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Rakesh Pabbi - Senior Partner
KPMG and Microsoft have announced a significant expansion of their global relationship that will reshape professional services across a number of business-critical areas including workforce modernization, safe and secure development, and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions for clients, industries and society more broadly.
PwC has bolstered the senior leadership team of its Legal business with the hire of Ahmad Anani, Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, Paul Lockyer, and Amir Kordvani. The quarter join the firm’s offices in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.
INVERTO, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) subsidiary specializing in procurement and supply chain management, has successfully established its presence in France. To provide clients with the best possible support and to achieve the ambitious growth targets, Patrice Maheo has joined the management team of INVERTO Paris as the office’s second Managing Director.
EY has a new boss in the Middle East: Michael Hasbani. The 20+ year company veteran leads a team of over 8,000 staff across 20+ offices in 16 countries.
Simon-Kucher, a sales and marketing consulting firm, has hired Kevin Baruzzi as a Boston-based partner in its healthcare and life sciences practice.
Roland Berger has shored up its Aviation practice in the Middle East with new principal Usman Tahir.
KPMG veteran and partner Oleg Ladnev has relocated from the firm’s Russian member firm to Saudi Arabia, where he joins the leadership team of the Deals practice.
Global strategy consulting firm Strategy& has appointed eight new partners in the Middle East, lifting the size of its partnership beyond the 55-mark
The Collective, the region’s largest independent digital agency, will join the EY MENA Consulting practice
Over 130 digital specialists from The Collective will support design, technology, and marketing capabilities
Mr Roy’s new position in Saudi Arabia reflects a strategic focus on industry-based expertise in governance, risk and compliance, combined into a single, dedicated practice.
Bob Ruckh, a retired EY senior partner, has joined Alvarez & Marsal (A&M)’s global transaction advisory group (TAG) as a managing director.
With the Middle East’s consulting industry undergoing rapid growth and offering unique opportunities to make an impact, the region is becoming a magnet for international consulting groups. PMP Strategy is the latest in a string of tier-one firms to enter the region.
Entries are currently open for the latest cycle of the Dubai International Best Practices Award For Sustainable Development – with management consultancy Sia Partners once again providing support.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced plans to expand its longstanding partnership with Adobe to help brands successfully accelerate their content supply chains through the implementation of next-generation AI including Adobe Sensei GenAI services and Adobe Firefly (currently in beta), Adobe's family of creative generative AI models.
Cognizant and technology partner ServiceNow have launched a bold joint growth plan. In the coming years, the two companies aim to build a $1 billion combined business.
Capgemini announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire BTC Corporation (BTC), a leading cloud and digital services provider in Japan. The acquisition will enable Capgemini to further build its cloud and digital capabilities in the country to meet client demand for its end-to end services.
Global professional services firm FTI Consulting has launched its CFO advisory practice in the EMEA region, building on its existing presence in home market the United States.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vista Equity Partners to purchase Apptio Inc., a leader in financial and operational IT management and optimization (FinOps) software, for $4.6 billion. The acquisition of Apptio will accelerate the advancement of IBM's IT automation capabilities and enable enterprise leaders to deliver enhanced business value across technology investments.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on Wednesday announced a partnership with CarbonCapture to purchase atmospheric carbon dioxide removal services, as well as to provide business strategy consulting to CarbonCapture.
As the Middle East’s largest economies look to push ahead with their major diversification strategies, Accenture has become a key partner, helping clients define new strategies and operating models, develop new skills, and adopt innovative technologies. We spoke with the leader of Accenture in the Middle East – Alexis Lecanuet – about how the firm is helping clients succeed in an era of constant disruption.
