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AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, today announced that Rajneesh Gupta has joined as a Partner & Managing Director in its Digital Practice. He will be Global Head of Partnerships, leading and managing AlixPartners’ technology partnerships, including NAX, Palantir, and Microsoft, among others.
Carlo Pellerani and Jon Harvey join to lead its Treasury and Anti-Financial Crime teams respectively
Riyadh is on the path to becoming a major regional hub for international companies with the launch of a new special economic zones center.
An affiliate of Bain Capital Private Equity has agreed to acquire Guidehouse, a McLean, VA-headquartered management and technology consultancy, for $5.3 billion.
Global consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal has beefed up its deals-focused due diligence offering across Europe with the hire of six senior practitioners.
PwC’s board has selected Mohamed Kande, the US and global head of consulting, as its next global chair.
Accenture has agreed to acquire OnProcess Technology, a Boston-based provider of supply chain managed services.
The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) has added GEP’s procurement software and services to its NASPO ValuePoint cooperative purchasing program.
Within three years of entering the Dutch market, Argon & Co has nestled itself among the country’s leading supply chain consulting firms, according to a survey of executives and managers in the corporate landscape.
Dubai has again been named one of the world’s top 25 cities to live and work by Kearney, with several other Middle East cities booking gains beyond the top 25.
Roland Berger’s regional head of the Digital practice, Elias Aad, has relocated from the UAE to Saudi Arabia with the remit to help the firm capture the rapidly unfolding opportunities in the kingdom’s digital strategy landscape.
Mastercard has expanded its consulting business with new offerings in artificial intelligence and economics consulting.
KPMG has confirmed it is moving to a new headquarters in Luxembourg, where the firm currently employs around 1,800 staff.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has signed an agreement to acquire 6point6, a U.K. technology consultancy, specializing in cloud, data, and cybersecurity. Spanning the commercial and public sectors, the acquisition will enhance Accenture’s strategy and architecture capabilities, with a particular emphasis on central government, defense and security, and financial services.
Nicola Quincey has joined PwC as its new EMEA AWS Alliance Leader and Partner. Nicola has over 25 years of experience in the cloud industry and joins PwC from AWS where she led their EMEA Commercial Team for Strategic Accounts.
L.E.K. Consulting has elected Stephen Sunderland, a Partner at the global strategy consulting firm, as its new Head of the Asia-Pacific Region. He is also a member of the firm’s global Board of Directors.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Innotec Security, a privately held company specializing in cybersecurity-as-a-service, cyber resilience and cyber risk management, expanding its capabilities and footprint in Spain. Innotec Security was previously owned by parent company Entelgy Group. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Eight Advisory assists Finaxy Group, one of France’s leading insurance brokers, with vendor due diligence for its refinancing and due diligence for the acquisition of Assurinco Voyage, Présence Assistance Tourisme and Libbela.
Braskem is Latin America’s biggest petrochemical company. It is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, with more than 40 industrial units spread around the world, and produces polypropylene, polyethylene and poly vinyl chloride (PVC), commodity products at the base of the plastics industry. Braskem’s business model today relies on fossil fuels, namely—naphtha (crude oil) and ethane (natural gas)—which makes reducing carbon emissions especially challenging.
Kirk Waldrop, an experienced supply chain and operations consultant, has joined Alvarez & Marsal’s corporate improvement practice as a managing director.
