McKinsey & Company released findings from its latest report – Middle East Women at Work – at the Global Women’s Forum Dubai 2020, which highlighted the importance of advancing gender parity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
At the recent Municipal Investment Forum in Riyadh, Bain & Company highlighted the positive impact of municipal investments, mentioning that they are set to achieve 5 billion riyals to government revenues annually and create 125,000 jobs for residents
Mandated by the FIFA, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) has carried an audit on the Confederation of African Football. The audit report pinpointed several irregularities in the accounting records and governance system of Africa’s governing body for soccer.
Andersen Global strengthens its presence in Northern Africa through a Collaboration Agreement with Morocco-based advisory firm M.A. Global Consulting (MAGC)”.
D3 Consultants, a Bahrain-based education consultancy company and New Nordic School, an education management company based in Finland signed a partnership to providing existing K-12 schools and early childhood kindergartens as well as new schools with the best practices of the Finnish educational system.
Bain & Company announced it has made a minority investment in EcoVadis, a provider of business sustainability ratings for global supply chains. The collaboration is set to accelerate and deepen both companies' offerings for improving the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of their collective clients.
Carlyle Group has begun exploring exit options for PA Consulting, after taking a 51% stake in the consultancy more than four years ago in a deal that valued it at $1bn. The US firm has not made a final decision on the exit yet.
Accenture has completed its acquisition of Mudano, a strategic data consultancy to UK financial services firms. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s analytics, data and artificial intelligence (AI) transformation capabilities.
Accenture launched the Dubai Tourism Innovation Hub, the firm’s first innovation hub in the Middle East & North Africa region. The hub showcases Accenture’s capabilities across a wide range of innovative technologies, including extended reality, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, etc. It is located in Dubai Media City.
Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF), one of the largest banks in Saudi Arabia, has decided to use a new global banking platform developed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to provide seamless and contextual customer experiences with a digital core, Indias biggest IT services exporter
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) announced the latest edition of Jeel Tamooh. The program aims at empowering the next generation of leaders and offering career development opportunities. The top 100 exceptional talents have been selected from several universities in Saudi Arabia to become members of the program.
Boston Consulting Group senior partner Leila Hoteit and Deloitte Middle East Audit director of operations and construction practice head Cynthia Corby have been named to Forbes Middle East’s 100 Power Businesswomen 2020 list. Hoteit and Corby have ranked in 52nd and 95th spots respectively on the latest index,
The Financial Times published the third annual FT rating of the UK’s leading management consultants, based on recommendations by their clients and peers. Compiled with Statista, the data company, it assesses consultancies’ work in 29 categories.
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