RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has appointed Bain and Company to firm up its investment plans in India, Mint reported, quoting people familiar with the matter.
Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) business district has attracted two of the world’s leading management consulting firms, with both Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Company signing on to multi-year office rentals in the district’s Maker Maxity complex.
It’s a digital-first world. Customers now surf 10-plus channels before making a single purchase, and they want intuitive, omnichannel experiences across all of those touchpoints. In fact, over a third of B2B decision makers told us they’re willing to spend $500,000 or more on a single interaction via remote or online sales channels.
Bain & Company has announced that Anne-Laure Malauzat, a Dubai-based partner and an expert in the firm's Public Sector and Government, Social Impact, and Retail practices, has been named a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. Anne-Laure has been recognized for her professional business contributions and her commitment to social impact, focusing on education, economic development, public health, and women's empowerment within Bain and beyond.
Bain & Company has announced an industry-leading move to extend its paid parental leave policy for all new parents in the US and Canada, regardless of gender. New parents at Bain are now eligible for up to 21 weeks of paid parental leave, with the option to extend to up to 26 weeks of paid leave with vacation. This new policy covers biological parents, adoption and surrogacy.
At a time of rising inflation, online retail sales fell -12% Year-on-Year (YoY) in April. That is according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers.
FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced continued investment in the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment in France with the appointment of business transformation expert Thierry Miremont as a Senior Managing Director in Paris.
Red Hat and Accenture have announced an expansion of their strategic partnership which will see the pair look to drive open hybrid cloud innovation for enterprises.
Experts from Oliver Wyman have released their 2022 predictions for digital transformation in the Middle East, uncovering eight trends that according to them will shape the digital future of organisations, governments, communities and individuals. A round-up of the trends.
Companies in the oil & gas sector face a harder path to decarbonisation that other organisations in the Middle East. According to research from Strategic Gears, artificial intelligence could be key to solving this – improving efficiency and reducing emissions, while opening opportunities to scale new clean energy offerings.
Merlin Entertainments has implemented a range of Oracle systems to create a consolidated technological platform for long-term improvements to customer services.
EY Canada has acquired Gensquared Inc., a Toronto-based IT consulting firm focusing on data and analytics engagements.
Global management consultancy FTI Consulting has expanded its Risk & Investigations offering in China with the launch of a Financial Crime Compliance practice.
CrunchTech, a UAE-headquartered consultancy specialised in the implementation of project management solutions, has been named ‘Rising Star Partner of the Year’ by global software vendor Deltek.
Researchers on Thursday discovered a chain of critical vulnerabilities in the widely used Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server.
BT, Britain's largest telecom biz, has signed a five-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help it cloudify internal applications and speed-up digital transformation under the broader modernization program.
New global survey by PwC shows UK among leading countries for putting sustainability at the heart of the boardroom
From 1 June to the end of August, PwC’s people will be able to condense their working week to finish at lunchtime on Fridays. So-called summer working hours were piloted by the firm in July and August 2021 as part of its hybrid working policy. The approach is being extended this year to include the month of June.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), with plans to offer a broad array of its software catalog as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on AWS.
Deloitte Global in collaboration with The 30% Club released the seventh edition of Women in the boardroom: A global perspective. The latest edition of the report finds that women hold 19.7% of board seats globally, a 2.8% increase from the report’s last edition, published in 2019.