The Consulting Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Private Equity Consultants and Leaders of 2024.
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Global consultancy Kearney has announced the expansion of its private equity team today in response to the growing demand for portfolio value creation and operational improvements.
LONDON—April 15, 2024—Bain & Company today announced that Alexander Schmitz has been appointed to lead its Private Equity (PE) practice in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), succeeding Christophe De Vusser, the firm’s Worldwide Managing Partner Elect.
EY US has appointed Tim Tracy as EY Americas private equity leader. He is based in metro New York.
Bain & Company announced today that Sebastien Lamy has been appointed as co-head of the firm’s Private Equity practice in Asia Pacific, effective January 1.
Preview of Bain & Company’s 12th annual Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A Report reflects the continued resilience of the healthcare PE industry, with the second biggest year on record for dealmaking, only eclipsed by 2021’s all-time high
Private equity investor Amethis has promoted Toufic Khoueiry – a former consultant at Strategy& – to partner. He becomes the eleventh partner of the Paris-headquartered firm.
PwC has appointed Eric Janson as its global leader of private equity, real assets, and sovereign funds.
Private equity set a remarkable new standard for itself in 2021. Buyout deal value reached an all-time high of $1.1 trillion, doubling 2020’s total of $577 billion and shattering the previous record of $804 billion set in 2006 during the exuberant run-up to the global financial crisis. Deal size, not deal count, was behind this increase. The number of deals greater than $1 billion roughly doubled in 2021, with average deal size reaching $1.1 billion, increasing 57% to pierce through the $1 billion mark for the first time.
Stax Inc., an analytically driven, global strategy consulting firm specializing in commercial due diligence, value creation, and exit planning for private equity firms, PE-backed companies, and investment banks, today announced the appointment of Jayson Traxler as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Working with the Stax management team, Jayson will drive, develop, and implement the company's strategic initiatives and improve operations in all functions of the business.
Rapid consolidation in the tech industry continued in the third quarter with a number of significant deals. Consider CDW, Proofpoint, McAfee, Accenture and more.
Waterland Private Equity and management consultancy Horn & Company has entered into a 50/50 partnership to create a new growth platform for mid-sized consultancy businesses.
Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has announced that Olle Lundqvist has joined the firm, as a Managing Director, to head A&M’s Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) Group covering the Nordic region.
EY-Parthenon has added three new partners to its European Private Equity team – Georg Hochleitner, Simon Oertel, and Malvinder Singh
KPMG has signed an unconditional agreement to sell its restructuring practice to Interpath Advisory, a newly-formed company backed by private equity firm HIG Europe.
China is the third largest private capital market in the world, of which USD66 billion was invested in private equity in 2019. The country is the third largest market for private equity today, after the US and UK.
Bain & Company, an international consulting company, has been recognized as the best Strategic and Commercial Advisor of private equity funds by members of the Polish Association of Capital Investors (PSIK). The competition promotes the highest standards in the private equity and venture capital industry and the contribution of these investors to the development of Polish companies.
The importance of culture and its impact on private equity strategy and returns has been a growing development over the past couple of years. As PE investment returns have lagged those of the stock market in the US, firms are feeling pressure to improve and deliver stronger results. This fact combined with some high-profile private company debacles, in large part due to cultural toxicity and leadership miscues, underscores the urgent need for PE sponsors and portfolio companies to prioritize a focus on culture.
A company that provides health economic research, communications, and consulting services to the global pharmaceutical industry has been acquired by a US private equity firm.
In today’s hyper-competitive world, Private Equity (PE) firms need to focus on executing a sustained digital transformation strategy for building a data-driven due diligence capability, enhancing operational efficiencies and accelerating top-line growth in portfolio companies.