with KPMG and PwC way out in the lead
If you want to work in finance and you’re thinking of applying for a job at a Big Four firm, you might be onto something. Although people in banking often disparage Big Four jobs, these jobs come with one huge advantage: their abundance. Every year, the Big Four hire tens of thousands of people – many of them new university graduates.
After growing strongly in 2017 (6.2%), France’s consulting market showed little sign of slowing down in 2018; last year the market grew even faster–up 6.9% to €4.86bn.
With French companies turning to consultants to help respond to ongoing digital disruption, every sector and service line in the market enjoyed growth. Digital work now accounts for 39% of all consulting revenues earned in France, up from 30% the previous year.
PA Consulting has announced the winners of its annual Raspberry Pi Competition after a technology showcase in London.
Each year, the consulting brand partners with Raspberry Pi to encourage schools and children to using technology and coding to develop products that could change customer experience in the travel and transport industry using Raspberry Pi computers.
A ten-year study from global management consultancy A.T. Kearney has found that the profit of European retail banks/divisions is at an all-time high, driven by a positive economic environment and lower risks (risk costs relative to total income at lowest level 5% compared to 12% in 2008).
FTI Consulting, announced that Matt Pachman, the firm's Vice President, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, has received Compliance Week's Top Minds 2019 Award. He is one of 12 compliance leaders across the globe to receive this honor.
Project management and consultancy group WYG has agreed to be taken over by US consultancy giant Tetra Tech for £43.4m. Under the terms of the offer made by Tetra Tech, WYG shareholders will receive 55p per share, representing a 244% premium on last Friday’s closing price.
Two experts with experience in investigations and financial fraud have joined FTI Consulting in Washington, DC, Houston, Texas, while there is a promotion in New York.
Oyster Consulting announced today that Mark O’Connor joins the firm as a Relationship Manager, expanding Oyster’s ability to provide consistent, high-quality compliance, outsourcing and software services to financial services industry clients.
Investment banking and strategy consulting are like avocados and quinoa: both attract the elite (or, in the words of one ex-McKinsey director, “insecure, deeply left-brain, hyper-intellectual, OCD over-achievers.”). Both pay well. Both involve some serious commitments of your time and some heavy academic achievements.
Global consulting firm Slalom has chosen Manchester as the location for its second UK office.
Partnering with over 200 solution providers including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Tableau, Slalom helps companies tackle ambitious projects and build new capabilities.
Slalom opened its first UK office in London in 2014.
“Manchester is a city of digital enterprise with strengths in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, and consumer services; which perfectly complements Slalom’s breadth of expertise,” said Dave Williams, Slalom UK Country Managing Director. “We’re looking forward to helping our clients solve their biggest challenges while we also invest in the local community.”
Based at Peter House, the Slalom Manchester office is looking to tap into the city’s talent pool as well as invest in the development of its existing team members to grow its UK reputation. The firm plans to employ over 200 people in Manchester by 2025.
“Greater Manchester is a hotbed for collaboration and innovation, making it the ideal location for pioneering businesses like Slalom,” said Tim Newns, Chief Executive of MIDAS, Manchester’s inward investment agency.
“There are strong complementarities between Slalom and Greater Manchester’s efforts to collaborate with companies going through digital transformation and supporting them to grow within the region. Establishing operations within one of Europe’s largest digital and technology clusters will provide the consulting firm with ample opportunities to join forces with the rapidly increasing number of world-leading brands that are choosing Manchester.”
Slalom Managing Director Paul Squire, who will move from the London office to head up operations in Manchester, said, “I’m excited about working with our clients in the North West of England, helping them deliver people-centric change, bring strategic solutions to life, and ultimately, love their future.”
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has grown to over 6,500 employees.
Sourced from Business Leader - written by Joanna Jones
Hugo Raaijmakers has joined global innovation and transformation consultancy PA Consulting (PA) as a partner based in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ricardo PLC on Monday said it acquired Australia-based railway consultancy firm Transport Engineering Pty Ltd for a maximum of GBP28.9 million in cash.
FTI Consulting, announced the continued growth of its South African practice with the addition of a team of eight experts from Econex, a leading trade, competition and applied economics consultancy firm. The team will be led in Cape Town by Professor Nicola Theron, a Senior Managing Director who previously served as Econex’s Managing Director.
Netherlands Gasunie (Gasunie), a European gas infrastructure company, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have built and deployed a new digital natural gas transport management system (GTMS), designed to help better manage the Dutch gas grid, which transports natural gas, hydrogen and green gas from biomass.
One of the big stories in the marcomms industry over the past few years has been the rise of the consultancies – PwC, Accenture, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, McKinsey et al – as major players in the mergers and acquisition (M&A) space.
Accepting a job is like a legal marriage. You can usually leave at any time, but the associated costs can really add up. Job switching costs for an employee, both in time and money, are high. Firing, for a firm, is equally expensive. There’s the severance cost, the training costs, the cost of the burden placed on existing employees who have to temporarily pick up the slack. And in countries with rigid employee protection regulation, firing costs easily skyrocket.
While it goes without saying that every internship is unique, there are some points of commonality between internships at EY, Deloitte, PwC and KPMG. The workloads may vary - but the emphasis on training is huge.