6 Things to Know Before Kicking Off Your Management Consulting Career

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6 Things to Know Before Kicking Off Your Management Consulting Career

The beauty of a career in management consulting lies in its flexibility. But new consultants have to develop confidence and chops before they can claim it.

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Sia Partners Acquires Management Consulting Firm GMG

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Sia Partners Acquires Management Consulting Firm GMG

Sia Partners, a leading international independent management and AI consulting firm, announced today the acquisition of the Gartland & Mellina Group (“GMG”), a management consulting firm focused on financial services and $23 million of revenues in 2018. GMG has offices in New York, where it currently employs 100 consultants, as well as in Chicago, Baltimore and Toronto. The combined revenues of Sia Partners in the U.S. and GMG totalled $60 million in 2018 on a pro forma basis.

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Management consultancy There Be Giants reaches £200,000 revenues

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Management consultancy There Be Giants reaches £200,000 revenues

Bury management consultancy There Be Giants reaches £200,000 revenues

Greater Manchester-based management consultancy There Be Giants, which helps organisations implement a goal-setting framework made famous in Silicon-Valley, has hit revenues of over £200,000.

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EY UK board becomes majority female

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EY UK board becomes majority female

Justine Belton has been appointed to the board of the Big Four firm, taking the total number of women on EY UK’s board to six out of 10 members

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Data is key to success for retailers in the future

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Data is key to success for retailers in the future

Things change fast in digital commerce. While many retailers struggle to keep pace with current technology

Data combined with machine learning has the potential to completely transform online experiences and better inform business decisions.

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The Big Four Accountancy Firms are Now Britain’s Top Cyber Security Employers

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The Big Four Accountancy Firms are Now Britain’s Top Cyber Security Employers

KPMG and PwC are comfortably the UK’s top cyber recruiters, according to new data released by the world’s largest job site, Indeed.

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New chair appointed to run big four firm’s business across the North

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New chair appointed to run big four firm’s business across the North

Big four accountancy firm KPMG has appointed a new chair to take charge of its business in the North.

Christine Hewson has been appointed new North Region chair and she will have responsibility for the firm’s offices in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield.

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Expanding Consultancy Acquired in £1.7M deal

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Expanding Consultancy Acquired in £1.7M deal

A Birmingham education and sports consultancy has been acquired by a listed London firm for £1.7m.

Aquila Services Group, which was established to acquire and operate growing businesses in the affordable housing services sector, has snapped up Oaks Consultancy.

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NHS LPP launches £3bn information management and technology framework

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NHS LPP launches £3bn information management and technology framework

The Clinical Digital Solutions (CDS) team at NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) has launched a £3bn framework by publishing a contract notice seeking suppliers for providing IT and telecoms products and services for a period of four years.

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CMA takes final step in reform of fid man and consultancy sectors

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CMA takes final step in reform of fid man and consultancy sectors

The Competition and Markets Authority has issued a legally binding order requiring investment consultants and fiduciary managers to provide clearer information about what their customers are getting for their money.

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New key hires across 2 UK offices increase MCI UK’s strategic growth

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New key hires across 2 UK offices increase MCI UK’s strategic growth

MCI UK is excited to announce the recent addition of fresh talent to its teams as the agency continues to grow in both event experience and association management and consulting businesses

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Global chair of 30% Club made PwC partner

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Global chair of 30% Club made PwC partner

In a coup for PwC, diversity guru Brenda Trenowden has accepted a partnership in the Big Four firm’s people consulting practice

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New consultancy set up by six industry experts

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New consultancy set up by six industry experts

Six of the industry’s most experienced professionals have banded together to offer joint consultancy services to lender boardrooms under the guise of new outfit The Chair Consultancy.

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How 'Flexing It' Is Transforming Management Consulting In India

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How 'Flexing It' Is Transforming Management Consulting In India

According to a recent report, India’s working age population last year was an almost unbelievable 983 million men and women. That’s more than four times the equivalent population in the U.S., and about three times the size of the EU working age population.

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Deloitte: delivering strategic sourcing transformation empowered by digital analytics

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Deloitte: delivering strategic sourcing transformation empowered by digital analytics

With procurement increasingly gaining a seat at the executive table, Deloitte consultant Natascha Schijven says having the right digital analytics and diverse talent in place is key to transforming sourcing operations

Management consultant Natascha Schijven has witnessed the changing procurement landscape for around two decades. Now a Partner for Supply Chain & Manufacturing Operations at Deloitte, she began her career in manufacturing for a multinational packaging company in the Netherlands. Even though the local manufacturing environment was exciting, Natascha wanted to make use of a background in international business and language studies.

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A peek into the world of management consultants

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A peek into the world of management consultants

A few months ago I wrote a column here about plans to strengthen the voice of economists in Kenya, and today I will be sharing what I have been learning about a similar initiative involving management consultants. This arose after I came across a post on LinkedIn introducing the Management Consultants Association of Kenya (MCAK). So being a member of the consulting community I reached out to Erick Ngala, identified there as the founder chairman of the association, to learn more about it.

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Big Four success in EMpower role model lists

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Big Four success in EMpower role model lists

A group of 17 people from the Big Four have been named as role models for for ethnic minorities in the influential EMpower lists out today

This is particularly good news for the firms which all signed up to the government’s Race at Work Charter to commit to the recruitment and progression of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees, in October last year.

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Actifio Announces Global Alliance with Tata Consultancy Services

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Actifio Announces Global Alliance with Tata Consultancy Services

Actifio, the pioneer of copy data management software, announced a global alliance with Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, to offer enterprises the ability to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives, reduce storage costs and meet the speed and scale requirements of today’s multi-cloud world.

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Beghou Consulting Opens Marketing Research Practice

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Beghou Consulting Opens Marketing Research Practice

In the US, life sciences specialist Beghou Consulting has opened a Marketing Research practice, and hired pharma researcher Esin Izat to lead it.

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Major Consultancy Firm McKinsey Says Retail Banking Sector Slow to Adopt Blockchain

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Major Consultancy Firm McKinsey Says Retail Banking Sector Slow to Adopt Blockchain

“Big Three” management consultancy firm McKinsey & Company has argued that blockchain technology is gaining slower traction with retail banks due to regulatory hurdles and a conservative consumer environment. The news was reported by Bloomberg on June 7.

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