UK-based supply chain and logistics consultancy SCALA has expanded its footprint to the US. The firm has appointed industry veteran Wolf Liebchen to lead the new venture.
Bill McManus and Alex Arata, formerly consultants at Point B, have joined Grant Thornton’s private equity practice as leaders of the value creation planning services offering.
International IT consultancy Delaware has accelerated the growth of its Salesforce practice with the acquisitions of Scalefactory and Cloud Innovation.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Parfin, a leading provider of responsible, compliant Web3 infrastructure services to financial institutions in Latin America. Founded in 2019, with headquarters in London and Rio de Janeiro, Parfin offers digital asset custody, trading, tokenization and management tools to some of Latin America’s largest financial institutions. Accenture’s investment in Parfin marks its first Accenture Ventures “Project Spotlight” investment in Latin America.
Roland Berger has strengthened its partner team with Sheila Nazareth, who has been flown in as a partner to lead and build out the firm’s Aviation practice in the Middle East.
A quarter of workers surveyed by PwC expect to change jobs in the next 12 months, up from 19% last year, as they are increasingly left cash-strapped in a cooling economy while dealing with inflationary pressures.
PwC Canada has announced plans to invest $200 million over the next three years to improve its artificial intelligence capabilities.
EY Global has promoted 966 team members to partner, down slightly from the 1,033-person partner class in 2022.
Stax, an M&A strategy consulting firm, has promoted Paul Edwards to global practice leader. He is based in the firm’s Boston headquarters.
Established locally in 2018, the Australian arm of Ceridian workforce management and payroll cloud technology partner Enforce Consulting has been acquired by Deloitte.
Grant Thornton has promoted 12 company members to partner, lifting the size of its national partnership to over 175.
Global professional services group BDO has strengthened its partner team in Sydney with Leonie Ferretter and Zoe Cameron.
Partners in Performance continues to expand its global partnership with three recent promotions in Australia and Canada.
The Canadian branch of professional services network Baker Tilly has appointed its first ever CEO to help drive greater alignment among its members, with the Australian Ben Lloyd landing the top job.
Global IT consulting and services firm Wipro has made a number of senior appointments in its Australian business, bringing in Vikram Kannoth as chief financial officer, with Rene Morel appointed as APAC cyber lead and Bernadette Harkin and Craig Ridley as consulting and financial services heads.
Established in 2015, Melbourne-headquartered Bourne Digital has been purchased by professional services powerhouse Accenture, the latest in a string of cloud and tech acquisitions.
Deloitte has welcomed two new partners to its partnership in Sydney and Melbourne, and promoted existing partners to new national leadership roles.
Global digital consultancy Publicis Sapient has acquired Corra, a New York-based agency focusing on ecommerce consulting and managed services.
Baker Tilly US, a mid-market accounting and consulting firm, has promoted 44 team members to partner,
effective June 1.
KPMG US has appointed Jason LaRue to the newly created role of national managing partner of talent and culture (T&C).