Aramco Digital, the digital and technology subsidiary of Aramco, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have formed a strategic partnership to fuel generative AI (gen AI) innovation and supercharge the digital skilling agenda in Saudi Arabia.
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AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced the appointment of Stephan Essig as Partner & Managing Director, based in the Middle East.
Lexington Corporate Finance has been acquired by FRP Advisory Group. The move sees Lexington’s founder, Gary Partridge, join FRP as a partner along with all 14 other members of the Lexington team.
Knight Frank has named a new leader for its Prime Residential practice in the UAE, with Petri Mannila bringing over two decades of experience in the real estate industry.
Global pharmaceuticals firm Clinigen has acquired Kinesys Consulting to boost its regulatory affairs knowledge.
Riverside Partners, LLC ("Riverside"), a Boston-based private equity firm, announced the strategic combination of Sequoia Biotech Consulting ("Sequoia"), a leading life sciences service provider helping organizations to scale rapidly and to deliver high-quality therapeutics, and Syner-G BioPharma Group ("Syner-G"), a leading provider of integrated regulatory and biopharmaceutical development services.
Guidehouse, a Tysons, VA-based management consulting firm, has hired Patrick Spoletini as growth leader for its health segment. He is based in Nashville.
Kearney is pleased to announce it has successfully renewed its WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation, maintaining its status as an Employer of Choice since 2021.
PwC US plans to lay off 1,800 employees – or 2.5% of its 75,000-person workforce – according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announces the appointment of Wei Zhu as Managing Director and Co-head of North Asia.
FRP Advisory Group has continued its expansion across the UK, with the acquisition of WilliamsAli Corporate Finance.
Boutique advisory firm Maven Investment Partners has welcomed former EY leader Murtaza Chevel to its team as a senior partner.
Accenture has agreed to acquire consus.health, a leading German healthcare management consultancy. consus.health offers services ranging from medical strategy and patient management to procurement and logistics, infrastructure management and construction planning services.
In a bid to tap opportunities and expand its market share in Saudi Arabia’s buzzing financial services market, EY is relocating leaders from across its footprint to its offices in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar.
In recent years, a growing number of companies have gone public on exchanges in the UAE, driving a growing local IPO scene. A report from LOGIC Consulting looks into the market’s growth and prospects going forward.
Intero Integrity Services (‘Intero’) is pleased to announce that Rivean Capital, a pioneer in European mid-market private equity, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company from First Reserve.
Arthur D. Little (ADL) announced the appointment of Koen Segers as a Partner in its Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) practice, based in its Brussels office.
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Earli Inc., a biotechnology company that developed a novel approach to early cancer detection with a synthetic targeting platform that selectively reprograms cancer cells to reveal and destroy themselves
As countries in the GCC region continue to drive economic diversification plans and fast-track growth in several areas, the role of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) is becoming more powerful and ever-more attractive. Chiara Riffaldi, Javier Carinena and Pierre Sahakian from Kearney outline the benefits of PPPs and how to overcome notable implementation challenges.