The Definitive Guide To UK Consulting Firms

The Defnitive
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T. Restell & V. A. Kumar (eds)
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conTenTs
List of consultancies vii
About the editors xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction xv
secTion 1
Chapter 1 An introduction to the consulting industry 5
Chris Sale, Prism Executive Recruitment
Chapter 2 The distinguishing features of a consulting frm 11
Michael Allen, The Mars Partnership
Chapter 3 Size: Does it really matter? 17
Martin Hancock, Penna
Chapter 4 The main consulting service lines and industries served 27
Tony Restell, Top-Consultant.com
Chapter 5 The consultants career path 31
Peter Nicholls, Michael Warwick Nicholls
Chapter 6 Securing a consulting job Part I 35
Tips for writing a compelling CV
Richard Stewart, Mindbench
Chapter 7 Securing a consulting job Part II 41
Effective interviewing tips
Chapter 8 Consulting in the Public Sector 51
Don Leslie, BLT
Chapter 9 Consulting opportunities within IT solution providers 55
Whats out there?
Stuart Feest, Matchtech
Chapter 10 Moving from industry into management consulting 61
Kate Walrond, Astbury Marsden
Chapter 11 Expected hiring patterns in the UK market 67
Chapter 12 Assessing your career options 71
Time to spread your wings?
Soraya Janmohamed, FreshMinds Talent
Chapter 13 Life after consulting 75
Dave Watkin, Holker Watkin Limited
secTion 2: lisT of consulTancies 81
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THE DEFINITIVE gUIDE TO UK CONSULTINg FIRMS
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4C Associates ............................................................................................................................ 83
5one Marketing Ltd ................................................................................................................... 85
A.T. Kearney ............................................................................................................................... 86
ABB ........................................................................................................................................... 88
ABeam Consulting (UK) ............................................................................................................. 90
Accenture .................................................................................................................................. 91
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) ..................................................................... 93
Alsbridge plc ............................................................................................................................. 95
Amdocs Consulting ................................................................................................................... 97
AMTEC Consulting plc ............................................................................................................... 99
Applied Acumen Limited .......................................................................................................... 100
Archstone Consulting .............................................................................................................. 101
Atkins ...................................................................................................................................... 103
Atos Consulting ....................................................................................................................... 105
Avail Consulting Ltd ................................................................................................................ 107
A-ViA Interim and Consulting Ltd ............................................................................................ 109
Axios UK .................................................................................................................................. 110
Axon ........................................................................................................................................ 112
Bain & Company ..................................................................................................................... 114
Bellamy Associs s.a.r.l. .......................................................................................................... 115
Booz & Company ..................................................................................................................... 116
Boston Consulting Group ......................................................................................................... 117
Bourton Group ......................................................................................................................... 119
Bridgehead International Ltd .................................................................................................. 121
buyingTeam ............................................................................................................................. 122
Capgemini Consulting ............................................................................................................. 124
Celerant Consulting ................................................................................................................ 126
Change Management Group Ltd .............................................................................................. 128
Changescape Limited .............................................................................................................. 129
Chaucer Group Limited ............................................................................................................ 131
CIO Consulting ........................................................................................................................ 132
CityIQ Ltd ................................................................................................................................ 133
CMEurope Ltd .......................................................................................................................... 134
Coalition .................................................................................................................................. 135
Commercial Advantage Consulting ......................................................................................... 136
Concise ................................................................................................................................... 137
Consulting Stream Ltd ............................................................................................................ 138
Convergys EMEA Ltd ................................................................................................................ 139
CPC Ltd ................................................................................................................................... 141
Crelos ...................................................................................................................................... 142
Crimson & Co .......................................................................................................................... 143
CTG (UK) Limited ..................................................................................................................... 145
Curzon & Company LLP ........................................................................................................... 147
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Dascam Consulting Ltd ........................................................................................................... 148
Defence Strategy & Solutions LLP ............................................................................................ 149
Dell Corporation Ltd ................................................................................................................ 151
Deloitte .................................................................................................................................... 154
Detica ...................................................................................................................................... 156
Diamond Management & Technology Consultants ................................................................... 157
Distinct Consulting ................................................................................................................. 159
ea Consulting Group ................................................................................................................ 160
EC Harris LLP .......................................................................................................................... 162
Edgar, Dunn & Company ......................................................................................................... 164
Edson Consulting .................................................................................................................... 165
Effcio Limited ......................................................................................................................... 166
Ernst & Young LLP ................................................................................................................... 169
expw: consulting ..................................................................................................................... 171
Forrester Research Inc ............................................................................................................. 172
Gartner .................................................................................................................................... 174
Hardiman Telecommunications ............................................................................................... 176
Harold Whitehead & Partners Limited ..................................................................................... 178
Hay Group ................................................................................................................................ 179
HDA ......................................................................................................................................... 180
Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd (incorporating Hedra) .................................................. 181
Hitachi Consulting UK ............................................................................................................. 183
Horizon Associates .................................................................................................................. 184
Hudson & Yorke ....................................................................................................................... 185
Huntswood .............................................................................................................................. 187
i2a Consulting LLP .................................................................................................................. 188
IBM .......................................................................................................................................... 189
Icebreaker Executive ................................................................................................................ 192
Ignite Consulting ..................................................................................................................... 194
InterConnect Communications Ltd .......................................................................................... 195
Invensys Process Systems ....................................................................................................... 196
Inzenka .................................................................................................................................... 197
Javelin Group ........................................................................................................................... 199
JRBH Strategy & Management Ltd ........................................................................................... 200
Kinetik Solutions ..................................................................................................................... 201
Knox DArcy Ltd ........................................................................................................................ 202
kour&kour ................................................................................................................................ 203
KPMG ....................................................................................................................................... 205
Krauthammer Consulting ........................................................................................................ 206
Labovitch Consulting Limited .................................................................................................. 207
Lausanne Consulting Group .................................................................................................... 208
Lex Momentum ........................................................................................................................ 209
LOC Consulting ....................................................................................................................... 210
Logica Consulting ................................................................................................................... 211
LWS Communications Limited ................................................................................................. 213
McKinsey & Company .............................................................................................................. 214
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MCP Consulting and Training .................................................................................................. 215
Medley Business Solutions Ltd ................................................................................................ 216
Methods Consulting Ltd .......................................................................................................... 217
MGH Consulting Limited .......................................................................................................... 219
Microsoft Consulting Services ................................................................................................. 220
Moorhouse Consulting ............................................................................................................. 221
Mott MacDonald Ltd ................................................................................................................ 223
Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd ..................................................................................... 225
MRL Public Sector Consultants Ltd ......................................................................................... 227
MWH UK Ltd ............................................................................................................................. 228
Navigant Consulting ............................................................................................................... 229
Newchurch Limited .................................................................................................................. 230
Newton Industrial Consultants ................................................................................................ 231
NUS Consulting Group Limited ................................................................................................ 232
OC&C Strategy Consultants .................................................................................................... 233
Ocean Strategy ........................................................................................................................ 235
OCS Consulting plc ................................................................................................................. 236
Optimat Ltd. ............................................................................................................................ 238
Orion Partners ......................................................................................................................... 240
OTM Consulting Ltd ................................................................................................................. 242
PA Consulting Group ............................................................................................................... 243
Parson Consulting ................................................................................................................... 245
Pcubed .................................................................................................................................... 246
PDN Ltd (The Professional Development Network Ltd) ............................................................. 248
Perot Systems Europe .............................................................................................................. 250
PI Consulting ........................................................................................................................... 251
PIMS Associates Ltd ................................................................................................................ 252
PIPC ........................................................................................................................................ 253
Place Group ............................................................................................................................. 255
Practical Change People ......................................................................................................... 256
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ................................................................................................... 257
Project One Consulting ............................................................................................................ 259
Protiviti ................................................................................................................................... 261
Proudfoot Consulting ............................................................................................................... 262
PRTM Management Consultants ............................................................................................. 263
Qedis ....................................................................................................................................... 266
Ricardo Strategic Consulting .................................................................................................. 268
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants ....................................................................................... 269
RWD ........................................................................................................................................ 270
Sakonnet Technology ............................................................................................................... 271
Sales & Marketing Consulting Group ....................................................................................... 272
salesforce.com ........................................................................................................................ 273
Searchlight Consulting ............................................................................................................ 275
SFL Limited ............................................................................................................................. 276
Sg2 .......................................................................................................................................... 277
Sia Conseil .............................................................................................................................. 279
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Simon-Kucher & Partners Strategy & Marketing Consultants.................................................. 280
SkillSet .................................................................................................................................... 281
SMT Consulting ....................................................................................................................... 282
Spectrum Value Partners ......................................................................................................... 284
State of Flux ............................................................................................................................ 285
Suiko Limited .......................................................................................................................... 286
Teasel Performance Management ............................................................................................ 287
The Accord Partnership ........................................................................................................... 288
The Birchman Group ................................................................................................................ 289
The Consultancy Company ...................................................................................................... 291
The Customer Excellence Company ......................................................................................... 292
The DMW Group ....................................................................................................................... 293
The Lamberhurst Corporation .................................................................................................. 295
Towers Perrin ........................................................................................................................... 297
Triffd ....................................................................................................................................... 299
Turner & Townsend plc ............................................................................................................ 300
TUSP ........................................................................................................................................ 302
Unipart Expert Practices .......................................................................................................... 304
Venesis Limited ....................................................................................................................... 307
Venturehaus ............................................................................................................................ 308
WBS Group .............................................................................................................................. 310
WCI Consulting Limited ........................................................................................................... 311
WCL ......................................................................................................................................... 312
Wexner Global .......................................................................................................................... 313
Wood Mackenzie Ltd ................................................................................................................ 314
Xantus Consulting ................................................................................................................... 315
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aBouT The eDiTors
Tony Restell is a former strategy consultant and one of the Found-
ing Directors of Top-Consultant.com. He has an extensive network
of recruitment contacts within the UK consulting sector and is a
regular speaker and commentator on the state of the UK consulting
industry.
V.A. Kumar, PhD was formerly Research Executive at IPSOS Mori
and is now Research Associate with Aeneas Knowledge Transfer
Consultancy.
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acknowleDGemenTs
Whilst Top-Consultant.com has long been candidates preferred site
for fnding a new consulting job and researching the market, were
also conscious that theres no one defnitive publication out there
for someone looking at career options within consulting. Until now
that is.
The Defnitive Guide to UK Consulting Firms was created to provide
both our readers and the broader consulting market with a com-
prehensive resource tackling all the issues relevant to someone con-
sidering their career options within consulting. The weighty career
editorials section is supplemented by an AZ directory of 161 UK
consulting employers, where you can fnd standardised company
information about a range of global and niche consulting brands.
I think youll agree that nowhere else can consulting candidates
fnd such an exhaustive list of employer details, making the guide a
must-read in our industry.
Our thanks go to Kingsham Press for partnering with us in the
production of this guide, and to Mindbench for offering to sponsor
the publication. Our gratitude also goes to the authors of all the
career editorials youll fnd within the guide and to all the consult-
ing frms who chose to submit their details to appear in the direc-
tory. For those who missed out on appearing in the 2008/9 guide,
the second edition will be produced in 2010!
I hope this guide provides you with tremendous insights into the
UK consulting market and wish you every success in pursuing a suc-
cessful career in our vibrant and challenging industry.
Regards
Tony Restell
Director & Co-Founder, Top-Consultant.com
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inTroDucTion
Tom Peters, the business and management guru, has commented
that the professional service frm is the best model for tomorrows
organisation in any industry. Management consultancies as one type
of professional service frm can take some comfort from such acclaim
given the major role they provide not only at offering fexible mod-
els of organisational infra-structures, but also at thought leadership
and expertise on implementing innovation management techniques
in the context of the knowledge-based economy.
Management consultancies, as knowledge-intensive organi-
sations, build knowledge and transfer learning and insights to
applications across sectors. Their employees have a high degree of
knowledge and competence which is perhaps the main assets of
such companies and makes a vital contribution at distinguishing
them as potential innovation management drivers.
The role of management and business consultancies within a
knowledge-driven economy was highlighted in the 2004 study
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commissioned by Dg Enterprise and published by the European
Union which found that consultancies are able to combine acute
commercial awareness with strong technical depth generate, store
and transfer their knowledge through a range of tools and techniques
and might be seen as developers of new innovation management
methodologies techniques.
Knowledge and insight within is central to the work of manage-
ment consultancies. Knowledge and awareness about management
consultancies for those within, about to join, as well as those who use
such services, is equally important. We believe that in a knowledge-
driven economy, publications such as The Defnitive Guide to UK
Consulting Firms will make a useful contribution to all stakeholders of
management consultancies.
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EU (2004) Innovation Management and the Knowledge-Driven Economy.
European Commission: Directorate-general for Enterprise.
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Chapter 1
an inTroDucTion To
The consulTinG inDusTry
Chris Sale, Prism Executive Recruitment
Management Consultancy is an astonishingly diverse industry, little
understood by those who dont work in it (and by many who do!),
occasionally maligned but extremely successful, boasting an impres-
sive record of growth and expansion in recent years.
Europe is the second largest market after the US: the UK is the
largest market in Europe and commonly agreed to be the most
dynamic and to offer the greatest opportunity to those seeking to
build a career in consulting.
So what is a consultant? A consultant is someone who borrows
your watch to tell you the time is probably the oldest one in the
book, with the line and then keeps your watch added by the even
less charitable!
The Management Consultancies Association defnes consul-
tancy as the supply of independent advice and assistance to cli-
ents about management issues typically includes identifying
and investigating problems and/or opportunities, making recom-
mendations for appropriate action and helping implement those
recommendations.
While these days everyone from personal trainers to recruiters call
themselves consultants, and there is a very large independent con-
sulting sector, this article focuses on the employed management
consultancy sector.
Private and Public Sector organisations use management consult-
ants for many reasons, but the most common are: to provide exper-
tise not available in-house (too specialist, too many people required,
too new/leading edge, too expensive to hire as permanent employ-
ees); to bring fresh, innovative and objective thinking; to carry out
unpopular policies; to help management make decisions.
While consultancy frms are often in the spotlight, particularly as
they are often at the leading edge of Public Sector reform, they
always prefer to operate behind the scenes.
Although the numbers employed in the profession has grown ten-

fold in the last 20 years, the sector has a long history with Arthur D
Little founded in 1886 and McKinsey in 1928. Since then many
frms have come and gone but a dominant theme of recent years
has been both the consolidation of the market into major global
business able to meet the needs of their global clients but also frag-
mentation as ambitious, entrepreneurial consultants exploit oppor-
tunities and market niches.
It is diffcult to provide a succinct overview of the industry. How-
ever, two broad categories are the strategic frms (which typically
provide Board-level advice and analysis relating to the overall direc-
tion of a company and what markets it should be in) and operational
consulting frms. Although strategy frms enjoy a very high profle,
the overwhelming majority of management consultants work for
operational consulting frms.
The latter may operate at all levels within an organisation and typ-
ically take the strategy and change the organisation to actually make
it happen, or to put it right. This can involve all parts of an organisa-
tion and in many cases have at heart major IT change. There is, of
course, overlap between the two but despite the consolidation trend
referred to earlier, the strategy frms, both large and small, remain a
pretty distinct bunch, typically able to operate at signifcantly higher
fee rates and levels of average revenue per consultant. In the opera-
tional camp are the well known and large generalists, including the
so-called Big 4 which cover multiple service lines and sectors as
well as a multiplicity of smaller specialists which typically focus on a
specifc sector (i.e. Retail) or service line (i.e. Supply Chain, Technol-
ogy) or both.
Projects undertaken by these frms (i.e. the work undertaken by
their employees for which the client engaging them might be pay-
ing 7505,000 plus per day) are infnite in variety. They can range
from two- to four-week diagnostic projects (i.e. what is the prob-
lem and what might the solution look like) involving a handful of
people to multisite, global, multimillion projects mobilising hun-
dreds of consultants, often working for different frms.
Many consultants work in IT services, outsourcing or offshoring
frms including the high growth Indian players. While these frms
often bid for and manage substantial IT programmes, the roles for
consultants can range from the highly strategic, operating at board
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level, through business case development, then looking at busi-
ness architectures and business processes, to defning the technical
architecture and designing highly complex technology solutions.
To implement these might require senior business leaders able to
embrace understand and manage complex programmes at a scale
of hundreds of millions of pounds incorporating people, process
and technology components.
So much for the industry as a whole. What about careers in con-
sulting? Why do people join? Why do they leave? What does the
industry look for?
Typically, people are attracted to the industry because it is still
well paid, offering a wide variety of work, often infuencing with and
working at CEO level with high calibre peers and colleagues. In the
large consulting frms, there is the specifc CV advantage of a brand
name, a well-defned career path, the opportunity to work on the
largest business transformation projects with the largest clients and
to work near the leading edge of technology or business thinking.
Many smaller frms also work with seriously blue chip clients and,
compared with a larger consultancy, can offer consultants greater
visibility both within a frm and with clients and more scope to have
responsibility and infuence.
Assignments might be more varied and therefore more interest-
ing while sometimes there is more fexibility in terms of hierarchy,
role and worklife balance and faster career progression.
Consultancy doesnt suit everyone and individuals priorities
change through their lives. A primary reason for leaving the indus-
try is worklife balance: while you wont always be required to work
away from home four nights a week (or worse), it is highly likely you
will have to at some point. Also forget the Working Time Directive:
whilst a small percentage work forty-hour weeks, some work double
that or more. Another reason for leaving is that acting as an advisor,
or even implementing a solution, for many lacks the feeling of own-
ership and responsibility that can be found in roles client side.
Finally, many originally move into consulting because they want
to work with clients on projects but fnd that career progression in
consultancy involves moving into roles which often involve a sig-
nifcant element of selling and management, which isnt everyones
strength, or interest.
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Chapter 2
The DisTinGuishinG feaTures of
a consulTinG firm
Michael Allen, The Mars Partnership
The nature of work is changing and UK business needs to
come out of the dark ages and realise that it cannot continue
to use working practices that originate from the 19th century.
It needs to modernise, change its approach, retrain its manage-
ment and understand the benefts of new and smarter working
practices.
This recent quote by Sir Digby Jones appears to encapsulate the
challenges facing organisations in the years ahead. Companies of
all sizes and across all sectors face a demographic landscape that
is going to be greatly different from those experienced in the past.
The retirement of baby boomers in the developed world comes at
the same time as a reduction in the number of young people enter-
ing the workforce and a particular fall off in those studying science
and engineering. A number of recent studies have confrmed that
fnding talented people and the intensifying competition to hire and
retain them (across what is increasingly seen as a global market-
place) is likely to be one of the most signifcant issues impacting on
companies over the coming years and consultancies are likely to be
at the forefront of this.
Added complexities in the way individuals regard their careers has
also moved the game on. Jobs are no longer viewed as static; tech-
nological innovation requires continuous training and development;
individuals want greater fexibility from their career paths and com-
panies need more fexibility from their employees. Increasingly we
also see challenges arising from demographic variations. Individuals
in generation Y (born after 1980) appear less interested in the size
of their compensation packages and retirement benefts (not seen
as relevant at this stage) but more in fexibility over where, how, for
whom and when they work; careers are seen as a series of projects
with low resistance to switching if expectations arent met. How
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then are consultancies with their oft-quoted challenges to worklife
balance to recruit and retain their talent, not just in terms of reduc-
ing staff loss to other consultancies but also from those leaving the
industry completely?
Perhaps in the frst instance the question should be: Who do we
wish to retain? Within most consultancies there will be a group
who fall under the banner of critical talent those individuals who
contribute a disproportionate amount to company performance
and generate greater than average value for the organisation and
therefore need to be retained above all else. These people may differ
completely based on the size of the consultancy and are unlikely to
be only senior consultants. Often it is the individuals who know how
things work best and most effciently in a company enabling them
to get things done faster. They are the ones most likely to impact on
perceptions about the company and in many instances will be the
best ambassadors for the brand both in attracting new talent but
also in helping retain existing colleagues. Pippa Cooper, HR Director
at OC&C Strategy Consultants, ascribes their success in minimis-
ing consulting churn as a belief that the key to high retention at
OC&C remains the intellectual stimulation and shared cultural val-
ues enjoyed by our consulting staff along with the quality of projects
in which they engage.
How then are these people identifed and subsequently retained
and what factors infuence their thoughts when deciding to stay or
go? For the consultancy, identifying the skills that will drive future
growth and the talent required to fulfl that potential is key. Where
does our expertise sit and how do we envisage that market devel-
oping in the years ahead? Matching the business plan to talent
acquisition and retention strategies is vital at this point. Most consul-
tancies will monitor their level of staff churn and no doubt many will
proudly trumpet the fact that theirs is below industry average. How
many, however, could accurately identify whether their leavers were
part of that critical group? It is perhaps more important to under-
stand who is leaving and why (and keep in mind exit interviews are
a notoriously inaccurate way of establishing this information). The
numbers in isolation may hide the fact that it is the critical talent cru-
cial to the companys success that is leaving. Having identifed who
needs to be kept on board, the consultancy can then target spe-
cifc groups of individuals accordingly, understanding the duration
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those individuals will be required for and developing action plans to
suit. In some instances, for example, a consultancy might recognise
the limited tenure of a particular role and their ability to progress a
career, almost building in obsolescence. With this in mind the role
can be structured to meet the needs of both the organisation and
the individual and leave both parties satisfed; it is far better to end
up with people who, when asked, will act as an advocate for your
company than the alternative. Remember the golden rule that an
unhappy individual will tell 810 others of that experience and in
a well networked environment such as consulting with strong peer
groups, this is not a scenario a business can afford to repeat too
often.
There are two sides to the retention story: the extent to which
competitors will seek to recruit the staff of a business and the extent
to which employees will accept or reject those offers. Clearly there
is a limit to how the frst aspect of this can be managed. However,
consultancies have far greater control over the second aspect. The
high cost of acquiring talent in the frst instance (fgures suggest
the average US company will spend 50 times more on acquiring a
senior individual than it will invest in ongoing training) and subse-
quently losing people (where the cost is estimated at up to 150%
of annual compensation) suggest prioritising talent management
programmes make both economic and business sense. So how do
consultancies differentiate and what do individuals seek when con-
sidering alternatives?
Strength of brand is always a factor at the outset McKinsey,
Accenture, etc; these brands need little introduction. The danger,
however, is they also bring strong perceptions and opinions (not
always correct) which may infuence the thought process. It is always
worth getting a number of opinions before accepting/rejecting a
consultancy on reputation alone. Conversely, less well known con-
sultancies will often sell themselves on the strength of the individu-
als behind the brand. Establishing the extent of personal chemistry
and buy-in to objectives at this point can be a key determinant to
decision making on both sides. In both instances the greatest chal-
lenge post joining is to ensure that perception matches reality; will
all those initial promises be met?
Key factors as to why people join or choose to stay at an organisa-
tion include:
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Career development plans that are realistic and adhered to
Exciting, challenging work that makes a difference
great co-workers and being part of a dynamic, intellectually
rewarding team
Promotion on merit rather than time
Mentoring and coaching opportunities; learn from more experi-
enced peers
Involving, inspiring and open senior management
Having ones contribution recognised vital to an individuals
sense of well-being
A degree of autonomy with fexibility around work hours and
company policies.
And fnally:
A compensation package that is fair and competitive.
The need for recognition in forms other than money is oft-cited
although the importance of a fair compensation package should not
be underestimated: it remains a critical hygiene factor but rightly
causes wariness if cited as the principal reason for a move. Coun-
tering an alternate job offer with a raise rarely works for more than
12 months if at all as it fails to make the individual feel valued; far
better to reinforce that value throughout their tenure and reward
both through appropriate fnancial compensation and also public
and private recognition.
A number of other factors may also come into play based in some
instances on the size of the organisation. In smaller consultancies
these may include greater involvement in business development and
faster exposure to the front end of the business. According to Bob
House, SVP at CSMg global, it is the intellectual challenge and abil-
ity to build an industry reputation in our chosen area of expertise
that are key motivators. Commenting further: as a smaller consul-
tancy we are constantly building our sector expertise to retain and
attract talent just as much as win client work. Equity participation is
also an oft-cited beneft of being part of a smaller concern although
on occasion this can be offset by the glass ceiling that can exist in a
smaller business. This is often down to an individual deciding if they
are the big fsh/small pond person or vice-versa.
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With traditional organisational hierarchies fattening, consultants
need career mobility to come from new directions; this might be
geographic fexibility or opportunities in other consulting business
areas. However, the benefts to the organisation who can engender
these moves are great; an engaged and enthusiastic workforce and a
company with high talent mobility allows immense fexibility to the
demands of a rapidly changing environment.
Employees within a consultancy have always been the key to com-
petitive advantage. With demographic, economic and technological
changes likely to impact on all organisations, the need to inspire
and retain those individuals critical to the companys welfare has
never been greater and it is likely that those organisations not pri-
oritising talent management will fail. Tailoring programmes to meet
the needs of the consultancy and the individual is likely to be the
key to a successful retention policy and a key differentiator amongst
consultancies. Andrew Brierley, VP in IBMs global Technology serv-
ices division, stated: There are marked differences in levels of pas-
sion, energy and ambition between the consulting frms. Working
with high energy and equally passionate colleagues can provide an
environment where the levels of effort, commitment and results are
matched only by the emotional and ultimately commercial rewards.
Ultimately, in an environment populated with intelligent, aware
individuals, job satisfaction will determine an individuals interest or
otherwise in moving; an energetic, empowered environment linked
to recognition and personal achievement will ensure people under-
stand their value and the contribution it brings.
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Chapter 3
size: Does iT really maTTer?
Martin Hancock, Penna
a diversifying landscape
One of the most notable features of the UK Consulting sector over
the last 10 years has been the proliferation of smaller consulting
frms.
To a certain extent, this phenomenon has been a straightforward
result of the natural evolution and increasing sophistication of the
sector, as new frms spring up to exploit niches in the marketplace.
In other cases, new consulting businesses are born during times of
adversity, when large frms reduce headcount and experienced con-
sulting staff choose to go it alone. Regardless of their origins, there is
now an impressive array of smaller, often specialist, consulting frms
in the UK.
These smaller (SME) consultancies tend to start off being fairly
top heavy, being established by small groups of senior, experi-
enced consultants, all of whom are able to bring sales and project
design/delivery expertise.
However, assuming these start-up teams are successful, there is
soon a need to turn to the wider market for new staff as the variety
of projects I have undertaken for SME consultancies in recent years,
and the ever-present range of advertisements on Top-Consultant.com
and the like, would testify.
As a result, whereas 1015 years ago the market was dominated by
the Big 6/8 and the strategy consulting frms and hence options
open to consultants seeking a move were somewhat limited there
is now a wide and varied choice, particularly for those considering a
move from large to small frm.
motivations for moving
While moving from a large frm to a small frm tends to be more
common, big consultancies also seem to be increasingly recognising
the value of experience gained in an SME consultancy.
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While not the only scenarios, my experience is that there are sev-
eral more common situations which can provide the impetus for a
move in either direction:
1. Junior Consultant with several years big frm experience decides to
move to a smaller frm to accelerate his/her career progression.
2. Big frm Director/Associate Partner moves to smaller frm. In
some cases this is to take up a leadership position that would
not necessarily be open to him/her were they to stay at a larger
frm or at least not as quickly. In other cases it is because they
conclude that they dont want a leadership position in the big
frm, because of politics, lifestyle, administration or the existing
leadership; i.e. they make a positive decision to leave, rather than
because of a lack of opportunity.
3. A senior individual at a smaller frm moves to a larger frm because
they have progressed as far as they can and/or may not have
equity in the business.
4. A junior Consultant concerned about the lack of brand on their
CV moves to a larger frm to enhance his/her profle.
large vs. small
So what are the pros & cons of making such a move in either direc-
tion for the individual?
Perhaps the most obvious feature of moving to a smaller frm is
the chance to be a bigger fsh in a smaller pond. In practice this
means several things; for example, greater exposure with clients,
which then leads to more rapid personal development. As Simon
giffn, ex-IBM and Celerant, who joined Evolve Partners as employee
no. 8 and is now Client Partner, observes:
My main motivation for joining a new, virtually start-up company
(as Evolve was at that time) was the chance to be part of grow-
ing a new business that had a great idea of what implementation
consulting should be and in turn to speed up my own personal
growth & development. I was certainly put in stretching client-
facing roles very quickly and yes, it was uncomfortable at times,
but you learn the most when you are at (or beyond) full stretch.
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Andrea gawn, formerly of Deloitte and now Head of HR at
Moorhouse Consulting, comments:
All our staff have joined us from large, tier 1 consulting frms. We
give all staff the client exposure they are looking for [typically
greater exposure than they would have experienced previously],
working on some of the UKs most complex programmes.
Peter Maloney, who worked for M&S, Ernst & Young and dunn-
humby before setting up his own business, Clearcell, adds:
Much of the large frm infrastructure includes a certain manage-
ment overhead, which in smaller frms is missing. This means you
are more likely to be responsible, and in the clients eyes seen to
be responsible, for work and decisions. This appeals to people who
want to make an impact themselves, rather than rely on a large
team. Accountability is higher in smaller frms.
With that, the on-the-job learning opportunities are also larger,
so you can progress faster. Within our business we put a big
emphasis on professional development and growth, recognising
that the opportunity for doing more with our clients is extremely
fulflling. Most of our guys work with the CXOs of big businesses
and the CXO starts to look to them for advice. They quickly move
into the trusted advisor status, which is what most consultants
aspire to.
Rachel Clark, formerly of Ernst & Young, joined i2a Consulting
several years ago soon after its inception. Her contribution to the
growth of the business has been recognised by promotion to Partner
and she has found that:
Throughout my time at i2a I have had a real say in all aspects
of our business the clients we target, the type of work we do,
the people we recruit. I wouldnt have had the same level of input
within a large consulting frm, regardless of my seniority!
This greater exposure and pressure works for some, but not
others in addition, a smaller consulting frm would almost certainly
demand that one takes responsibility at an earlier stage for carrying
a sales target so for those whose aptitude lies elsewhere, a larger
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frm would offer more chance to progress without there being sig-
nifcant sales expectations.
The situation at i2a, typical of many smaller frms, exemplifes the
mix of challenge and reward available, as Rachel Clark explains:
Everyone in a small consulting frm has to take responsibility for
sales and business development activity in addition to delivery. As
a result, more junior consultants have the opportunity to develop
a broader skill set far more quickly than would be the case in a
larger frm.
Ultimately, though, a lack of business development skills would
still be a barrier to reaching the very uppermost echelons, whether
in a large or small consulting frm.
Moving to a smaller frm should also provide the opportunity to
have a greater infuence on the direction and development of the
business.
Andrea gawn comments:
Feedback from our new joiners at Moorhouse Consulting helps
us shape our working practices so we can offer all the advantages
of working in a small frm, without losing those things that people
value from their big frm experiences.
Importantly, in addition to seeking and acting upon this input, we
also ask them to engage fully in the business of running a con-
sultancy practice for example, all staff contribute to decisions
on company direction and help to grow and shape the business.
In this way they make an emotional investment and feel genuine
ownership. So far, four years in, no one has left the frm!
Andy Easom, Head of HR and Recruitment at Commercial
Advantage, supports this view:
Independent internal surveys of our staff send a clear message
that they feel empowered to help out on anything to do with
building the company from within and that great value is placed
on them being part of shaping what the company becomes.
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As does Rachel Clark:
At i2a its easier to see the direct correlation between effort
expended, the recognition and reward received, and the success
of the frm. Its a much more transparent, exciting and satisfying
way to work.
From a personal involvement and engagement perspective then, it
would seem that small frms hold the advantage.
By contrast, where large frms almost always score more highly is
in having well-established internal resources and a comprehensive
support infrastructure, and at a smaller frm it is necessary to be
rather more self-reliant (as observed by Peter Maloney):
[at a smaller frm] you need to be more self-reliant in terms of
getting going and relying on your own wit and skill to solve client
challenges. You have to be [prepared to] fx your own PC, manage
your own diary, and get your own tea. If you want the trimmings
of prestige, then it is not the place for you.
However, there can be a downside to the substantial large frm infra-
structure and support, in that it can be accompanied by increased
levels of bureaucracy.
In Rachel Clarks view:
In a company the size of i2a, it makes no sense to develop com-
plicated bureaucratic processes quite rightly its not our primary
focus and it makes a refreshing change. Im able to concentrate
on ensuring excellent results for my clients rather than flling in
forms!
It is also hard to contest the view that large frms offer a more
structured, resource-heavy approach to training, and working at a
large frm, especially earlier in your career, will generally reassure
potential future employers that you carry a kitemark of quality with
regard to foundation consulting skills.
Peter Maloney supports this widely held view and takes advan-
tage of it for Clearcell:
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The training programmes [at large frms] for early joiners are
always of a good standard, so they provide a good recruiting
ground for us.
But Andy Tomkins of i2a offers a contrasting view:
The quality premium from having a big name on your CV is not
always what one might expect. There are many occasions where
the big name frm is, in some peoples eyes, not associated with
delivery quality.
And Simon giffn spells out the benefts a smaller frm approach can
offer:
The training is less structured for sure, but for me that is a minor
issue as I am a frm believer that the best way of learning is learn-
ing by doing. Looking back, I feel I have learned much more about
how to grow and lead a consulting business than I would have
done if I had stayed where I was.
So long as the quality of clients and project work is suffcient, small
frm experience is still defnitely valued by the larger frms, who also
generally recognise the greater breadth of experience one would
bring.
As well as looking good on the CV, the larger frms brand strength
can help a lot when selling to clients.
Peter Maloney again:
Large frms undoubtedly work on larger engagements with bigger
price tags. That appeals to certain people, and indeed to certain
clients, who feel comfortable and reassured by this.
Calling a new client from a Big 4 frm or Accenture et al. will often
get you airtime because of the name alone, whereas calling from
Bloggs & Co. is much less likely to. In the latter case the strength of
your content and proposition becomes far more important, but get
this right and, as Simon giffn confrms, inroads can still be made:
I have not found brand recognition or fee rates an issue when in
a business development role if the product is strong enough,
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then you can still win business at rates that are comparable to the
Big 4 and, as Evolve has found, you will win work with blue-chip
FTSE100 companies on a regular basis.
Peter Maloneys experience has also shown how innovation and
nimbleness can also lead to competitive advantage:
I believed there was a gap in the market for helping clients trans-
form their business based around Customer Insight and I also
believed that the larger frms hadnt spotted it, or werent capable
of delivering on it. Therefore, there was only the choice of starting
out and backing yourself, so growing from very small for the two
founders was the only option.
Now as Clearcells head count approaches 30, we have clients
across the globe and they tell us our thought leadership is the best
they have seen. I doubt that if I was in a large frm we would have
been able to grow like that. We would have been hit with all man-
ner of targets and spent most of the time managing the internals
of the frm, rather than being out there with clients.
While i2as Rachel Clark describes the edge that competitive pric-
ing gives them over the larger frms:
I had some concerns as to how hard it would be to convince
major multinationals to buy from a company the size of i2a but
gone are the days when these frms only consider using big names.
There is pressure within all organisations to achieve greater value
for money and thats exactly what theyve found we are able to
offer.
Her colleague Andy Tomkins adds:
When I joined i2a, I was initially worried that blue chip clients
would be reluctant to work with small consulting frms. However,
what I have found is that larger client organisations really value
the commitment and personal relationships that i2a brings in their
projects. No one has ever said that I cant work with you because
you are too small, and in fact i2a has more framework agree-
ments in place than my last employer (a practice within a large
consulting frm).
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Another major difference frequently cited between large and
small consulting frms is that often slightly nebulous area of cul-
ture. What does seem clear is that those in a smaller frm generally
feel a greater sense of common purpose and identity. Whether this
automatically results in higher levels of engagement and therefore
performance is less certain, but typically a smaller consulting frm
will devote more time to establishing a good cultural and values ft
with an individual before hiring them.
Andy Easoms colleagues variously comment that Commercial
Advantage: Doesnt really have the stresses that other frms have,
that were all friends, and we care about each other and our clients,
and that working there offers a hands-on culture and a nonhierar-
chical environment, where things are extremely merit-based.
This can also extend to a more attractive worklife balance;
Easoms colleagues clearly also feel largely in control of their own
worklife balance. One is expected to operate with greater levels of
autonomy when with clients, but one is also trusted to take greater
responsibility for managing ones own time.
Andy Tomkins comments:
I thought that moving to a small frm would mean it would be less
sociable. In fact the reverse is true. The i2a offce is a fun place to
be, even if there arent many people in it, and we frequently enjoy
each others company outside of work. Its the culture and values
that make the company work.
At a larger consulting frm, the culture of the practice or the style
set by the Partner or Director of ones immediate team is a far more
pertinent consideration than any concept of corporate culture,
which as a rule is very hard to make real for the individual.
Remuneration is the fnal area for consideration. As a general rule,
at a smaller frm, ones salary and bonus tend to be more closely
linked to the frms performance. Base salaries are rarely higher than
those offered by the larger frms, but in recognition of the differ-
ent risk/reward equation, bonuses should be higher and should
make ones overall compensation at least on a par, or better, than
for a comparable role in the large consultancy. At more senior levels,
equity may be a realistic expectation after an appropriate proba-
tion period, and in line with one making a signifcant contribution
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tory benefts and often more fexible overall packages, and as a rule
tend to give people the feeling of greater security and predictability
of income.
As Simon giffn comments:
In terms of rewards, I have not felt under-rewarded compared to
the majority of the bigger players, but would have to concede the
peaks and troughs of performance (and therefore bonus) are more
exaggerated than in a larger frm ... and therefore there is probably
greater risk associated with the smaller frm.
Andy Tomkins experience also refects this:
Initially my base salary seemed lower than I had hoped, but I
get commission on every day I work on a billable project and for
my contribution to the sales process this is the same at all levels
in i2a Consulting. This means when I, and the frm, are busy, my
earnings are very good; when things are quiet, I do less well. How-
ever, the system is transparent and fair. I like that.
summary
When considering the best candidates Ive met over the years, I
wouldnt say that all of them had spent time at both large and small
frms during their career, but certainly many of them had. What is
true, however, is that the most interesting ones, with the richest
expertise and experience, defnitely had.
While there are undoubtedly exceptions to the generalisations
made above, the broad differences between large and small frms
remain pronounced. Whichever direction it is in, whether its right
for you is, as with any move, partly to do with timing and stage of
career, partly due to personal aspiration and partly due to the spe-
cifc proposition the frm and role have to offer.
One route is not better than the other is; just different. Work-
ing at a poor small consulting frm will be just as dispiriting and
damaging to the CV as working at a lousy larger one, so whichever
direction one is heading in, the decision should be made with care.
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n Penna
Penna is one of the UKs leading Human Capital businesses and is unique
in offering specialist expertise across all aspects of the HR and Recruitment
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Penna is ranked 29th in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For.
More information can be found at www.penna.com.
n martin hancock
Martin has worked as recruitment consultant specialising in the Management
Consulting sector since 1996.
After 18 months with one of the leading global recruitment frms, Martin
joined a boutique search and selection frm shortly after its inception. As a
shareholder and member of the management team, he played a key role in
growing the business to its peak of c40 staff and in the frm being voted the
UKs No.1 Management Consultancy sector recruitment frm in 2005/6.
Martin has extensive experience in winning and managing senior Execu-
tive Search projects, single and multi-head advertised selection campaigns,
and larger rolling recruitment programmes comprising a full range of recruit-
ment activity. He leads Pennas presence in the Management Consulting
sector.
Prior to entering recruitment, Martin spent 5 years as a commissioned
offcer in the Army, leaving with the rank of Captain. He has a BSc (Hons) 2i
in Biochemistry from Bristol University.
martin.hancock@penna.com
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The main consulTinG service lines
anD inDusTries serveD
The consulting industry derives its revenues from clients in all areas
of both the public and private sectors. The fortunes of different prac-
tice areas will ebb and fow with the challenges and needs of the
sectors they serve. But for the consulting industry as a whole, there
are two categories of UK client that really make or break the fortunes
of the industry.
The pivotal clients are those in the Public Sector and the Financial
Services sector and the two are important to our industry in their
own ways.
Reform of the public sector has been a major thrust of the Labour
government and this reform has more often than not been spear-
headed by vast teams of consultants. The challenges of turning
around the myriad public sector bodies and services each require
many years of engagement and so provide consulting frms with
a backbone of consulting work to underpin their businesses over a
period spanning many years. This spend on consulting projects is
largely unaffected by the economic climate too and the acceler-
ated spend during the last consulting downturn was a key factor in
ensuring the consulting recession was less painful than the private
sector business climate might otherwise have warranted.
A change in government might usher in a longer-term scaling
back of consulting spend. This is by no means certain though as the
desire to change an organisation often breeds the need for consult-
ants and any new government would certainly want to change the
public sector in ways that would require private sector expertise. But
in any case, the likely date of any election is such that the prospects
for UK public sector consulting spend are unlikely to be impacted in
the 2008 and 2009 period that this guide seeks to cover.
Of similar magnitude in terms of total spend, the Financial Services
sector is the engine of growth within the industry. In a booming
economy, any acceleration in mergers and acquisitions and in private
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spend. Its one way in which the fortunes of the City come to directly
affect the fortunes of the consulting sector. Industry commentators
believe accelerating Financial Services spend was the biggest factor
in the double-digit growth that the consulting sector enjoyed from
late 2004 onwards.
Conversely, though, the sector can be one of the frst to put a
brake on consulting growth when market conditions take a turn
for the worse. Anecdotal evidence certainly suggests that slowing
Financial Services demand is now feeding through to the consulting
sector and is one of the main reasons consulting leaders expect
industry growth of just 6% in 2008 compared with the 13% aver-
age seen over the course of the previous three years. As a bellwether
of the consulting industrys future, the performance of the stock
exchange is certainly one to watch.
By and large, total spend on consultants and therefore the
importance of a sector to the consulting industry tends to mirror
the relative size of that sector in the broader economy. Hence its
no surprise to see that our choice of top fve most important indus-
tries served would comprise the Public Sector, Financial Services,
Telecoms, Media & Entertainment, Retail & FMCg and the Energy &
Utilities practice areas. Other important markets would include sec-
tors like Transportation & Logistics, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals,
Aerospace & Defence and Oil & gas.
The revenue contributions of these sectors to the overall consult-
ing industry take tends to evolve quite slowly over time though
their contributions to the growth of the industry year-on-year can
oscillate quite dramatically as we have seen in the case of Finan-
cial Services consulting. For most candidates, the choice of which
industry area to serve is not a decision they ever have to take. Those
joining a consulting frm as an experienced hire (from industry or
another consulting frm) will already have a degree of sector exper-
tise and this will largely dictate the practice areas in which they can
aspire to be employed. Youre very much trying to swim against
the current if youre looking to join a frm in a practice area which
doesnt serve the sector where the majority of your experience has
been gained.
For those joining at the graduate entry levels, you will usually start
out as generalists, working on a variety of assignments in various
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different practice areas during the frst years on the job. As sector
expertise is built up, such generalists will tend to fnd they are
sought more and more often to work on assignments in related
areas and so for most generalists it is usually only a matter of
time before they become sector specialists of some description. For
those keen to work longer term in a particular industry, doing all
you can to steer the assignments you work on in the early years of
your career can be a worthwhile initiative. Though you should be
cautioned that this is often easier said than done and the feasibility
of doing this is something you are only likely to uncover once youve
actually started work for a consulting employer.
consulting service lines
Several chapters could be written about the different service lines
provided by consulting frms, the relative appeal of each and the
types of assignments a consultant could expect to work on when
assigned to work on these different service lines. As this guide is pri-
marily aimed at the experienced hires market, this is not the place
for a detailed review of the various consulting service lines. gradu-
ate careers services, graduate websites and careers fairs can provide
the insights for those entering the industry for the frst time via the
milkround recruiting process.
However, some prioritisation of the services lines would seem to
be in order and our top fve would be made up of IT Consult-
ing, Business Transformation/Change Management work, Strategy
assignments, Business Process Improvement projects and Project/
Programme Management work. There are many other niche service
lines such as outsourcing advice or HR consulting, but the above
fve would constitute the vast majority of the consulting industrys
revenues.
Of the above, IT consulting is expected to be the service line expe-
riencing the strongest revenue growth over the coming two years
with hiring diffculties already more acute than in any of the other
areas. Business Transformation/Change Management work has also
been growing strongly and should continue to do so in spite of the
changing economic climate. By contrast, strategy consulting tends
to be the most prominent casualty during an economic slowdown,
so frms engaged heavily in this are expected to fare the least well
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during the next two years though many are offsetting weakness
in the UK by jetting teams off to serve booming markets like the
United Arab Emirates and Eastern Europe. Its notable that at the
time of writing, many of the top strategy frms have essentially ful-
flled their UK hiring goals for the remainder of 2008 even though
we are barely half way into the year.
On a positive note, strategy frms have been keen to learn from
the hiring excesses of the dot-com era. The majority have been far
more cautious in the hiring programmes theyve undertaken during
the recent boom years and so are much more likely to be able to
weather the market slowdown without the need for any signifcant
culling of staff. So if youre already employed by one of these frms,
its perhaps time to sit tight. If youre looking to move into strategy
consulting, now might be the time to do something else to bol-
ster your CV with a view to making the strategy consulting move a
couple of years hence when conditions have lifted once again.
n Tony Restell is a former strategy consultant and one of the Founding
Directors of Top-Consultant.com. He has an extensive network of recruit-
ment contacts within the UK consulting sector and is a regular speaker and
commentator on the state of the UK consulting industry.
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Chapter 5
The consulTanTs career paTh
Peter Nicholls, Michael Warwick Nicholls
What exactly are the responsibilities of a Management
Consultant and how do these change as I progress my career
through various levels within the industry? What can I expect
to earn and what promotion opportunities can I expect to see
within this arena?
These are some of the most frequently asked questions that I encoun-
ter when discussing Management Consultancy opportunities with
prospective individuals looking to enter the industry.
To begin to answer these questions its probably best to under-
stand the broad levels that generally exist within the larger global
Consulting/Big 4 Advisory frms. There are three broad levels that
can be described as technical, managerial and strategic. Terminology
aside, Consultants and Senior Consultants ply their trade at a techni-
cal level. Managers and Senior Managers operate at a managerial
level, whilst Directors and Partners work within the strategic space.
levels
Technical
New entrants into consultancy coming from a Commerce or Indus-
try background will generally begin their consultancy career at some
point within this level. Whether an individual joins as a Consultant
or Senior Consultant will largely depend upon the experience that
they have already acquired to date. For example, a newly qualifed
accountant with 23 years experience who is joining a fnance and
performance management service line would enter as a consult-
ant. A similar individual with perhaps 23 years more experience
in a project/value added/performance improvement-orientated role
would more likely join as a Senior Consultant.
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Consultants and Senior Consultants are largely responsible for the
delivery of consultancy assignments. They tend to be engaged in
teams of varying sizes depending on the nature of the work and
will assume responsibility for certain aspects/deliverables within
the overall framework of the project. They will have been recruited
based on the quality of their experience combined with the appro-
priate softer skills to succeed within consultancy. At this Consultant/
Senior Consultant level they will be utilising and building upon
their existing skill base whilst engaged on a variety of projects often
across a range of industries and, more likely than not, within a blue
chip environment. In addition to building the knowledge base,
Consultants and Senior Consultants will be developing and honing
their softer interpersonal skills that are so important for continued
advancement.
Consultants and Senior Consultants should expect regular review
of their performance and have a clear understanding of future
expectation in order for them to achieve further promotion and
advancement.
Consultants could expect promotion as early as 18 months to
2 years and a further 2 years at Senior Consultant level should see
individuals moving towards a promotion to Manager level.
Salaries from Consultant to Senior Consultant level will range from
35,00060,000 plus benefts and bonus where applicable.
Managerial
Managers and Senior Managers will tend to be developed within
the organisations themselves or join from a competitor. Firms like
to see a number of boxes ticked as far as consultancy experience is
concerned before they promote to Manager or more latterly Senior
Manager levels. Having said that, some individuals will commence
a career within consulting at a managerial level provided they have
the pre-requisite skills and experience. For example, somebody may
have led/operated in a number of large internal transformation
projects and as a consequence would have the capability to enter
at this level.
Managers and Senior Managers will have strong delivery experi-
ence. They will have assumed client relationship responsibility and
in addition will have certain business development/sales targets.
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They may have a certain capability or industry specialism. The com-
bination of work responsibilities, i.e. delivery, team management,
client management and business development will differ from frm
to frm to some extent. However, its safe to say that the more senior
an individual becomes at this Manager/Senior Manager level, there
is an ever growing expectation upon the individual with respect to
sales and business development.
Within some frms there will be several layers at Manager level
and promotion/advancement can be achieved at regular intervals.
Within 68 years, sometimes sooner, high performers should have
all the necessary knowledge and experience required to allow them
to seek Director opportunities.
Salaries at Manager/Senior Manager level will vary from 65,000
120,000 + benefts + bonus.
Strategic
Directors and, ultimately, Partners are operating at this level. They
will have all of the necessary skills and experience that would be
expected of individuals driving and defning an organisations future.
They will have excellent leadership skills and an ability to inspire.
At this strategic level, individuals are expected to develop innova-
tive, practical and achievable solutions to clients business issues.
They will lead large consulting engagements, motivating teams to
achieve success. Consistently successful in winning business, they
have the ability to interpret clients strategic operational and exter-
nal drivers for change.
Directors and Partners demonstrate strong management skills and
assume responsibility for people development. They are charged
with the task of directing the achievement of longer-term business
objectives at both market unit and client account level. They dem-
onstrate exceptional communication skills and operate comfortably
at board level.
Individuals would be expected to operate for a certain period at
director level in order to demonstrate their expertise/abilities before
being made Partner.
Director/Partner salaries vary enormously ranging from around
120,000 at the most Junior Director levels, to higher six-fgure
salaries for Managing Partners and their counterparts in the
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major professional service organisations and global consultancies
respectively.
In conclusion, the Consultants career path offers an exceptional
opportunity for those with the right skills and personal attributes.
It is not without its challenges. However, for those individuals that
choose a career in consultancy, it can be immensely rewarding at all
levels.
Consultants need the right raw experience to begin the journey. If
they have, and it is matched with a level of ambition and drive that
a consultancy frm can recognise, then the opportunities to progress
are endless.
Consultancy frms give individuals every opportunity to develop
their experience. They are knowledge-based businesses and as a
consequence are amongst the best environments to expand your
learning. They offer immense support, exceptional training and
afford the opportunity to work with like-minded professionals trans-
forming some of the worlds most prestigious organisations.
At all levels, whether it be at the technical, managerial or strategic
stage of an individuals development, opportunities and challenges
are clearly identifable and the meritocratic nature of the major frms
in the consultancy arena only goes to enhance the outstanding
career prospects for Management Consultants.
n michael Warwick nicholls
If you would like more information of Management Consultancy opportuni-
ties that Michael Warwick Nicholls are currently dealing with, please visit our
website at www.mwn.co.uk
n Peter nicholls
Peter Nicholls is a Director of Michael Warwick Nicholls, specialist recruiters
in the areas of Management Consultancy and Finance & Accountancy. In
2008 readers of Top-Consultant.com voted Peter one of the top Manage-
ment Consultancy Recruiters of the Year.
Peter Nicholls
Michael Warwick Nicholls
07770 915407
pete@mwn.co.uk
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securinG a consulTinG joB parT i
Tips for writing a compelling CV
We receive over 200 CVs for every position we advertise at
Consultant level. We have systems and processes and software
to try and identify the most interesting candidates, but I still
worry about the opportunities we miss sometimes
what is a cv for?
In consultancy, a CV is a tool for getting you through to the inter-
view stage of the hiring process. It needs to be concise, easy to read,
truthful, and tick all the key boxes that consultancies are looking
for.
CVs should be easy to read
CVs should contain all the relevant information HR people need
to take your application forward
CVs should contain all the buzzwords/relevant data points that
the consultancy will be looking for
CVs should be tailored to each individual consultancy
CVs should be truthful
CVs should contain a little bit about you as a human being not
just as a commodity.
cvs should be easy to read
Try and produce a summary of your CV on a single side of A4 paper
key personal details, career summary mentioning the most impor-
tant or relevant companies youve worked for, top-line academic
record and qualifcations, personal achievements and interests. You
can add further pages detailing your career and qualifcations, but
if you have signifcant achievements to shout about, make sure you
get them onto the top page.
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Always spend time considering the layout try to keep it clear
and easy to read. A minimum font size of 10pt arial is a reason-
able guide. You can use other fonts, but it is recommended you stay
away from anything too fanciful. It may get you noticed, but it may
also put people off!
Use the width of the page and space out paragraphs/sections to
make reading easy on the eye you can always add further detail
on additional pages.
These days almost all companies specify that soft-copy documents
should be submitted in Microsoft Word submitting in any other
format is asking to be rejected out-of-hand. If you are working in
the very latest version of Word, e.g. Offce 2007, you might want to
consider saving it in an earlier version (972003).
Remember that consultancy personnel, especially in the small-
and medium-sized frms, will be under considerable time pressure
they wont always be able to read CVs as carefully as they would
like, nor in their entirety. If you can give them a reason on the frst
page to read further, they will; bore them, and they wont!
cvs should contain all the relevant information hr people
need to take your application forward
There are some fundamental pieces of information that recruiting
personnel will require to be able to take your application further.
In some cases you may be required to apply for a position via an
internet site (either the companys own or their recruitment con-
sultants), in which case these facts should be required as part of the
application. However, if you are asked to attach a soft-copy version
to an electronic application or to send a hard-copy version, this too
should carry the basic data:
Nationality, residential status and work permits where
applicable
Current salary/remuneration package
Academic qualifcations: A-levels/Senior school results; University
degree, subject and grade; any postgraduate qualifcations
Any languages spoken other than English and the level of fuency
native, fuent, conversational, beginner.
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Its also a good idea to include any other relevant qualifcations
certifed software courses, gMAT scores, language courses, and
any recognised business-course diplomas or certifcates.
cvs should contain all the buzzwords/relevant data
points that the consultancy will be looking for
Do your research look at the website, read about the consultancy
the kind of projects it works on, its client list, its industry/sector
focus and use that data to show your experience is a match with
theirs.
Make sure you mention your key achievements and what you
have delivered in each role. Try to demonstrate that you have the
key competencies that they are looking for and which will appear
in the job advertisement or on the website these may be as specifc
as installing new databases to assist customer service representa-
tives in tracking customer records or as broad as demonstrate lead-
ership, a team player, commercial awareness.
The CV is an opportunity for you to show what you have achieved
in each role and how you have progressed in your career. Dont
assume that the reader will fll in the details based on their knowl-
edge of the industry make it clear that you used each step in your
career so far to progress to the next level.
Remember that these days many companies use data-mining
software to automatically search documents for certain key words,
so to give yourself the best chance of being selected for the next
stage, whether by a person or a computer program.
cvs should be tailored to each individual consultancy
There are many different types of consultancy, serving different mar-
kets and offering different services to their clients. Finding the kind
that fts with your skills and experience can save a lot of wasted time
and effort.
Consultancies also have signifcantly different cultures. Finding
the right work environment will help you to achieve your potential.
By researching the company on the internet and through conver-
sations with experienced people, you can give yourself a far better
chance of demonstrating that you are interested in who they are
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and what they do. It will also be invaluable in tailoring your own
experience and qualifcations to best match what they are looking
for in a candidate.
cvs should be truthful
Tell the truth on your CV and try and avoid the temptation to exag-
gerate or embellish your knowledge and experience. At some point
during the interview process you will be asked to expand upon what
is written on your CV, and references and endorsements will be
checked up on. If at any stage your are found to be less than truth-
ful, the chances are that you will be rejected straight away and any
agencies involved in the recruitment process will be warned about
the incident.
cvs should contain a little bit about you as a human
being not just as a commodity
Most consultancy websites these days will include some information
on how the company view themselves, whether its an Our culture/
Our philosophy page or a Day in the life of a consultant piece writ-
ten by one of the employees. This should give you some idea of how
they view themselves as individuals as well as a company and will
indicate how much personal character information is appropriate.
Consultants tend to work in high-pressure situations, as part of
close-knit teams and come to rely on each other, not only as a work
mate but as someone they spend time with when travelling or work-
ing on-site at the client. It is often helpful for them to see you as
a real person, not just a collection of academic grades and work
experience.
In practical terms too, it is important for consultancies to know
that they are getting fully-rounded personalities, able to socialise
and interact with a wide range of backgrounds and with interests
and hobbies which show them to be more than just a number-
cruncher. A lot of consultancy work relies on good working relation-
ships between consultant and client, and that in part is a question of
personality and character. Skills, drive, ambition, sociability, intellec-
tual curiosity, are all characteristics which can be expressed through
personal interests. Hence membership of clubs and societies,
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achievements in sports both individual and team intellectual
pursuits and so forth are all useful indicators of a persons outlook
on life.
NB. It is not a question of trying to ft in with their stereotype
consultant many consultancies have embraced the benefts
of diversity in their make-up but of how to pitch your personal
characteristics in a way that they understand and in a manner that
appeals to them.
conclusion
Your job when writing your CV is to make it as easy as possible for
the company to hire you.
Show them how your knowledge and experience can be of use
to them.
Make it clear that you understand what they require in their
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Chapter 7
securinG a consulTinG joB parT ii
effectie interiewing tips
successful interviewing for management consultancies
At Mindbench one of our main roles is to prepare candidates for
interviews and also to liaise with our clients to provide constructive
feedback afterwards. This enables candidates to be as prepared as
possible and to demonstrate their potential in the interview or at
least perform better in future interviews!
The following article represents the distilled wisdom of hundreds
of consultancy interviews, looking at the key elements that con-
sultancies are looking for in a candidate, some of the key areas of
preparation you should undertake to give yourself the best possible
chance of a good performance, as well as some of the pitfalls to
avoid when being interviewed.
The ideal candidate what are consultancies looking for in
a candidate?
Mindbench regularly interviews management, HR and recruiters at
a wide range of its clients to ask, What are the key characteristics
you are looking for when you interview?. The responses given can
generally be ftted into one of three main groupings:
Strategic thinking
Analytical rigour
Mathematical ability.
In addition to these essential facets, there were a range of more
general qualities that consultancies liked to see demonstrated by
candidates:
Drive
Focus
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Ability to manage people
Willingness to adapt to consulting way of life
Depth of character.
know who you are seeing
You should be able to fnd out the name and level of people who are
to interview you, so dont forget that at different stages of the inter-
view process you will be meeting with different types of interviewer,
each looking for slightly different qualities in you.
consultants will be looking for someone they can work along-
side and spend time with, as well as someone they will be com-
peting with. They are going to want to see someone who is as
driven and committed as them.
managers are looking at someone who is going to work as
part of their team and affect their team performance, as well as
someone they may have to train with new skills or methods.
partners/Directors will be looking for someone who will rep-
resent their company, who will strengthen the team and who
will add to the companys bottom-line an asset!
When you meet the interviewers, it is a good idea to make a note of
their names, for referral later on. You are looking to these people to
give you a forward step in your career path its polite not to forget
their name!
Demonstrating motivation
There are certain favourite questions that crop up in the majority
of interviews, preparation for which will enable you to demonstrate
your motivation:
Why do you want to work in management consultancy?
Why do you want to move back into consulting?
Why do you want to work in this country?
Why do you want to work in this industry sector/consulting
specialism?
Why do you want to work for this particular consulting frm?
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These questions will appear, in one form or another, at almost
every interview. Knowing this means you can plan out in advance
what you want to say and be ready to show that you have really
thought about why this job is the next logical step in your career.
The best advice we can give is to Be prepared sound
spontaneous!
Demonstrating competencies
Similarly, the interview process should give you plenty of opportu-
nities to demonstrate the competencies which the consultancy are
looking for:
Analytical rigour lay out your reasoning and be structured in
your thinking
Strategic thinking try to be holistic in your view of a problem
understand the implications for the whole organisation/situa-
tion involved
Commercial awareness consider the issues of costs and earn-
ings in all commercial scenarios
Intellectual curiosity a thirst for knowledge, learning and devel-
opment are all highly attractive quality in consultants
Presentation consultancy favours the structured, simply laid-out
and well summarised
Drive demonstrate that you are a self-starter
Management capability have you managed anything? Talk
about it!
Leadership sports, recreational, social and academic groups all
count alongside your achievements in a work capacity.
preparation and practice
Remarks, however well-prepared in the confnes of your own head,
will always sound different out loud.
If at all possible, try role-playing some of your answers take
advantage of any friends who are also going through the interview
process to practise on. If you are at university or doing an MBA,
fnd a colleague to work with. If all else fails, try the recruitment
consultant!
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Practise is key the more comfortable you are talking about
yourself and your career, the better you will come across in the
interview.
some Dos and Donts of interviewing
Know who you are talking to
What is the company, who is the person?
Know what you are talking about
What role are you applying for?
Present yourself smartly
A good suit, acceptable haircut, clean and tidy
Interact: listen and respond
Focus, nod, agree/disagree, and answer questions
Maintain concentration
Some consultancies try to tire and disorient!
Intellectual arrogance
I dont want to work with blockheads.
This is quoted verbatim by an experienced consultant who had
recently completed an MBA at one of Europes top business schools,
on interview for a principal-level role with a strategy consulting
frm.
Consultants need to be able to work and get on with a wide range
of people at different levels
Understandably, the consultancy saw arrogance and didnt want
to proceed further. Their comment to us about the candidate was:
Just because youve got an MBA doesnt mean you are God! We
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Talk continuously
Mindbench had a candidate who was perfect on paper for a senior
role with a niche strategy consulting frm, although at interview she
talked continuously to such an extent that the interview found it
very hard to get to know her.
The feedback from the strategy frm was:
I didnt get a chance to speak and had to bring the interview to
an end to stop it overrunning massively how can she build rap-
port with clients if she cant build rapport with me?
Talk very quickly
Some people naturally talk very fast. Interviewers are looking for
good communicators who they feel comfortable will work well
with their clients. If you are a fast talker, adapt your pace for the
interview.
An American candidate, who was a very fast talker, interviewed
with a change consultancy. They said:
This just wouldnt work with our clients! A perfectly pleasant and
qualifed guy, but we were exhausted after 20 minutes with him!
Overly formal/informal
Consulting frms are looking for you to have the right pitch, so it is
important that you come across as professional and have the ability
to build rapport with the interviewer and demonstrate passion for
your career. You do not want to come across as wooden or overly
formal you need to be someone that they all will want to work
with.
Smaller consulting frms in particular may have a more relaxed
style to offce work and they will want to ensure that you are going
to be a good cultural ft with them, so you dont want to appear too
stiff or as if you have no sense of humour. On the other hand, you
dont want to be overly informal tell jokes or wear inappropriate
clothes.
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One consultant wore a brown suit and yellow shirt to the inter-
view. Whilst he got the contract, his clothing was mentioned in
remarks!
Dont be reticent about telling interviewers about clients and
projects you have worked on
If there are confdentiality issues or commercial sensitivity e.g. if a
very recent project then it is professional not to discuss details in
great depth or mention client names explain this politely!
However, if it is more than a year ago, you should feel free to dis-
cuss projects what the project achieved, what your role was and
who the clients were. This will give the interviewer confdence that
you know what you are talking about and enable them to assess
your level of achievement.
Dont be late!
Plan to be at least 30 minutes early for the interview allow for
travel disruptions etc.
You can always use the time to run through notes, read the FT/
Economist, calm yourself, etc.
Saying the wrong thing
Take your time and get your words right! Be careful not to swear or
use inappropriate language. Should you make a mistake or say the
wrong thing dont panic!
Apologise and try to move forward being able to cope in a dif-
fcult position like this can actually end up counting in your favour.
The ability to extricate yourself from a tricky situation is a valuable
one. We do not, however, suggest you try creating a tricky situation
on purpose!
Freezing or drying-up
Even experienced people can experience moments of stress and
freeze-up. It happens to the very best of public speakers, politicians,
media correspondents, actors, even celebrities!
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Practising possible question-and-answer scenarios with a friend or
colleague can help. It will build confdence and give you prepared
speeches to fall back on should the worse happen.
The fne line
Try to strike the right balance between confdence and boasting.
A well written CV will help make a list of your accomplishments,
both personally and professionally, and practise talking about them
in front of a friend or colleague.
Your body and your future career
Be careful what you eat and drink in the 24 hours prior to the inter-
view. Try not to overindulge! An upset stomach or hangover is a
formidable distraction. Try to eat something a few hours before the
interview hunger and a growling stomach can be offputting too!
The softer side
Listening skills
Engage with the interviewer let them run the interview, but be
a willing participant.
Maintain eye contact the best way to inspire confdence and
gauge how you are performing, when to talk and when to shut
up! Try not to stare!
Listening great actors are those who not only remember and
deliver their lines, but act when they are not speaking show
that you are attentive, focused and interested in what is being
said to you. Try tilting your head to one side slightly. Dont be
mute nod, make agreement noises.
Body language
Sit upright; no slouching! Have a pen and pad for notes when
appropriate, but remember to look at the interviewer(s).
Using your hands when you speak can be a useful way of com-
municating underlying emphasis and even adding structure to
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your words. This is particularly important when dealing with con-
tinental European frms or interviewers. The habit of speaking
with gesticulation doesnt always come naturally, so once again I
would say PRACTISE!
Avoid fdgeting or appear uncomfortable in the interview.
Asking questions
You should feel free to ask questions during the interview, should you
not understand something or want a point clarifed but remem-
ber: do not interrupt the interviewer!
Asking questions to gain insight, to clarify issues or just to ensure
that you understand the topic is entirely reasonable in fact asking
apposite and insightful questions is a key tool in the consultants
repertoire. Interrupting people is simply bad manners.
Character
Being nervous is ok
It is reasonable to be a little nervous when being interviewed
some interviewers may even expect it and want to see some
sign. Just dont let it take over!
not understanding something is ok
gives you the chance to demonstrate your questioning skills.
not knowing something is ok
Better to be honest than to waffe (unless youre a really good
waffer!)
Telling jokes is wrong!
You may get away with a witty comment or amusing observation,
if it is on the spur of the moment and outside the main stream
of the interview. But telling jokes is inappropriate in an interview
situation the chances of a joke going wrong, or just not being
laughed at, far outweigh any possible gain youll get from it.
And, yes, people really do try these things in job interviews!
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conclusion
Try not to be scared little adrenaline is a useful tool to keep you alert
and reactive in a pressure situation, so try not to relax too much.
Remember that the interview process is not arranged to try and
catch you out or trip you up if it is properly done it should allow
you to demonstrate your best abilities and will give you ample
opportunity to show how you could be an asset to the company.
The GolDen rule
whaTever happens,
whaTever the interviewer is like,
however upset you feel about your performance:
always remember, as in business life:
Be polite
Never lose your temper
Try to remain calm, thoughtful and positive
and good luck in your next role!
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Chapter 8
consulTinG in The puBlic secTor
Don Leslie, BLT
It was around 1983 that management consultants frst started pop-
ping up in the public sector. Mrs Thatcher had just won her second
term in offce and the Conservative government was extending its
policy of introducing private sector rigour to the public sector, using
consulting frms to bring in new ideas. Twenty fve years later, the
Prime Minister and the government may have changed, but the
public sector continues to draw on private sector expertise across
all areas of public service. And consultants are still at the very heart
of it.
Improving services, reducing costs, developing business and IT
strategies and engineering change in complex organisations: con-
sulting with government brings many of the same demands as that
to consulting with the private sector, notes Ian Morton, Partner in
Avail Consulting. But there is an additional level of challenge gener-
ated by the scale of the public sector and more complicated stake-
holder management and decision making.
Central government is the largest user of consultants, followed by
the NHS and local government. Defence, education, housing, trans-
port wherever theres a public service, there are consultants trans-
forming it. Over the years, though, the way consultants are used has
changed. In 2006 the House of Commons Public Accounts Commit-
tee recommended that public bodies make better use of their own
staff, and only hire in the consultants where they need expertise
for fxed periods. And following the publication of a National Audit
Offce report which criticised the heavy use of consultants as interim
or substitute managers, consultants are now being used more as
specialists than surrogates.
Its big business. Around 30% of UK consulting frms revenue
comes from the public sector, and there are plenty of opportunities
to join public sector market teams as a graduate entrant or a public
sector-experienced hire.
Newcomers to public sector consulting have this romantic impres-
sion that theyll be swanning around, advising the government on
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how to run things, says Rozz Cason-Marcus, who recruits for PA
Consultings government division. So she recommends that pro-
spective public sector consultants talk to those already consulting in
the sector to see what the work really is about.
There are three main areas of service:
1. Improving performance and effciency, making the quality of serv-
ice delivered better and reducing its cost. This is done by consult-
ants who draw on private sector experience of concepts such as
LEAN to increase productivity and bring systems and processes
into the 21st century. Saving money is no longer as simple as it
once was: new ideas are needed.
2. Transforming services. Technology is being brought to bear to
help public bodies better engage with their customers tax-
payers and citizens. Almost half the spend on consultants is on IT
consulting and programme/project management.
3. Organisational development and leadership. The skills needed to
run public sector bodies have changed as those organisations
themselves have changed. Old structures have been replaced
by new ways of working, and specialist consultants are being
engaged to help managers adapt.
Anyone who is already working in these areas will have something
to offer the public sector. But its about attitude too. Successful pub-
lic sector consultants talk about having a passion for improving the
sector and a strong desire to make a difference in the way organi-
sations deliver services to all parts of the community. David Shaw,
Head of Central government Consulting at grant Thornton, says
its a rewarding and enjoyable sector to work in, and there really
are opportunities to make an impact but, he stresses, public sector
clients have high expectations now of consultants and are always
looking for the value added.
So who makes a good public sector consultant? It could be some-
one who can be dropped into unfamiliar situations and pick up the
brief quickly, synthesise lots of information and communicate advice
effectively to senior offcials. In other words, a civil servant. Some of
PAs most successful recruits, according to Cason-Marcus.
Or the product of a local government training scheme or the
NHS graduate programme. Healthcare consultants, Frontline, stress
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that health has a language all of its own, and prospective consult-
ants need to have a high level of insight to understand the issues.
Doctors are clever, observes Frontline director John Deffenbaugh,
and the NHS probably has a larger proportion of smart people than
any other area of the public sector, so having a good knowledge
of health is important to be able to engage with them. Yet Deffen-
baugh also recruits recent graduates as Analysts into his consulting
business, if they can convince him that they truly want to work in
healthcare consulting.
Indeed anyone, whether straight from an undergraduate degree,
business school or the workplace has a realistic prospect of joining a
consulting frms public sector team if they have that desire to make
the public sector work better.
Where would you look for frms to apply to for posts, outside the
well-known names who consult in the public sector? Catalist (the
preferred/approved supplier list of consultancies offering services to
public organisations drawn up by the Offce of government Com-
merce) will yield names of frms that are unfamiliar to those outside
the sector. Central government has been encouraging smaller man-
agement consultancies to sign up for Catalist and there are, conse-
quently, many boutique or niche frms listed alongside the Big Four
and the large systems houses.
Public sector consultancy may be better protected from the ups
and downs of the economic cycle than other areas of management
consulting, but this doesnt mean that it doesnt suffer from uncer-
tainty too. A change of Prime Minister in 2007 and an on/off gen-
eral Election that autumn led to projects being shelved and decisions
deferred. Angry newspaper editorials about consultants growing fat
at the expense of the taxpayer dont encourage new initiatives. And
the enormous project to rewire the NHS has, so far, been somewhat
of a disappointment.
Yet there is widespread recognition that the specialist expertise
management consultancies do offer is absolutely essential for the
public sector. It is just not possible to expect to fnd the depth of
knowledge in, say, large IT systems transformation within the public
sector itself. Home-grown public sector experts in business process
re-engineering or change management are few.
The government itself creates inadvertently new opportuni-
ties for consultants: the Lyons Review of 2004 into the scope for
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relocating a substantial number of public sector activities from
London and the South East of England to other parts of the UK, for
example. Or the gershon Effciency Review to assess how the pub-
lic sector could exploit opportunities for effciency savings, so that
resources could be released for front-line public service delivery. Or
hiving off parts of the Home Offce into new Ministries and Agen-
cies. Or creating new ways of measuring local government perform-
ance. The list is lengthy. And all cry out for the support of external
management consultants.
There will always be business opportunity for consultancies in the
UK public sector. And there will always be professional and personal
rewards for consultants who can make a difference in it. And we all,
as taxpayers and users of these services, will be thankful too.
n Don Leslie recruited his frst public sector management consultant in 1983,
and has specialised in the area ever since. He is a director of BLT, the award-
winning management consultancy recruiters. Contact Don on 020 7419
0909 or df@blt.co.uk for further information on opportunities in public sec-
tor consulting, or view the BLT website at www.blt.co.uk
Chapter 9
consulTinG opporTuniTies wiThin
iT soluTion proviDers
Whats out there?
Stuart Feest, Matchtech
The Internet provides a window onto a vast array of potential career
opportunities within the IT sector. Unfortunately the view can some-
times be cluttered and confusing, with only the largest and most
obvious landmarks standing out. e-Skills point to over 195,000 ICT-
related job adverts placed in Q4 07, with the vast majority appearing
on-line. Before writing this article, I decided to briefy place myself in
the shoes of a Consultant, looking for a fresh challenge, and want-
ing to explore possibilities outside of my own personal network. I
spent an hour playing with google, with mixed results:
2,720,000 links, delivered to me in just 0.21 seconds
25 minutes spent reviewing some high profle Job-boards (over
1500 job ads)
20 minutes clicking on some agency websites (many more ads).
In the face of this mountain of potentially useful information, I spent
my last 15 minutes trying to decide what to do next. Feedback from
our candidates confrms similar experiences. Using the Internet to
assist with any major decision, can be frustrating and time con-
suming, if you dont know where start. A recent major decision for
me was selecting a family-friendly skiing resort (with the majority
of UK schools taking the same half term next year I gather booking
early is essential for 2009!). The easiest and safest option would be
no change, and head back to Flaine (for the third year running). I
am aware of the most high profle resorts, the most obvious land-
marks, although less convinced that they cater for my needs. A col-
league directed me to www.meribel.net. I quickly found Meribel
Mottaret and after half an hour some ideal accommodation per-
fect. When no change is not an option, on-line job hunting can
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be a real challenge and the IT sector has far more on offer than just
a handful of high profle, corporate vendors. Weve included some
pointers below which will help direct you to some other important
landmarks.
ERP & BI are two examples. Matchtech service 100 Solution Pro-
vider clients, and in the last 3 years, demand for consultants from
our ERP & BI clients has massively increased, with a surge in per-
manent placements. These two areas stand out as well established
strategic priorities for both business leaders and IT companies.
Business intelligence consultancies
For the last 3 years Business Intelligence has been the number one
technology priority for CIOs worldwide and BI IT is unlikely to be hit
by some recession budgets being prepared by IT Directors. global
spending on BI tools is set to grow by 11 per cent in 2008 with
corporates and SMEs upgrading from user-driven, to strategy and
process-driven applications. Commentators point to an increase in
market domination by the corporate vendors Microsoft, Oracle,
SAP and IBM being the obvious landmarks, supported by consoli-
dation in 2007 (inc IBMs acquisition of Cognos, SAPs acquisition of
Business Objects). Opportunities within these companies are easy to
fnd, but excellent opportunities within the smaller partner, resellers
and Solution Provider networks are out there. With 9 out of 10 offers
we receive being accepted, it seems these organisations are very
attractive.
The preference is to hire Consultants from an established BI con-
sultancy, or as a minimum a client-facing background with imple-
mentation experience of BI solutions. Some accept applications from
those moving from an End User environment, and seeking their
frst consultant position. Clients that Matchtech work with include
Business & Decision, Contemporary and IMgROUP.
Business & Decision are an international consulting and systems
integration company, with key activity segments of BI, CRM &
e-Business. With turnover up by 43% and profts by 25% in 2007,
they plan to recruit over 800 staff worldwide in 2008. Business &
Decisions Recruitment Manager explains that by investing in the
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training of staff and organic growth, they are able to consider all
levels of Consultants.
We see the potential in candidates, rather then just recruiting at
the most senior level.
This is supported by a successful graduate intake programme.
Time and money are invested to develop consultants via internal/
external training and certifcation.
IMgROUP has been Microsofts global BI Partner of the Year for
the last three years running and continues to expand rapidly. Nigel
Ridpath, Principal Consultant with responsibility for recruitment,
states:
We place a huge emphasis on our Consultant Development Pro-
gramme, which targets both technical and consultancy skills. This
Development Programme offering formal training, certifcations
and workshops spans all grades of consultant and has helped us
maintain our place in the top tier of IT employers.
David Whitehead, Managing Director of Contemporary, comments
that the candidate transition from End User to Solution Provider can
be a very diffcult one to make.
Contemporary, a Microsoft gold Partner & Business Objects
Platinum partner, are based in Berkshire, and currently employ
45 staff. David has assembled an extremely high quality team,
focused on working with the latest technology. Contemporary pride
themselves on quality, and have forged strong relationships with
vendors and an extensive customer base:
Our main recruitment challenge is in selecting the right calibre
of consultants, and we focus on 3 areas: candidates must be very
intelligent; have good interpersonal skills for client-facing work and
be mobile. [Candidates moving into the consulting arena for the
frst time] are often unfamiliar with the full concept of what a con-
sulting role is and the amount of travel involved.
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Consultants deciding to focus on BI can consider a move without
necessarily having comprehensive experience as calibre is more
important, although in Matchtechs experience, it is rare that candi-
dates are successful with no BI exposure at all.
To attract candidates, many Solution Providers deliberately do not
try to compete head to head against the larger corporates, feel-
ing they have something different to offer many consultants do
not want to be just a cog anymore. Having said that, packages are
becoming more and more attractive. The recognised shortage of pre-
trained senior candidates has led many to signifcantly improve pen-
sion schemes, bonus structures, relocation packages and basic pay
(with the value of offers received at Matchtech up 8% on 12 months
ago). More innovative benefts such as childcare vouchers and cycle
to work incentives are also becoming more common.
erp and the role of the agent
For senior candidates, Solution Providers are often looking for in-
depth ERP consultancy and implementation experience with a
recognised solution, but this can be replaced with an End User
background, which includes direct involvement with an implemen-
tation. A specialism in Finance, Manufacturing, Logistics or Distri-
bution is normally required. Most of our clients are open to offering
cross training from one ERP product to another. TSg are one of the
fastest growing companies in the UK, with 440 staff operating from
14 locations. group HR Director, Maurice Langford says:
For certain areas such as Dynamics NAV, TSG have to take on the
fnished article. We need qualifed and experienced NAV Consult-
ants; for other areas we can defnitely consider cross training.
ERP recruitment highlights the importance of registering with
the right agents. Many expect investment in ERP systems such as
SAP, Oracle, Sage, Microsoft, and Infor to be a key priority for the
next 5 years and beyond. The development of new business delivery
models is driving R&D within the vendors, and in turn more and
more new projects, towards the Solution Providers network. Can-
didates with ERP experience greatly outnumber BI, which moves
the recruitment agents bias (slightly) from one of search to one of
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selection, particularly when considering candidates for cross train-
ing. Matchtech are particularly well positioned to offer candidates
feedback on employability and cross-training opportunities within
the Microsoft ERP channel. graham Ashley, group Operations Direc-
tor, Touchstone (a leading UK provider of integrated business soft-
ware and consultancy services) says:
We fnd that there are generally lots of candidates on the market
with relevant qualifcations and experience. Most ERP consultants
know of Touchstone and are keen to work for us.
The quality of the candidates is harder to determine and for a
company such as Touchstone, Matchtechs role is to work with the
candidates and the client, to short-list only those applicants where a
strong mutual ft exists.
As a fnal pointer for those looking at the potential of ERP, BI, or any
Consultancy role in IT, it should be remembered that although the
best candidates will have a choice of companies, the best companies
have a choice of candidates. We advise candidates to take a tradi-
tional view when writing their CV and preparing for interviews.
A signifcant part of the interview is selling the company to the
candidate; we know our competitors are selling hard but it is
still very much about the candidate selling themselves to us.
Regardless of any candidate shortages, recruitment is still very
much a two-way process and always has been. Sentiment amongst
our clients is clear:
It is important for the candidate to go away wanting the role and
wanting to work in the team. They must expect tough interviews,
given with respect.
Feedback is that most are prepared, although when recruiting
at this level it is surprising how many interviewees fall down due
to poor preparation. The right agency can help. Clients now work
closely with smaller numbers of niche providers, who understand
their business, and can accurately represent them in the market:
using many different agencies on the same role does not help. This
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is born out by Matchtechs stats, with 87% of our ERP recruitment
handled on a sole agency basis.
Taking time out to identify the right job boards and the best
agents to work with, before you start surfng, will ultimately lead
you to the best opportunities.
n Stuart Feest manages Matchtechs IT Division and has over 11 years experi-
ence of recruiting IT Consultants. Prior to joining Matchtech, Stuart worked
for Barclays, Pfzer and IBM, and graduated from Brunel University in 1993
with a First Class degree in Computing Science.
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Chapter 10
movinG from inDusTry inTo
manaGemenT consulTinG
Kate Walrond, Astbury Marsden
Have you ever thought about a career in Management Consulting?
For some it is a career path that enables one to work with teams
of very bright, motivated individuals all the time, solving complex
and interesting problems. Some believe the consulting path may
provide consistently thought-provoking dialogues and intellectually
stimulating challenges, varied projects and access to and infuence
over the power brokers inside leading brands and companies. On
the fip side it may mean that your job is to make someone else look
good, no matter how incompetent they may actually be. You will
do great work and somebody else will get the credit. You will be
assigned a desk in a cupboard (if youre lucky and the client likes
you). In many cases, the client wont like you. Youll work obscene
hours and probably travel incessantly.
Whatever your stance, you cant deny that for several years now
the management consulting recruiting boom has been in full swing,
fuelled in the UK largely by three of the Big Four Firms (Pricewater-
houseCoopers, KPMg and Ernst & Young) who have rebuilt the con-
sulting businesses that were sold at the beginning of the century.
From boutiques and advisory frms to system integrators, software
houses and giant outsourcers, the industry has grown considerably,
drawing upon talent from all walks of life.
Since late 2003 market demand for talented and experienced
new recruits has largely outstripped supply of experienced candi-
dates resulting in the often quoted war for talent in the sector. Firms
have slugged it out to attract and hire from a very limited pool of
candidates, to some extent creating a buyers market. Because of
this, over the last three years there has never been a better time to
plan and execute a move from industry to the professional services
sector. If you are considering a move into Management Consulting
but have not yet had direct experience, then read below.
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Even the most selective of Consulting frms with the highest bars
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Many of the clients that retain my teams services have benefted
considerably from candidates with both consulting and real-world
experience.
So what advice does he have for aspiring consultants currently
employed elsewhere in other industries?
As you start to think about management consulting, the frst
thing you need to consider is your skills. I have had many conver-
sations with people who tell me that they want to become project
or change management consultants. The only problem is that they
dont have any project management experience. Formal training,
and even formal certifcation, normally wont suffce. You almost
always need to have experience.
You dont necessarily have to be a guru in an exotic arena to be
employable as a consultant. For instance, people with straightfor-
ward good mainframe skills became very valuable in the two years
leading up to Y2K, as did compliance and regulatory experts with
the more recent Basel II gold rush. But you do need to work out
what your most transferable skills are, what is going to be market-
able and how to position these in the best possible light. Skills such
as analysis, report writing, implementation, project management,
budgetary management, presentation and communication of all
kinds.
To shed more light on the trials, tribulations and opportunities that
a move to Management Consulting might bring, Jamie Stokes asked
some of his clients and candidates who had made recent moves
from industry direct to management consulting for their thoughts.
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Peter Cousins, who was not so long ago a senior manager of
change and fnance with a global Pharma giant, is now a Senior
Manager in Finance with a prominent Big Four frm. He comments:
I found my project management and presentation skills the most
relevant of all; no real difference to industry in fact. The biggest
difference was learning that consultants are sold into clients
sometimes with very little experience of the particular issue and
yet can provide value in very real ways. A characteristic of consul-
tants is the speed that they can learn and use the rest of the frm.
It is not as cut throat as I thought it would be. There are a lot of
methodologies and concepts which can be a bit overwhelming but
save a great deal of time and money for the client when applied
properly. Everyone on this side is very confdent.
And what does Peter enjoy most about his consulting career?
Having a new challenge and beginning new projects every six
to nine months can be extremely revitalising. I would defnitely
recommend the move for some people. It is a fast-paced and some-
times pressured environment that can be very draining. You must
manage yourself and ensure that you switch off when you can. You
also need to enjoy learning new ideas and challenges.
One of the key differences between traditional line roles and even
from internal change management or internal consulting roles is the
sales aspect. Peter suggests:
To sell people to a client for thousands of pounds per day is dif-
fcult to comprehend from industry. Initially this is one of the key
differences. Once I overcame this barrier, it gets easy. Dont sell
something you do not think the client needs. Discuss with the client
where you can help and where you cannot and it will soon ft into
place and youll really enjoy it.
Jamie Stokes also spoke with other recent consulting industry
joiners.
Dominic Boon, formerly of a leading global Telecommunications
player and now thriving within Deloittes HR and Business transfor-
mation practice, made the move from industry to consulting at the
beginning of 2007. Dominic wanted to put into practice his project
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based experience and wanted the opportunity to be part of a fast-
paced and agile organisation bold enough to be truly meritocratic.
He enjoys creating new operating models for clients and helping
them unlock latent potential. The business-as-usual component of
work that inevitably comes with the territory in line management
was far less attractive for him. As a young professional with a talent
for languages and strong people skills, he can now practise his art
with Deloittes clients all over Europe.
Andrew Wright, Senior Manager in Performance Improvement,
moved to Ernst & Young from a leading banking institution where
he held a global role fxing big problems and creating new prod-
uct offerings in new countries. Currently working on assignment
somewhere in the Middle East, Andrew is also excelling in his new
role and enjoying the experience thoroughly. In his banking role
he had derived most pleasure working under pressure in project or
product launch scenarios. In effect he now does this for a living all
over the globe applying his experiences to new organisations and
new challenges. He currently works with the leadership of a number
of prominent banking institutions advising on topics such as growth
strategies, revenue enhancement, new product design, operating
model design and post integration. He gets to focus on these issues
full time utilising both his direct banking experience and his innate
consulting and infuencing skills
Another of Jamies contacts, now a Partner at Accenture, discusses
her move to consulting a few years ago:
When I went into management consulting, the most eye-opening
experience for me wasnt on the business side of things. I didnt
have an MBA (still dont), but I knew I understood my area of
expertise much, much better than they [my new frm] did, and
they understood how to deploy these skills and apply a consult-
ing wrapper. I knew they would be focusing on a whole different
level of business strategy than I had seen in the corporate world.
However the real difference was in the care and attention my new
frm paid to the consulting aspect of things. They put a tremendous
focus on how you build trust with a client, the political mechanics
of how you sell and close a big project, etc.
Jamie also asked a number of Partners and Vice Presidents with
recruitment responsibility from a variety of Big Four and Strategy
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frms what they thought it took to move from industry to consult-
ing. A common view it seems is that whatever your background and
wherever you have worked, it can take as long as two years to prop-
erly acclimatise to the networking culture of a consulting environ-
ment. Obviously there are exceptions and some people are better
equipped than others or just plain lucky. Jamie says that often people
experience a kind of culture shock in consulting, everything you do
is about change and the mandate for change is almost never clear. It
can be diffcult if you havent operated that way before negotiat-
ing with the client and infuencing them to do something.
The skills used in industry are similar to those needed in consult-
ing, but applied differently. A Senior Partner at the strategy consul-
tancy, Oliver Wyman, says:
Consulting is all about a group of people working together in
short-term projects to solve a problem. It is a different environ-
ment to running a business. People from industry tend to be used
to leading projects, whereas in the consulting role it is more about
infuencing, about showing people what can be done.
However, as previously alluded, there are real advantages in
employing somebody with a few years industry experience. Those
people can have real business understanding there is a knowledge
base and some sort of proven people management capability. They
will be able to communicate to different types of people and they
understand the politics of working in a business.
If you already have a frst degree, some work experience and
youre pursuing a graduate or business degree, you could try to be
included in the consultancys business analyst recruiting process. It
may seem like a step backwards but it may be your only chance if
you simply dont yet have the project-based experience. The odds
are always better after business school (MBA) though.
The technology/process industry-to-strategy consulting move in
particular is a very diffcult one to pull off in practice, despite being
one of the most frequent requests Jamie Stokes receives from his
candidate base. The strategy divisions like to hold themselves apart,
and the much more populous technology divisions are reluctant
to create a defned promotion/transfer path that way. They want
your incentives aligned to excel in technology, not to get out of it.
Part of the diffculty in moving from technology to strategy really is
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sometimes perceived as a little snobbery. There are a lot of folks in
that world who wont look twice at you if you dont have an MBA
from a high-profle school. On the other hand, an open-minded
business consultant is still going to look at someone who didnt
go through the same growth process they did, and worry about
whether youre going to be as manically careful about the details of
your analysis as they would, whether you understand how to culti-
vate a pipeline, and whether you know how to predict and manage
a project proftability.
Whatever the consulting specialism, all partners and consulting
leadership spoken to agree that in order to really progress you will
have to not only take part in, but excel at, revenue origination or
sales in some capacity. Our advice is to embrace this; do not try to
overstate your experience if its limited but do point out your hun-
ger and desire to get involved. Try and relate associated experiences
such as internal selling or perhaps your ability in bringing about
consensus in awkward or disparate situations. Know how to meas-
ure the value of your contribution. For example: What is the mon-
etary improvement to the bottom line? What has been the increase
in share price or shareholder value? What are the savings made?
In conclusion, Jamie comments:
The biggest suggestion I can make is: wherever you get hired, fnd
a champion or sponsor, someone a few levels up in the chain of
command who likes you and is willing to help you out as quickly as
you can. Without someone looking out for you, its easy to get lost
and overlooked in a big frm, and overlooked is bad because over-
looked means no jobs, no jobs means bad utilisation and bad utili-
sation means limited pay rise and limited bonus opportunities.
good luck.
n Kate Walrond is a Marketing Executive with Astbury Marsden, who have
recently achieved the honour of appearing in the Sunday Times Fast Track
100 list for two consecutive years. Astbury Marsden were also ranked #2 in
the 2008 top 10 Consulting Recruitment Firms, as voted by readers of Top-
Consultant.com.
Chapter 11
expecTeD hirinG paTTerns in
The uk markeT
UK recruitment patterns within the consulting sector have been on a
roller-coaster ride over the last few years. Having crashed in the face
of a severe recession in the early part of the decade, the sector then
experienced a period of sustained growth and buoyant hiring from
late 2004 until late 2007.
As this guide goes to press in summer 2008, it is clearly the case
that media coverage of the credit crunch and the resulting fears for
the global economic outlook have caused both consulting growth
estimates and hiring intentions to be scaled back. The current situ-
ation is quite different from the dot-com recession though and
our expectations are not that well see redundancy rounds become
commonplace again or see hiring dry up for all but the most busi-
ness-critical of positions. This time round there is far less spare
capacity within consulting organisations and demand for consult-
ing services is holding up rather better. So recruiting will slow from
the recent ferocious highs but it will not collapse and is unlikely to
be accompanied by any signifcant waves of redundancies.
As this piece will conclude, UK hiring activity levels are expected to
level out at about half what they were in the most buoyant years of
2006 and 2007 but this still equates to several thousand consultants
being hired each year in both 2008 and 2009. So whilst the war for
talent will be a little less ferce, there will be no shortage of vacancies
for experienced hires looking to fnd a new consulting employer.
The three drivers of hiring activity growth, utilisation
and staff attrition
To understand why this is the case, we need to examine the three
key drivers that stimulate hiring demand in a consulting frm. An
extremely buoyant hiring environment will see all three factors
working in unison to prime demand for consulting hires. This was
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the backdrop to the recruitment frenzy we witnessed until the latter
months of 2007. Equally a period of very low hiring and/or mass
redundancies will usually require all three factors to be simultane-
ously slashing the hiring demand at consultancies. This was the case
in the dot-com crash period.
Looking at these three factors in turn, we will see that the
2008/2009 period looks like producing a slowdown in hiring
demand rather than any kind of collapse.
So what are the three key drivers and how do they interact? Firstly
we have the market growth rate in consulting thats to say how much
consulting industry revenues are expected to grow year-on-year. In
recent buoyant years this fgure has been as high as 16% per annum
and has been a signifcant source of hiring demand in its own right
(Source: MCA). More explicitly in terms of hiring demand were inter-
ested to know what revenue growth is going to be achieved through
growth in the volume of billable days (rather than growth achieved
through rises in fee rates). In the 2006 and 2007 years fee rate growth
was more or less stagnant so the 16% revenue growth was achieved
almost entirely through a growth in volumes sold, and greater volumes
of course mean a greater number of consultants potentially need to be
employed to deliver that volume growth.
The second consideration is the staff utilisation rate thats being
achieved in the industry. Utilisation is the percentage of a consult-
ants working days where time is actually being charged out to cli-
ents. Utilisation cannot be sustained anywhere near 100% because
all consultants need time for non-billable activities like training, inter-
viewing of new hires, working on proposals to win new business and
taking holidays. When utilisation is high then any growth in volume
of work sold can only be delivered by employing more consulting
staff stoking the demand for new hires. Conversely if utilisation is
low, then a considerable amount of new work can be won without
this triggering the need for new hires as the assignments can all be
fulflled by the existing consulting workforce. In the boom recruit-
ment years of 2006 and 2007 there were very high staff utilisation
levels across the industry meaning 16% growth could only be
achieved by hiring more staff. By contrast, in the dot-com crash,
frms had recruited so fast that utilisation plummeted when client
demand fell away which at a certain point triggered the need for
redundancies to keep utilisation at a fnancially viable level.
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consulting frms headcount that needs to be replaced each year just
to make up for staff resignations in the period. This is essentially the
amount of hiring that needs to be undertaken just for the frm to
stand still. In a buoyant market where opportunities to join the com-
petition are widespread and lucrative, this can be a signifcant source
of demand for new hires. In 2006 and 2007 many of the major con-
sulting brands were experiencing staff loss of 15% or more, fuelling
the recruitment fames quite considerably. By contrast, in the darkest
years of the dot-com downturn the range of consulting job oppor-
tunities dried up and so many more consultants were inclined to
stick things out with their existing employer. A severe recession and
the widespread fear of redundancies are needed for staff attrition to
fall off this much in a subdued market like weve seen in 2008, a
much more modest decline is the norm.
summary of expectations for 2008/9
What I hope is clear by now is that when these three factors all pull
in the same direction, the resulting demand for new consulting hires
can be insatiable or can collapse, depending on the direction in
which the forces are pulling. By a similar token, though, a market in
which the forces are not all pulling in the same direction leaves us
with hiring demand that remains healthy without being spectacular.
This is essentially the situation upon us as we look at the 2008 and
2009 scenario.
The table below shows the expected outcomes for each of these
factors. The overall hiring volumes needed as a % of existing head-
count are around 12% in 2008 and in 2009, which compares with
24% during the most recent buoyant period but only 45% during
the dot-com meltdown.
Expected market growth (fees) 6%
from fee rate increases 2%
from volume growth (billable days) 4%
Spare capacity 2%
Recruitment to fuel growth 2%
Attrition rate 10%
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Seen in this context, the outlook for recruitment within the
consulting sector looks encouraging for the coming 18 months
though admittedly unspectacular when set against the backdrop of
2006/7.
footnote: expected winners and losers
Within this overall pattern of more subdued but still healthy recruit-
ing volumes, there are inevitably going to be some types of hires
bucking the trend. Our view is that the area of greatest hiring weak-
ness is likely to be in the graduate recruitment space. Our 2008
survey of consulting recruiters showed that frms expect to increas-
ingly focus their attentions on the recruitment of experienced hires
at the expense of new graduate intakes. This is part of a longer-term
trend in which consulting frms clients are demanding that projects
be staffed by consultants with deep industry expertise rather than
fresh-faced graduates.
Areas of above-average demand are expected to be the senior
executive space and the IT consulting practice areas. With the Big 4
accounting frms rebuilding their consulting practices and Indian
frms like Infosys, Tata and Wipro expanding rapidly in Europe, there
is an ongoing tussle to attract and retain those senior consulting
professionals with a proven track record of selling new consult-
ing business. IT consulting, meanwhile, was the type of consulting
which last year struggled the most to grow fee volumes through the
successful hiring of staff. Instead greater fee volumes were achieved
by raising utilisation rates, which is not sustainable indefnitely and
so points to greater hiring demand in the coming year.
n Tony Restell is a former strategy consultant and one of the Founding
Directors of Top-Consultant.com. He has an extensive network of recruit-
ment contacts within the UK consulting sector and is a regular speaker and
commentator on the state of the UK consulting industry.
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Chapter 12
assessinG your career opTions
Time to spread your wings?
Soraya Janmohamed, FreshMinds Talent
A background in consultancy equips you with an invaluable armoury
of transferable skills. Even a typical Associate will already have experi-
ence of dealing with high-profle clients, analysing data and solving
complex problems. You are commercial, innovative and switched
on. And you know it.
There are probably more options today for consultants looking to
spread their wings than ever before. Businesses increasingly value
the assets you bring with you, a sentiment expressed by Dr Theresa
Crowley, Senior Research Fellow at the National Endowment for
Science, Technology and the Arts (or NESTA).
Good consultants are very skilled at coming in, diagnosing a
problem and adapting to unfamiliar situations and work in order
to solve them. They also tend to have recent experience of a wide
range of sectors, which means they bring with them both a net-
work of contacts we can use, and unique knowledge from those
sectors that can inform our own.
in demand
The question is what to do next. One of the most popular options
is to hop on board a so called Super Brand. The appeal of a fast-
track route towards a position of responsibility helps multinationals
lure more than their fair share of consultants every year. These huge
international companies are always on the look out for people with
transferable skills to bring a fresh perspective to the way they do
business.
Many former consultants are already well-equipped to deal with
the challenges in the retail sector, suggests one senior recruitment
manager for high-street supermarket Tesco. They have experience
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of persuading stakeholders both externally and internally across
different functions. They are fexible, able to acclimatise quickly to
a number of different projects, and they have the analytical skills
to work through ideas conceptually and the drive to follow them
through in practice.
Retail is just one sector where these transferable skills come into
play. We work with clients in the fnancial services who love people
with a background in pharmaceuticals because of the relevant skill
sets the roles share. Another IT consultancy actively looks to recruit
candidates from completely different sectors for a fresh pair of eyes.
Theres no doubt that consultants are better geared than anyone to
plug gaps in these frms given the breadth of their experience and
exposure to different working environments.
executive hire schemes
An important recent development in the more senior echelons of
recruitment is the rise of the Executive Hire scheme. Consultants
have always had the scope and desire to branch out into other areas
of business. But now there is a specifcally designated channel for
you to enter the corporate sphere and reap the benefts of clearly
structured career progression at the same time.
BT is among the frst companies in the UK to pioneer a Fast Track
Leadership Programme. From our perspective, these schemes offer
candidates broad exposure to different parts of the business, some-
thing we have found to be essential to help drive the business for-
wards, says Karly Crewe, manager of the programme. Because our
Fast Track scheme is sponsored at a senior level, it also offers can-
didates visibility at the top, and we very much expect them to get
noticed and go on to senior roles in the company on completion of
the scheme.
This is clearly a great opportunity for consultants who are looking
to branch out. Executive Hire schemes offer more choice, gener-
ally accommodating a rotation that will let you test the water in
several different roles and departments. They also provide tangible
progression and, best of all, sought-after access to an elite internal
talent pool those employees earmarked as the future leaders of
the business.
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executive assistants
Executive Hire schemes may offer a clearly defned route up through
a company, but there is an even quicker way to gain access to
key decision makers and senior management. The title Executive
Assistant (or its common abbreviation EA) may conjure images of
a glorifed secretary. But this is a common and vast misconception.
The reality of the Executive Assistant role is very different. Report-
ing directly to an executive team that generally includes high-profle
fgures such as the CEO, Managing Director and partners, the EAs
job is to take on key projects and report back. Victoria Edwards is
currently looking to add an Executive Assistant to the team at Lon-
don law frm Olswang:
The role provides the successful candidate with the opportunity
to be involved in a wide range of activities using a variety of skills
from fnancial, people management through to strategic planning
and implementation. The workload is varied and interesting and
no one day is the same as the next.
Whether it is at Olswang or another prestigious employer, your
consultancy skills make you better qualifed than most to take on
these different tasks. And with so much exposure to the fgureheads
of the business, there are few better platforms to exhibit your skill
sets in the business world. Well paid and highly regarded internally,
the only hurdle will be landing one of these positions once word
gets out that making the tea is not part of the job description.
make a difference
Many consultants are looking for precisely those roles that, like an
Executive Assistant, allow you to have a visible impact within a com-
pany. And working for an SME or innovative start-up lets you do just
that.
Not only will you be able to make a tangible difference to the way
they do business, but youll even be on a fast-track route to the top
as long as things are going well. At bigger companies, there are
plenty of hoops to jump through before you can progress, and an
awful lot of jumpers. At an SME, there are far fewer glass ceilings.
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But be warned, there are risks in swapping your secure job at a
consultancy goliath for a more meaningful role in one of the 40,000
new companies that open for business in the UK each year. 20,000
of these new companies fail.
Go it alone
If you think you have the business skills to help build up a successful
SME, why not apply that knack to your very own start-up and reap
all the rewards for yourself?
Consultants are in an excellent position to capitalise on the knowl-
edge and networks they have built up over their careers. Many
people have outstanding ideas, but dont have the know-how to
bring them to life. Consultants, on the other hand, will have had
exposure to a wide variety of business models which should help
you get your start-up off the ground and the extensive contact
book to know where to turn if youre stumped.
The world of work is your oyster
It is easier than ever to swap job function and industry in todays
workplace. Not only are there countless opportunities out there, but
employers increasingly value the skill sets you pick up along the way
in different jobs.
The result is the birth of the portfolio career. The idea of a job for
life with suit, tie and company car is quickly going out of fashion.
Instead, most people want to test the waters in lots of different jobs
and maintain their enthusiasm by constantly applying their skills to
new challenges. The opportunity is there; your future boss wont
mind, so why not start your own company or try your hand at mar-
keting for a funky consumer goods brand?
You have nothing to lose. Through seizing the initiative you will
have learned some valuable lessons and new skills along the way.
And those, rather than the zeros on your balance sheet or job titles
under your belt, are like gold dust to potential employers.
n Soraya Janmohamed is an Account Manager with FreshMinds Talent and
focuses on helping clients within fnancial and professional services and the
oil and gas sector.
Chapter 13
life afTer consulTinG
Dave Watkin, Holker Watkin Limited
Whether a 2-year Analyst or a 20-year Partner, almost all manage-
ment consultants will at some stage consider building their profes-
sional careers outside of consulting.
What are the career options that consultants can credibly aspire
to? What do hiring organisations look for? And how should consult-
ants evaluate and assess companies and roles? Well discuss each of
these in turn.
But frstly: why leave a successful consulting career? Consultants
tell us that they want:
to do, not advise
see strategy through to implementation
to hold a P&L; to fulfl a line role
a better lifestyle; change worklife balance
If you recognise and empathise with these sentiments, what are
the post-consulting career options open to you?
where consultants work after consulting
Consultants leave consulting to pursue careers in several sectors:
Corporates: both publicly listed and privately-held
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Public sector and not-for-proft
Their own businesses.
The majority of consultants take roles in the frst two sectors; and so
these will be the focus of this discussion.
Over the last decade weve seen UK plcs appetite for manage-
ment consulting talent steadily rise. Some of our largest and most
successful companies like BHP Billiton, HBOS, Cable & Wireless,
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run by former consultants.
But, assuming that youre not going to move directly from con-
sulting into a FTSE-100 CEO position, what are the roles that you
could be a credible candidate for?
Typical corporate roles post consulting
Your frst role after consulting will directly leverage the functional
and technical skills that youve developed as a consultant. So, for
example, if youve worked as a strategy consultant then youll likely
be hired into a group (or Business Unit) strategy and business
development role. Or if youve worked in business transformation
consulting, then youll probably be recruited into a large change
programme, or project offce, position.
So, its highly unlikely that you will be hired directly into a P&L or
line position. And this holds true whether youve spent 2 or 20 years
in consulting. This may be a disappointing insight!
From the businesss perspective, its too high a risk to appoint
someone whos an unknown quantity to them, and without proven
line experience, directly into a line role. And this holds true regard-
less of their tenure in consulting.
Instead, what most corporates offer to consultants joining them
is an option on future roles with line or P&L accountability. The
typical proposition is that one can expect to spend anything from
18 months to 3 years in your frst strategic/advisory position post-
consulting: before moving on elsewhere within that organisation
into a role with a greater operational, or line, remit.
So why are these businesses prepared to offer such a career path
to someone who still will not at that stage possess line experience?
Well, by spending (say) 2 years working in business development in
that organisation, you will have built considerable knowledge of its
strategy, business model and culture.
But even more importantly, you will likely have worked closely
with and hopefully impressed! senior line managers from across
the business. With the sponsorship and support of one or more of
these decision-makers, you have a real chance of transitioning into
an operational or commercial position.
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private equity roles post consulting
Moving into a Private Equity frm is an aspiration of many consult-
ants: but one thats rarely realised. Whilst theres undoubtedly a
trend within some parts of this sector to recruit more talent with
strategy consulting skills into investment roles, this still accounts for
a tiny proportion of the post-consulting market; and the recruiting
bar is very high!
Another trend weve observed is for PE frms to build small oper-
ating teams. These will focus primarily on the frms existing portfo-
lio of investments (rather than on new deals), working closely with
their management teams to drive improved operating performance.
Typical hires will have signifcant operational experience in addition
to a consulting background. But again, this is a career move that
only a very few consultants are successful in making.
Perhaps the most likely way in which consultants can move into
the Private Equity world is to take a role within a portfolio company
of a Venture Capital or PE investor. Such businesses offer similar post-
consulting positions to their listed counterparts; the principal differ-
ence is that your tenure with that frm may end when the investors
realise their exit. Hence its somewhat less likely that your career
path will ultimately take you into a line or operational role. But you
may consider this to be an acceptable trade-off if youve negoti-
ated equity participation on joining the frm, and hence can share in
(hopefully) the subsequent value creation.
what corporates look for when hiring consultants
Its your industry sector experience, your functional skills, and the
pedigree of your professional and academic profle that will win you
a place on a headhunters or corporates shortlist. Then its your soft
skills that will get you a job offer.
Industry sector
At Analyst or Associate Consultant level, and an industry sector gen-
eralist, most corporates will not demand specifc sector expertise
when hiring. But at Manager level and above, its rare for hiring
businesses not to require some, and usually considerable, consulting
experience in their industry sector. For example, a media corporate
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recruiting a Strategy Development Director will NOT consider can-
didates whove primarily consulted in Financial Services or Utilities.
Functional skills
Again, hiring businesses will rarely compromise if candidates do not
bring relevant consulting skills to the role. If your consulting exper-
tise is in, say, business transformation, you simply wont be consid-
ered for a market-facing strategy and new business development
position.
Pedigree
Hiring clients particularly those who are themselves former con-
sultants often have strong views about the consulting frms that
they will, and will not, recruit from. As a candidate, if the brand of
your consulting frm or business school does not resonate with the
recruiting manager, the process will likely stop there. Do however
remember that youre most likely to be hired by an alumnus of the
same consulting frm that youve worked for!
Soft skills
Fulflling a strategic role successfully for 2 to 3 years within a cor-
porate requires different and new skills compared to being an
effective external advisor. So when interviewing candidates, hiring
managers are typically seeking evidence that the consultant:
can engage with people effectively both up and down the
organisation
has excellent communication skills beyond Powerpoint and
Excel
is truly willing to roll their sleeves up
understands how to make things happen in organisations
has future general management potential.
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how consultants should evaluate corporate career
opportunities
A headhunter approaches you with a strategy role in industry, or
maybe a job ad catches your eye in the press or on-line. You may
not be actively seeking to exit consulting, but this has captured your
interest. How do you evaluate the opportunity?
Ultimately, all career-change decisions are a trade-off across many
dimensions: the company, the role, timing, lifestyle, compensa-
tion, long-term career potential but in our experience there are
issues that are specifc to moving from consulting to a corporate that
you should keep front-of-mind throughout your interviewing and
due-diligence.
The role/the team
What is the strategy teams internal positioning/credibility? Is it
respected and valued by senior P&L-holding executives or per-
ceived primarily as a support function?
What is the mix of work? M&A, senior executive support, new
business development, Business Unit monitoring and control,
managing the planning cycle
What is the profle and calibre of my potential manager and
peers? Will I be working with people from whom I can learn and
grow?
Who are the senior decision-makers at group and Business Unit
level with whom I will build relationships?
The company
The brand: will it add or dilute the current brand equity on my
resume?
Is its strategic agenda aligned with my professional interests?
Is its geographic footprint congruent with my longer-term aspi-
rations? Many businesses strategy teams are London-based but
their operating businesses (and therefore your likely next career
step) are outside the South-East
The future
What is the companys track record of moving people out of the
strategy team and into line roles?
Are there ex-consultants in senior roles in the business?
conclusion
A career in consulting can open many doors, and for some it will be
a path to the most senior of executive roles. By understanding how
corporates and PE recruiters perceive and evaluate consultants, you
can better focus your job search, play to your strengths, and secure
the right career move after consulting.
n Dave Watkin is a Director at Holker Watkin Limited, an executive search
frm he co-founded nine years ago. Holker Watkin is the leading specialist in
headhunting strategy consulting talent into senior roles within FTSE-100 and
Fortune global 500 corporates, and leading Private Equity frms and their
portfolio companies.
Dave started his career in the oil industry, gained his MBA from INSEAD,
and then worked as a strategy consultant for fve years.
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1. Name of consulting frm
4C Associates
2. About our company
4C is an award winning procurement solutions company working closely with multinational
and FTSE 350 organisations to drive added value, increase fexibility and reduce costs.
Established in 2000 we are one of Europes leading procurement solutions providers, with
success based on a unique combination of industry knowledge, procurement expertise and
technology.
We have a three-pronged service offering:
4C Consulting;
4C Outsourced Procurement Services;
4CX A Procurement and Logistics partnership with DHL.
Our capabilities cover every aspect of todays purchasing and supply management functions.
We operate from 11 offces across the world from Europe to Asia with over 150 staff based
in the UK. We are committed to excellence in our work and focus on delivering the best
outcome for our clients through the provision of teams of the highest quality in terms of:
Professionalism and expertise;
Offering long-term solutions to deliver sustainable benefts;
Fair and transparent commercial arrangements;
Flexibility and creativity in our approach;
Commercial models that align to meet our clients objectives.
These core values have enabled 4C to win major projects with multinational organisations
and achieve third place in the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 in 2006. We
also won the 2007 CIPS Award for Best use of Technology in partnership with our client
AstraZeneca. 4Cs mission is to become the leading provider of procurement solutions to
global organisations, so both the short- and long-term growth opportunities for people joining
4C today are exceptional. The experience of being part of a fast growing company such as 4C
will provide you with a unique and challenging challenging environment in which to develop
your career.
3. Types of clients we serve
We work with some of the leading companies in the UK with our client base predominantly
comprising FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 businesses. We also work with a number of multinational
organisations across a variety of industry sectors.
4. Types of recruitment we are most likely to make in the next 18 months
MBA campus recruiting
Experienced hire recruiting
5. When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because
4C is a successful and very fast growing company. This growth provides limitless
opportunities for talented and motivated professionals looking for the chance to work with
some of the worlds leading companies within an environment that will allow them to grow.
4C has invested heavily in putting a professional development and recognition/reward system
in place to maintain a challenging, but fun and rewarding environment.
6. Locations of our UK offce(s)
London and Manchester
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7. Weblinks with career details of our frm
If you are interested in a career with 4C Associates, please go to www.4cassociates.com/
careers for further information.
8. Key contact details
Do you want to be part of our exciting future? Please send your CV and covering letter to:
yes@4cassociates.com or contact Mara Cabrelli, Group HR Manager on 020 7605 1600.
Main offce address: The Kensington Centre, 66 Hammersmith Road, London W14 8UD, UK;
Tel: +44 (0)20 7605 1600 (Switchboard); Fax: +44 (0)20 7605 1601; go to
http://www.4cassociates.com/download/4c_london_offce_map.pdf for directions.
9. Areas of practice where we have a strong market presence
Distribution/Logistics
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Public Sector
Retail/Consumer Goods
Telecoms, Media & Entertainment
10. Types of consulting work our frm is most heavily engaged in
Business Process Improvement
Business Transformation/Change Management
HR Consulting
Outsourcing
Project/Programme Management
Strategy
11. Awards won in the last 2 years
2006 CIPS Award for Most improved purchasing operation Start-Up in partnership with
our client B&Q; 2006 Awarded 3rd position in the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic 2006 Fast
Track 100; 2007 CIPS Awards for Best use of technology in partnership with our client
AstraZeneca
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5one Marketing Ltd
5one is a leader in consumer behaviour analysis and in strategic customer segmentation,
delivering these services to major UK and international retail organisations. Founded in
January 2002 and part of Laser Group since 2007, the company has quickly established
itself as a growing force in the market place. 5one currently employs approx 50 staff at its
headquarters in London. We welcome applications from people who are entrepreneurial,
fexible and able to manage change in their stride.
Major retail companies in Europe, UK and South Africa
Milkround recruiting (i.e. university fnalists)
they recognise that the work they will do at 5one will make a difference, being able to see
the outcome of your work is a huge beneft of working for a company like 5one. Employees
also beneft from a highly autonomous environment where entrepreneurial behaviour is
encouraged.
Hammersmith, London
For information on our current vacancies please see our website www.5one.co.uk
Candidates can also email careers@5one.co.uk for details of current vacancies
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A.T. Kearney
A.T. Kearney is an innovative, corporate-focused management consulting frm which was
established in 1926 to provide management advice concerning issues on the CEOs agenda.
A.T. Kearneys offces are located in major business centres in 34 countries. The UKs offce is
based in London and has approx 160 staff.
We provide a broad range of service experience with deep industry knowledge and experience
within the following sectors: Sports and Entertainment; Aerospace and Defence; Automotive;
Comms and High Tech; Consumer Goods and Retail; Pharma; Financial Institutions; Public
Sector and Process Industries
They have been impressed by: (i) fast career with a steep learning curve; (ii) diversity of
projects; (iii) multicultural offce environment; (iv) variety of professional development
London
www.atkearney.com
A.T. Kearney, Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London W1J 6ER
Automotive/Aerospace
Energy & Utilities
Financial Services (Retail Financial Services focus)
Financial Services (Investment Banking/Capital Markets focus)
Public Sector
Transportation
Outsourcing
Strategy
Technology
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Consulting Magazine: The Top 25 Consultants of 2007 Consulting Magazine;
Consulting Magazine Achievement Awards: Excellence in Diversity
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ABB
ABB is a leader in Power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry
customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB group
of companies operates in around 100 countries and employees about 111,000 people.
ABB Global Consulting is an international technical consultancy providing a range of
services to customers in the Chemical, Petrochemical, Oil&Gas, Metals, Power Generation,
Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing and Consumer industries worldwide. In order to meet our
customers needs, we have 8 product areas which cover all disciplines including Safety,
Energy, Maintenance & Reliability, Integrity Management, Project Services, Operational
Improvement, Environment and Validation. ABB Engineering Services is an international
technical consultancy, providing a range of services to customers in the chemical,
petrochemical, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and consumer industries
worldwide. In order to meet our customers needs, we have 8 product areas which cover all
disciplines.
Our client base is comprised predominantly of private sector organisations typically major
global corporations including BP, AstraZeneca, Pfzer, ExxonMobil, Tata and Diageo.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because ABB offer stimulating,
challenging job opportunities with personal development, the possibility of travel, and the
chance to learn from knowledgeable and experienced colleagues. Good salaries and excellent
benefts are also part of the deal. ABB encourage personal initiative and entrepreneurial
behaviour and seek to offer challenging and rewarding work environments. In return we look
for dedicated, hardworking individuals who will thrive within a fast-paced, dynamic industry.
Warrington, Teesside, Scotland
http://www.abb.com
Miss Toni Inkersole, Recruitment Facilitator, Daresbury Park, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4BT
UK; Phone: +44 (0)1925 741455; Telefax: +44 (0)1925 741212;
email: toni.inkersole@gb.abb.com
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ABeam Consulting (UK)
ABeam Consulting provides business transformation services that create strategic
advantage, improve business processes, leverage technology innovation, and enhance
organisational performance for leading multinational and domestic companies worldwide.
ABeam is one of the top three management consultancies in Japan, born from Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu in 2003. ABeams success in Japan propelled its growth worldwide. In less than
fve years, ABeam has more than doubled in size, with 3,500 professionals serving more than
700 clients throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe.
ABeam has over 700 clients, spanning industries from automotive to utilities, and include
AIG, Brother Industries, Kao, Kingston Technology, Mitsui, Mitsubishi UFJ, Northrop Grumman,
Scottish Water, Tokyo Metro and Volvo.
ABeam is truly a frm where talent attracts talent. Where everyone is excited by the
opportunities to deliver lasting value to companies all over the world. Where collaboration
happens with colleagues and clients.
London and Oxford
For more information about the opportunities available at ABeam, please see
http://www.abeam.com/careers.htm
For candidate enquiries, please email: careersUK@abeam.com
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Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.
With more than 178,000 people in 49 countries, we combine unparalleled experience with
comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions. With extensive
research on the worlds most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to
help them become high-performance businesses and governments.
What really makes Accenture stand out are the diversity, scale and groundbreaking nature of
their projects. Theyre all unique, but each one features the very latest thinking for leading
clients. Accenture collaborates with clients to help them realise their vision and achieve
high performance. 80 of the FTSE 100 are our clients. In revenue terms, Accenture UK is the
equivalent of a FTSE 50 company. And clients include 91 of the Fortune Global 100 and nearly
two thirds of the Fortune Global 500. Some names you will recognise include BA, BT, BP, Virgin
Wines, Prudential, DVLA, Orange and Selfridges.
We offer: Exceptional talent. Accenture has more of the worlds most talented people
assembled under one roof than any other organisation. Its stimulating, productive and great
fun too. Continuous learning and training. Ultimately this is a knowledge-based enterprise.
Joining Accenture means committing yourself to lifelong learning and personal development.
High quality work. Our ability to deliver exceptional job satisfaction and career development
is directly linked to the breadth and diversity of our clients and the scale of projects we tackle.
Our people are driven to provide new solutions on how to improve businesses and work with
our clients to help them seize new opportunities. A collaborative approach. Openness and
collaboration are integral to the way we work. To enable our clients to move to a higher level
of performance, we develop a deep understanding of all aspects of their business and how
they interconnect. An entrepreneurial spirit. Accenture was created by entrepreneurs with
a vision of the future. Its driven forward by future-focused individuals who are eager to share
in the success of a global business leader. A diverse workforce. You will work closely with
colleagues from a wide range of cultural, educational and geographic backgrounds. Alongside
this, we are committed to a number of key constants: we believe in stimulating environments
ones that are supportive, engaging and fun. Experience tells us that these are the basic
ingredients of creativity and innovation. We believe in fexible working conditions that ft in
around our peoples lives. We believe in sharing knowledge throughout the network a feature
of life youll discover at every level within Accenture. We practise what we preach when it comes
to building more collaborative-enabled businesses. Its this mix of new ideas with key constants
that fosters swift decision-making and purposeful leadership. In turn, they close the gap
between thought and action. We are especially proud that, even within a global organisation of
over 178,000 people, we have created a company with a genuine sense of identity and belonging
and this is what attracts candidates to Accenture.
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For graduate careers in Consulting visit www.accenture.com/ukgraduates. For experienced
hire careers visit www.accenture.com/ukexperience. For internships and placements visit
www.accenture.com/ukschemes
Graduate helpline 0500 100189
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No. 1 company in Consulting 2008 Times Top 100. Best graduate brochure 2008 Times
Top 100. Top 50 employer for women as voted for by Where Women Want to Work. Winner
Management Consultancies Association (MCA) Corporate Social Responsibility Award.
Business in The Community (BITC) Index Gold Standard. Top 20 employer in Stonewalls
Workplace Equality Index
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Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC)
Alpha FMC was founded in 2003 and is a leading provider of consulting, benchmarking and
implementation services to leading fnancial institutions in the UK, Continental Europe and
globally. Alpha FMC currently employs 23 full-time consulting staff and a number of approved
Associates. Based in the UK, we have recently opened an offce in Luxembourg. The company
is wholly owned by the Directors and employees.
Our client base consists of leading fnancial institutions in the UK, Continental Europe and
globally with a particular focus on the asset and wealth management industries and the
companies that service them we have worked for over 45 major clients.
theyve been impressed by a number of things including:
The varied and interesting work we undertake employing the highest quality consultants
coupled with our low overheads enables us to deliver cost-effective advice and win interesting
and varied work, especially against our larger competitors;
The culture and people a very open culture at Alpha encourages a strong team spirit in
the company both in work and out of work;
Career progression and potential rewards with no quotas restricting promotion or
progression, Alpha offers focused career development, giving employees opportunities and
space to develop. An inclusive proft share scheme means that all employees share in the
benefts of our success.
London
For further detail on recruitment at Alpha FMC, please see the following link:
http://www.alphafmc.com/recruiting.html
Our main offce address and contact number: 8 Fredericks Place, London EC2R 8HY;
Tel: +44 (0)20 7796 9300; Fax: +44 (0)20 7796 9307
For general enquiries: enquiries@alphafmc.com
For recruitment enquiries: recruitment@alphafmc.com
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Alsbridge plc
Alsbridge plc is the award-winning global advisory frm, providing unbiased advice and
assistance on outsourcing, shared services and offshoring. With a presence across Europe,
North America and Asia Pacifc, we offer clients unmatched functional expertise and industry
knowledge of sourcing solutions. Alsbridge consultants are subject matter experts with
experience from a range of industry backgrounds and functional disciplines. Together, this
enables us to offer a unique blend of advisors that have experience from both the client-side
and supplier-side of the sourcing industry.
Our clients span all industries and sectors, and are typically major global or FTSE 100 listed
organisations. In addition, we have a strong presence in the UK public sector. We offer
our clients independent sourcing advice around the functional areas of HR, IT, F&A and
Procurement.
they are looking for the kind of consultancy where talented and committed advisors can
thrive, without the usual red tape and bureaucracy of a traditional Big frm. They will be
skilled in any aspect of outsourcing and shared services across the FA/HR/IT or procurements
functions and are looking for the opportunity to work as part of a high performing, supportive
and collegial team that values close collaboration with clients and colleagues. We offer an
excellent remuneration package to include fexible benefts and bonus dependent on the
candidates competency, skills and level of expertise.
London
To search our latest vacancies please visit http://www.alsbridge.eu/jobs-in-outsourcing.html
Alsbridge plc, 2224 Ely Place, London EC1N 6TE; Tel: +44 (0)20 7242 0666
Email: recruitmentuk@alsbridge.eu
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MCA Management Awards Shortlisted for the outsourcing Consultancy Award 2007 MCA
Management Awards Runner-up Best Partner/Director 2007 NOA Awards Winner of the
Outsourcing Professional of the Year 2006 NOA Awards Winner of the Outsourcing Advisors
of the Year 2006 Black Book of Outsourcing Top Outsourcing Advisory Service of 2006 HRO
Europe HRO Superstar 2006 HRO Today Top Sourcing Consultants 2006
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Amdocs is a growing, proftable public company (NYSE: DOX), with revenue of $2.84 billion
in fscal year 2007 and a workforce of more than 18,000 professionals in over 50 countries. A
division of Amdocs, Amdocs Consulting is a global management and technology consulting
organisation committed to helping services organisations transform their business to deliver
an intentional customer experience, drive additional revenue streams and reduce costs.
Amdocs Consulting combines deep industry knowledge with end-to-end consulting offerings
to advise, transform and optimise business and technology processes while lowering risk
through an unrivalled track record of success and a commitment to close collaboration. One
of the leading consulting frms in the industry, backed by over 18,000 professionals, Amdocs
brings industry best practices, visionary thought leadership, and highly practical solutions to
our clients. Amdocs Consulting has offces worldwide with over 1500 employees globally.
Amdocs Consultings engagements with world leading service providers vary widely, ranging
from high-level strategy, though business process optimisation, to end-to-end business
transformation, including change management, business process integration, training and
testing. As a part of the planning phase, Amdocs always works closely with clients to identify
quick wins that are low in cost and high in impact.
With over 2500 successful projects and implementations, and over 25 years of experience
in delivering large scale transformation programmes, Amdocs brings in unmatched
experience, expertise and best practices in managing large scale transformations. Amdocs
has unparalleled industry experience with many of the leading tier 1 service providers. This
impressive client list provides employees with accelerated opportunities for advancement and
access to some of the worlds leading telecommunication companies.
London, Reading and Bath plus international locations
www.amdocs.com/careers
Please contact the Consulting Recruitment Team on consultingjobseurope@amdocs.com
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AMTEC Consulting plc
AMTEC Consulting is a leading independent supplier of management and IS consultancy,
interim management and resources, with particular strengths in the public sector. We focus
on enabling business change and work alongside our clients to realise the benefts of their
investment in change and technology. Founded in 1986, AMTEC ranks in the top 40 UK
consultancies overall and the top 3 SME consulting frms in central government
(www.managementconsultancy.co.uk).
Our extensive track record spans right across central and local government, police,
criminal justice, health, education, welfare, environment and defence. We also work with
blue-chip clients in: fnance, banking and insurance; retail and distribution; and IT and
telecommunications
They recognise our enviable position in the UK public sector market place and our ability to
leverage from a signifcant track record to offer interesting and varied projects.
Farnham
http://www.amtec.co.uk/about_amtec/corporate/vacancies/internal.xhtml
AMTEC Consulting plc, Excalibur House, 2 The Millennium Centre, Crosby Way, Farnham,
Surrey GU9 7XX; Tel: 01252 737866; Fax: 01252 737855; Email: post@amtec.co.uk;
Web: www.amtec.co.uk
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Applied Acumen Limited
An award-winning company founded in 2002, Applied Acumen serves the wiser and more
astute users of consultancy, interim and recruitment services in the UK and Europe, where
cost, speed and reliability of delivery are important.
The Applied Acumen structure and approach enables them to work with a diverse client base,
from 1m turnover through to billion multinationals, and includes sectors as diverse as
sports, education, fnance, manufacturing, transportation, retail fulflment and catering.
They recognise that the assignments are defned well, expectations are clear, the challenge
is invariably signifcant and exciting, exposure is total, support is there, the space to perform
and excel is given, and the reward is equitable.
Leeds and the Cotswolds
See www.appliedacumen.com
Candidates Contact: jobs@appliedacumen.com;
Client/PR Enquiries: enquiry@appliedacumen.com
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XpertHR/Personnel Today Award for Innovation 2007, for work undertaken with the
45,000 student Park Lane College in Leeds.
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Archstone Consulting
Formed in 2003 by leading partners from top-tier frms, Archstone Consulting is an
exciting frm focused on delivering independent, strategic advice and operational results
to corporations. Our team is a blend of seasoned consultants and industry leaders with
extensive knowledge of the consumer packaged goods, life sciences, manufacturing, and
service industries. Archstone Consulting professionals focus on assisting the c-suite and
executive management of top marquee clients with business transformations and growth
initiatives. Specifc areas of interest include: business strategy, supply chain improvement,
strategic sourcing, procurement, strategic planning and execution, collaborative commerce,
customer and product excellence, pricing strategy, marketing and sales force effectiveness,
business process design, organisational restructuring/transformation, business/fnancial
management, cost reduction and IT strategy/effectiveness. Archstone Consulting is
headquartered in Stamford, CT (USA) with offces in New York, Chicago and San Francisco,
Amsterdam, London and Toronto. Archstone Consulting was launched with the backing of
Lake Capital, a Chicago-based private equity investor.
Our clients are marquee names in the industries that we target. According to the latest
Fortune lists, we provide consulting services to 24 of the top 100 companies and 58 of the
top 500 and 65 of the top 1000. As a general guideline, about one third of our clients are
Global Fortune 500. The rest of our business is with privately held companies or categorised
as very large divisions of companies. We are also very proud that our clients are pretty evenly
distributed across our practice areas and industry groups.
One or more of the following resonates: 1) an entrepreneurial spirit that encourages
consultants to grown the frm through client service, business development or thought
leadership; 2) a smaller, more nimble, less bureaucratic environment; and 3) the ability to
work with seasoned consultants who are passionate about building a new frm.
London
www.archstoneconsulting.com
Email questions, resums and cover letters to: recruiter@archstoneconsulting.com
Transportation
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Atkins
Atkins at a glance Number of employees (as of April 2008) 18,000; Turnover (2006)
1.26 billion; Established in 1938; More than 200 permanent offces worldwide; UKs largest
engineering consultancy; Europes largest multidisciplinary consultancy; 5th largest global
design frm; Chief Executive: Keith Clarke; Atkins has topped the league of UK engineering
consultancies for the last 10 years and has been ranked in the top 10 over the last 14 years
(NCE Consultants File 19942008).
Management Consultancy in Atkins works with a range of public and private sector clients
across a diverse range of sectors. For a list of those organisations please visit our website
www.atkinsglobal.com to fnd out more.
As a consultancy, Atkins is a people business and our continued success depends upon
recruiting and retaining talented professionals from a multitude of backgrounds. We are as
committed to diversity as we are to excellence. We recognise that individuals want to progress
in many different ways. At Atkins all career routes have equal status, whether they are in
project management, in a technical discipline or in business management. We aim to be an
employer of choice and provide an environment in which our people can fourish and succeed.
London, Epsom, Cheltenham, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Cardiff
www.atkinsglobal.com/graduates; www.atkinsglobal.com/careers
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Ranked 13th: Best Big Companies to Work For 2008 The Sunday Times (UK) Ranked 43rd:
Top 100 Graduate Employers The Times (UK) 2008 Top 50 places Where Women Want to Work
The Times (UK) Best Places to Work in IT Winner: Best of the Best, Construction and
Mining Category Computer Weekly (UK)2007 Atkins was named as Engineering Consultancy
of the Year 2008 at the Building Awards (UK) National Energy Awards Winner: Educational
Awareness Category UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development 2007 (UK)
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Atos Consulting
Atos Consulting is an international consulting company providing business advisory, business
transformation and IT programme management solutions.
We work across all sectors, predominantly with Tier 1 and 2 clients, and a large number of
Central Government Departments.
When candidates choose to join our frm, it is usually because we are acknowledged leaders
in a number of our solution areas, such as Procurement, Lean, People & Change and
International Funding. Candidate feedback tells us that speed of response and quality of
interviewers are two key factors in candidates deciding to join Atos Consulting. Another factor
is that Atos in the UK is one of the few genuine end-to-end service providers, from Business
Advisory Consulting through Systems Integration to Outsourcing and Managed Operations.
Reading, Andover, London, Birmingham, Runcorn, Leeds, Edinburgh
www.atosconsulting.co.uk; www.atosorigin.com
Atos Consulting, 4 Triton Square, Regents Place, London NW1 3HG; 020 7830 4444
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Atos Consulting is one of the few companies able to provide true end-to-end client solutions,
from Business Advisory through Systems Integration and Managed Operations services. If
you want a company that thinks differently, talk to us and fnd out why Atos UK outperformed
most of our competitors with its 2007 performance, and is continuing to do so in 2008.
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Avail Consulting Ltd
Avail Consulting, part of the Tribal Group, is an independent premium consultancy focused on
the practical application of leading-edge thinking to the modernisation of the public sector.
We provide practical advice and tools to help our clients improve performance, save money
and prepare for the future across the following solutions: Strategy and Business Planning,
Performance Improvement, Partnering & Procurement Services, Supply Chain and Enterprise
Architecture. Avail was founded in 2004 and is the fastest growing public sector consultancy
growing from 2 to 55 in just 4 years. We pride ourselves on our people, our values and our
work.
We work purely within the public sector and have a strong, high-profle client base. In an
ever-changing strategic and operational landscape, we are making a signifcant contribution
to respond to the latest challenges in reform across Health, Justice, Security, Tax & Welfare,
Education and Local Government, providing expertise from all our solutions. Clients include
Home Offce, Foreign & Commonwealth Offce, NHS, Ministry of Justice, Crown Prosecution
Service, Association of Chief Police Offcers, Dept. of Children, Schools and Families,
Her Majestys Revenue & Customs and Dept. of Work & Pensions.
We are currently recruiting from Analyst level through to Managing Consultant. For some
junior positions, consulting experience is not essential.
People choose Avail based on three main reasons: our People, our Values and our Work.
1) Here at Avail, we offer the opportunity to work with an exceptionally talented team from a
range of backgrounds to work with a group of people who are committed to the business and
to work in a collaborative and innovative environment. 2) Our values create a dynamic and
positive culture where there is open, honest communication between each other and with our
clients. We provide people with the platform to take professional and personal responsibility
in managing worklife balance as well as career development. 3) And fnally, our work.
We offer the opportunity of working with a wide range of high profle public sector clients
meaning our people get to work on a diverse range of projects, across many different sectors,
something that we are continually building on for the ongoing and future success of Avail.
London
For further details about Avail in general and careers with us, please see
www.tribalavail.co.uk
Main offce address: 8791 Newman Street, London, W1T 3EY; Tel: 020 7079 9000.
If you are interested in applying or would like further information, please email us at:
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MCA Change Management Consultant of the Year 2008
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A-ViA Interim and Consulting Ltd
A-ViA Interim and Consulting Ltd has years of experience working for and with industrial
and automotive VMs/OEMs, automotive suppliers, industrial manufacturing and blue chip
organisations. With expert experiences in business development, operations, fnance and
sales management, A-ViA I&C Groups career interim directors, managers and consultants are
working with many clients to deliver tangible results in the areas of: Business Development,
Operations, Finance, Sales, Project Management, Marketing and Strategic Analysis/
Enhancement,
The A-ViA Interim and Consulting Group has leveraged its affliations with members of the
MIIM, SMMT and The Department of Trade and Industry (Department for Business, Enterprise
and Regulatory Reform). Clients include: Global Vehicle Manufacturers and Tier 1 Automotive
Suppliers.
They have the background and experience to meet our clients tough requirements and have a
suitable profle to meet our needs.
Near Birmingham, Stratford upon Avon
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Axios has grown from a true passion for the delivery of excellence. Axios was originally formed
on the foundation of many years successful change management at Managing Director
level coupled with the support of excellence in the delivery of results through consulting.
This unique background of the founders has enabled a true empathy at Director and Chief
Executive level and a true understanding of what actually matters to a business as it strives
for continuous improvement. Not only does Axios provide the technical support required to
implement change, it also has the tools to understand and support the change management
process. In everything we do, the depth of our expertise combined with the pragmatism of our
people means we deliver results, not simply reports. Our team do the doing clients rarely
engage us on strategy-only assignments. So when Axios is engaged on behalf of a client, we
stay with the client until the solutions are in place and the savings can be traced to the P&L.
Our client base is both public sector (notably local government and NHS) and private sector
(medium-sized business) all of which have a true desire to change.
Axios offers candidates the opportunity to work on a variety of high profle client
engagements. Our culture balances high standards and an expectation of excellence
together with a fexible and respectful environment. Our closely-knit team work together in
a collaborative manner to bring the best of the frm to bear on each and every client. Axios
work with full- or part-time associates and employees seeking a career path within the
company. We are currently experiencing signifcant growth and are always looking for talented
individuals who can make a contribution to our business. At Axios we intentionally sought
to build an organisation that better leveraged aggregate capabilities of the whole team
compared to that of a traditional consulting frm. We believe that everyone has something
to contribute. This therefore creates opportunities for our consultants to get involved in a
variety of projects and activities resulting in a strong bond across the consulting team. We
strongly focus on effectively developing skills to refect capabilities and experience and you
are recognised and rewarded accordingly.
Worcestershire, Avon
http://www.axiosuk.com
We can best be contacted by email at info@axiosuk.com
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Axon delivers SAP-enabled Business Transformation programmes for large organisations.
Founded in 1994, Axon was built on the principle of employing the best consultants in the
market and delivering programmes using small teams of experts. As an organisation we
now employ over 2,000 of the most experienced SAP implementation professionals across
North America, Europe and Asia Pacifc, including 750 consultants based in the UK. We
apply our business and technology expertise to the challenges of making change happen.
Our success is measured according to the outcomes experienced by our clients, such as
cost reduction, service improvement or effective corporate restructuring. Our total focus
on SAP means that our clients are able to leverage our methodologies, tools, accelerators
and templates all of which have been designed to deliver SAP best practices with no
compromise to the requirements of either alternative ERP packages or more generic systems
development methodologies. Our approach and supporting tools dramatically accelerate SAP
implementations, delivering projects many months and often years ahead of the original
schedule.
Axon delivers SAP-enabled Business Transformation programmes for large organisations such
as Transport for London, Xerox, BP, Vodafone, TXU Energy, Birmingham City Council, NATS,
Goodrich, Pratt & Whitney, to name but a few.
they are looking to move from being a number within a larger consultancy and want to
develop and broaden their consulting skills. Typically consultants will have at least 2 years of
SAP experience prior to joining Axon and will be looking to join one of the largest global SAP
consultancies in order to gain exposure to some of the largest SAP implementation projects.
Egham
http://www.axonglobal.com/pages/careers.asp
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Bain & Company
Bain & Company is a global business consulting frm with offces in all major cities. They
help management make the big decisions: on strategy, operations, mergers & acquisitions,
technology and organisation.
Bain London has been helping make companies more valuable since 1979. They work with
ambitious UK and European management teams to generate substantial, lasting fnancial
impact. Their preference is to align their economics with those of their clients so that they
prosper only if their clients prosper. In other words, they are advisors who put their money
where their mouth is.
The companys clients are typically bold, ambitious business leaders who think and act like
owners. They have the talent, the will and the open-mindedness required to succeed; thats
why they pick Bain. They may be heads of large companies or entrepreneurs, or private equity
and venture capital investors. All share the companys passion for results and are prepared to
act decisively to achieve them. This has made Bain & Company one of the leading business
consulting frms in the UK: they have worked with many corporate clients of different sizes
(including more than 30% of FTSE 100 companies) and, with their European colleagues,
advised on over 45% of larger European private equity deals since 1997.
Please see Bains website
they are eager, driven, committed and passionate and push themselves to make things
happen. They are also down to earth, friendly and approachable; highly competitive for their
clients, but very supportive with each other
40 Strand, London WC2N 5RW
http://www.bain.com/bainweb/join_bain/join_bain_overview.asp
Bain & Company, 40 Strand, London WC2N 5RW, UK
Strategy
Operations
Mergers & acquisitions
Technology and organisation
Please see Bains website
Financial Times Best Workplaces
2006: 1st place in UK Overall
2006: Top 10 Workplaces in Europe
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Bellamy Associs s.a.r.l.
The company was frst formed in India in 1998, and later incorporated in France in 2007.
We have two staff members and we are best known for business consulting in third world
countries, market entry, start-ups, remedial management, and so on.
We are also a General Business Consultant, Risk Management Company, and registered
insurance brokers. Our geographical focus is Middle East India and South Asia.
Our client base is predominantly private sector organisations, usually multinational Insurance
brokers or underwriting Agents, although we have had involvement in Government-based
projects
the quality of consulting assignments that they see will be staffed on when they join
our frm
None
www.bellamy-associes.com
La Polka, 86200 Pouant, France; Tel: +33 5 49 98 04 47
bellamy@bellamy-associes.com
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Booz & Company
Booz & Company is the oldest management consulting frm still in business, the frst to use
the term management consultant, and the only frm to be a top-tier provider of consulting
services in both the public and private sectors around the world. Booz & Company work
closely with the worlds leading institutions to create and deliver the essential advantage they
need to survive and thrive in a changing world.
Booz Allen Hamilton takes its name from their three founding partners, Edwin Booz, James
Allen, and Carl Hamilton. In 2001, they updated the frms name worldwide, dropping
the punctuation between the founders names (previously, there had been a dot between
BoozAllen and an ampersand between Allen & Hamilton, so older references to the frms
name typically read BoozAllen & Hamilton).
In July 2008, Booz Allen Hamilton separated its two major core businesses US government
consulting and commercial management consulting into two companies, Booz Allen
Hamilton and Booz & Company, respectively.
Every day, government agencies, institutions and infrastructure organisations rely on Booz
Allens expertise and objectivity, and on the combined capabilities and dedication of their
exceptional people to fnd solutions and seize opportunities. They combine a consultants
unique problem-solving orientation with deep technical knowledge and strong execution to
help clients achieve success in their most critical missions.
Please see Booz & Company website
Please see Booz & Company website
7 Savoy Court, Strand, London WC2R 0JP
http://www.booz.com/global/home/join_us
Booz & Company, 7 Savoy Court, Strand, London WC2R 0JP; Tel: +44 (0)20 7393 3333
Organisation & Strategy
Economic & Business Analysis
Supply Chain & Logistics
Intelligence & Operations Analysis
Information Technology
Systems Engineering & Integration
Assurance & Resilience
Modelling & Simulation
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Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting frm and the worlds
leading advisor on business strategy. We continue to experience unprecedented growth and
are seeking highly talented individuals to join our world class team and drive this momentum
forward. At BCG you will collaborate daily with the worlds leading businesses on a wide
range of high-level strategic challenges. The knowledge, experience, and skills youll gain will
provide the springboard you need to excel in any feld within BCG or beyond. Your potential
with us is limited only by your talents and ambitions.
BCG clients are the leading organisations in their felds. They include multinationals, growth
companies and top-tier public sector and not-for-proft organisations. We work with their
CEOs and Executives on their most interesting and complex issues.
We are currently recruiting broadly within the next 18 months and entrants will include
graduates, PhDs, MBAs, other experienced and industry hires. For further details please
review our website.
BCG will support you throughout every step of your career. You will be mentored, stretched
and intellectually challenged. You will work in close-knit teams on a wide variety of projects
in different industries and our international training programme will help you develop a
comprehensive toolkit of business and management skills. BCG consultants believe in
making a difference, not just to our clients but also by changing the world in which we live for
the better. Our consultants are passionate about supporting the causes they believe in, and
we support them at every stage along the way. Within BCG youll fnd a career of challenge
and reward. If you have excellent analytical abilities balanced with impressive interpersonal
skills, as well as drive and curiosity, you can realise your potential at BCG.
London and 65 other offces worldwide
For information on BCG or to submit an application, please refer to www.bcg.com
The Boston Consulting Group, Devonshire House, Mayfair Place, London W1J 8AJ
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Energy
Financial Institutions
Healthcare
Industrial Goods
Insurance
IT
Private Equity
Retail
Social Impact & Non-Proft
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Strategy
Ranked 11th on The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For (2008), Rank #1 for The Fortune
100 Best Small Companies to work for, Ranked Top 100 for Best Companies for Working
Mothers
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Bourton Group
Bourton Group is an independent, international management consultancy with over 40 years
experience and an excellent track record in achieving sustainable performance improvement
and organisational change in both the private and public sectors. We signifcantly improve
business processes, the capability of an organisation and its people to deliver excellent
performance and ensure sustainable improvement. We deliver results that increase
proftability, effectiveness and boost value to an organisations customers. Using the best
aspects of Lean Thinking and Six Sigma, the engagement and development of people and
the transfer of ownership and building of organisational capability, our experts provide
the necessary support and challenge in a tailored, responsive and fexible programme
to ensure that our clients are self-suffcient when we complete a programme. We assure
our professional standards through ISO 9001:2000 and membership of the Management
Consultancies Association. We are also an approved centre for the Institute of Leadership
and Management. With sister offces in the USA and Europe, we can add an international
perspective to all of our assignments.
We have a range of private and public sector clients covering a variety of industries. However,
we are particularly experienced in the Financial Services, Construction & Infrastructure
and Defence & Aerospace sectors. Example clients include Balfour Beatty, Carillion, DE&S,
Defence Aviation Repair Agency, Edmund Nuttall, Eon, HBOS, Highways Agency, HM Revenue
& Customs, Ministry of Defence, National Savings & Investments, Nationwide, Network Rail,
Post Offce, Rolls Royce, Siemens Business Services, The Army, Royal Air Force, Wellstream.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because we offer excellent conditions
of employment and our remuneration and benefts packages are competitive, comprehensive
and designed to attract the very best people. Our people create our success and we strongly
believe they should share in that success. We provide a stimulating environment and the
necessary training and development that encourages our employees to develop and grow their
careers with us.
Rugby, Warwickshire
For careers information see http://www.bourton.co.uk/info/careers.aspx
Main Offce Address: Bourton Hall, Bourton on Dunsmore, Nr Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 9SD;
Tel: 01926 633333
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Transportation
2006 National Training Award for Six Sigma training at Network Rail.
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Bridgehead International Ltd
Founded in 1994, Bridgehead has grown to be a respected supplier of due diligence, market
access and technology strategy consultancy focussed on medical products and markets. The
company has 30 staff in the UK and is expanding rapidly in the USA in New York and Boston.
Pharmaceutical and medical device companies from the very largest to start-ups.
of the fascinating projects in advances in medical science that we carry out worldwide.
London and Melton Mowbray
www.bridgehead.com
01664 503700; info@bridgehead.com
Strategy
Technology
Queens Award for Industry April 2007
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buyingTeam
Established in 1994, we are a team of over 100 procurement specialists. We work with
our clients to fnd, implement and manage opportunities to increase their proftability and
effciency through improved purchasing. We manage in excess of 55bn of client data
expenditure and with offces in the UK, Belgium and Germany are able to help our clients
across Europe. We focus on indirect costs, where many businesses lack the experience,
market knowledge and expertise to buy most effectively. Through working with us, clients can
access our specialist capability; enabling them to buy better. Procurement is all that we do.
buyingTeam is one of just nine organisations worldwide to be accredited to Gold Standard by
the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
Since 1994, we have helped organisations across the private, public and charitable sectors to
buy better. We are able to transfer purchasing best practice both across and within sectors.
Our people come from diverse industry backgrounds and bring not only their procurement
skills to clients but also invaluable experience and knowledge of their sectors. Its an
approach that works, as demonstrated by the results we deliver and the clients for which we
deliver them. Our clients include 3i, British Airways, Barnardos, O
2
, Man Group, NCH, Reuters,
RoadChef, Royal & Sun Alliance, and Universal Music.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because of 1) the range of sectors and
clients we work with; 2) our commitment to our staff in terms of training and development as
shown by our inclusion in the Best Companies guide two years in a row; 3) our commitment to
a good worklife balance, charity and community programmes.
London and Leeds
www.buyingteam.com/careers
buyingTeam, Eagle House, 16 Procter Street, London WC1V6NX; careers@buyingteam.com
Public Sector
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Strategy
The CIPS Supply Management Awards 2005 Overall Winner 2005
Shortlisted for The CIPS Supply Management Awards 2007, and ProcureCon European Awards
2007
2008 Best EU Global Outsourcing Excellence Award winner from Outsourcing Center 2008
Included in Best Companies Guides 2007 and 2008; Chartered Institute of Purchasing and
Supply Gold Accreditation
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Capgemini Consulting
Founded in 1967, Capgemini is one of the worlds foremost providers of consulting, technology
and outsourcing services, and enables its clients to transform and perform through
technology. Capgemini provides its clients with insights and capabilities that boost their
freedom to achieve superior results through a unique way of working the Collaborative
Business Experience and through a global delivery model called Rightshore
, which aims
to offer the right resources in the right location at competitive cost. Present in 36 countries,
Capgemini reported 2007 global revenues of b8.7 billion and employs over 83,000 people
worldwide. Capgemini Consulting is the Strategy and Management Consulting division of
the Capgemini Group, employing 5,000 consultants worldwide. Leveraging its deep sectorial
and business expertise, Capgemini Consulting advises and supports organisations in
transforming their business, from Strategy through to Execution. Capgemini Consulting
delivers successful outcomes by working side by side with clients to identify the best
solutions to critical business challenges.
Capgemini Consultings client base is comprised of leading private and public sector
organisations, with representation from many sub-sectors: Retail, Consumer Products,
Energy, Utilities, Chemicals, Life Sciences, Aerospace & Defence, Manufacturing, Central
Government and Local Government.
When candidates choose to join Capgemini Consulting it is usually because of:
1) Our culture this is consistently quoted as the reason people choose to join Capgemini
Consulting and remain with the organisation. The culture is open, friendly and meritocratic.
2) Capgemini Consultings organisational structure: consultants work in functional teams
and have the opportunity to work on both public and private sector engagements, but can
also specialise if from a career perspective this is their preference.
3) Training & development: Capgemini Consulting encourage continuous learning with
individuals, recognising individuals differing personal learning style and career direction.
Individuals are offered a wide variety of learning and development programmes, both here in
the UK and at our Paris University (Les Fontaines) to aid their development.
Woking (UK Headquarters), Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Inverness, London, Rotherham,
Sale, Swansea
For graduate careers information see http://brighteraltogether.uk.capgemini.com/
For the latest vacancies see www.uk.capgemini.com/careers/
Capgemini Consulting, 76 Wardour Street, London W1F 0UU; Tel: 020 7434 2171
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Energy & Utilities
Public Sector
Transportation
HR Consulting
IT Consulting
Outsourcing
Strategy
Technology
MCA Individual Winner: Performance Improvement Consultant of the Year 2007
One of the Top 50 Places for Where Women Want to Work (2007)
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Celerant Consulting
Celerant is the largest independent global frm working in the operations management
sector of the consulting market. It delivers operational transformation and helps leading
companies worldwide achieve and sustain world class performance from their business
operations. Celerants difference is simple: it believes that once it has fxed a problem for a
client, it should stay fxed. The essence of Celerants approach is that its consultants work
side-by-side with people in the front lines of business from the boardroom to the shop
foor to ensure the delivery of sustainable and measurable benefts. Celerant embeds
long-term behavioural change into the culture of its clients organisations the key to
sustainable change a unique approach called Closework
. Last year Celerant delivered

over b600m/$1bn in annualised sustainable savings to its clients and over the last 20 years
it has become the largest independent frm of business operations consultants, with annual
revenues of over b110/$170m in 2007.
Celerant works with some of the worlds leading companies to create more proftable, more
capable and more competitive organisations. Our people help companies and the people
within these companies achieve and sustain real gains in bottom-line performance.
Celerant works across a range of industries, including: Aerospace, Automotive, Chemicals,
Energy, FMCG, Financial Services, Government, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Manufacturing,
Metals, Mining, Pulp & Paper, Retail, Telecommunications and Utilities. Clients include:
Adisseo, Akzo Nobel, Bayer, BBC Worldwide, BT Wholesale, BP, Celanese, Church & Dwight,
DSM, GSK, Honda Racing F1 Team, Lanxess, Norsk Hydro, Pioneer, Premier Oil, Powergen
Renewables, Reuters, Rhodia, Rohm & Haas, Scottish Water, T-Mobile, and Wyeth.
They have:
Previous consulting experience, but want to join a frm that gets them closer to the action
and makes a real difference to the way people (and business) work;
Experience in industry, which they want to apply from a broader perspective, by combining
their business experience with a consulting approach that delivers measurable change;
A desire to learn from the breadth and depth of consulting assignments they will be
deployed on where they engage with clients at all levels on a daily basis, driving real change
where the work gets done.
Richmond, Surrey
For general information: http://www.celerantconsulting.com
For careers information: http://www.celerantconsulting.com/Careers/careers.aspx
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Change Management Group Ltd
Change Management Group (CMG) is a leading Business Change Consultancy to the Retail
and FMCG industry. Founded in the late nineties, CMG helps retailers drive process and
functional improvements across commercial and supply chain activities. We work alongside
our clients teams to lead and develop their capability to successfully land change initiatives.
CMG delivers projects across the change spectrum, including culture change, organisational
design, business recovery, systems implementation and relationship management to our
clients. Our partners, consultants and associates have worked extensively across the globe,
on a wide variety of programmes and bring to the table a wealth of experience and knowledge.
We have developed our own methods and toolset that help our clients and our associates
implement complex solutions to resolve their business problems. Having doubled in size in
2007, we are poised for signifcant growth in the next few years.
Our client base spans well known international and UK based retailers, including a number of
UK Tier 1 retailers, of electronic goods, DIY, fashion, grocery and general merchandising. Our
offering has also recently been extended into the public sector.
1. They are excited about our high quality projects; 2. They want to work for top tier clients;
3. They are keen to share our approach of consulting creating lasting value; 4. They want
to learn about our tools and methodology; 5. They are enjoying our Talent Pool network;
6. They prefer a good worklife balance
London
www.changemanagementgroup.co.uk
Change Management Group, Island Studios, 22 St. Peters Square, London W6 9NW;
Tel +44 (0)20 8748 8311; info@changemanagementgroup.co.uk
Public Sector
IT Consulting
Strategy
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Changescape Limited
Founded in January 2002, Changescapes focus is on helping businesses to run better.
Changescape is headquartered in the South of England but operates on a national and global
level as required by our clients. Our client approach is entirely holistic. We work cross-sector
and inter-discipline to bring best-of-breed consultancy, project management and people
development practices together in a single integrated service. We take what we learn from
previous assignments and apply it to innovating the next, always recognising that it is the
client who is central to the assignment. Whether we are engaged in consultancy, project
management or training, or increasingly in a mix of all three, our aim at the end of the
assignment is to leave our client with the skills and resources to deliver a higher level of
performance than before our intervention. As a result, we enable our clients to realise their
own goals, however diverse they may be. Changescape boasts a sizeable team of consultants,
all of whom have excellent pedigrees having been employed in the past by some of the UKs
top consulting and commercial organisations. We do not have the structure and overheads of
some of our larger competitors and therefore our clients fnd Changescape to be much more
fexible and truly excellent value-for-money.
We are engaged by clients working across a wide variety of business sectors. From major
fnancial institutions and media consultancies, manufacturing industry and the Public Sector,
we bring a reservoir of best practice and expertise tempered by our own real world experience.
We are proud to have helped these organisations to achieve their individual goals, no matter
how diverse they might be:
Financial Services: Allianz Clerical Medical Esure, Generali, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland,
Sirius Group, Scandia Zurich; Charities & Public Sector: Volunteer Development, Scotland
Department for Transport, States of Guernsey, Teacher Support Network, Guernsey Training
Agency; Retail: Dyrberg, Kern, Republic of Fritz Hansen; Travel & Transport: British Airways,
Thai Airways; Technology & Pharmaceuticals: BT, Radianz, Mettoni, Novartis; Legal: Marks
& Clerk Solicitors, Indemnity Fund; Manufacturing: British American Tobacco, IT Consultancy
Services: Capgemini; Property & Construction: DTZ, Laing ORourke, SEGRO (Slough Estates
Group); Broadcast & Media: British Sky Broadcasting, Joshua, G2, 141 Worldwide
They want the fexibility, professionalism and attractive rates of pay we provide
Ringwood Hampshire
http://www.changescape.com
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Changescape Limited, New House Market Place, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 1EN;
Company Registration Number: 04346569; International DUNS Number: 423589626;
VAT Registration Number: GB 787 3104 13;
Gary Homes, Managing Director Phone: +44 (0)1425 656665; Mob: +44 (0)7880 790815;
Email: gary.homes@changescape.com
Transportation
IT Consulting
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Chaucer Group Limited
Formed by our Global CEO, Bob Laslett, in 1987, Chaucer currently operates in the UK, North
America, Russia and the Asia Pacifc Region. With Offces in Kent, Houston, Chicago, New
York, Michigan, Moscow, Dubai and Hong Kong employing 150 Consultants worldwide, we
have expertise in project and programme management, change delivery and business process
improvement. We have industry expertise focusing in the fnance, oil, gas & petrochemical and
pharmaceutical industry sectors. We are fexible and have a breadth of resource that enables us
to deploy large or small delivery teams with appropriate controls and delivery assurance.
Our key client sectors are: Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
and Financial Services.
Chaucer Consulting is one of the fastest growing, independently-owned, management
consultancies in the UK. We support large, global organisations within the Oil & Gas,
Pharmaceutical or Financial Services Sectors through the effective implementation of change
working as an integrated part of client teams. Our approach to relationship management
and service delivery is paramount to our success and we pride ourselves on quality, fexibility
and assuring the delivery of goals and objectives. When Consultants join us its because they
share this passion and have a demonstrable track record in this area. We are looking for
talented and experienced individuals to join us as senior consultants to support the company
in achieving its growth objectives. Whilst consultancy experience is desirable, we value and
welcome those from non-consulting backgrounds who have an aptitude for and demonstrable
skills in project and programme management, especially where this relates to large scale
business change and transformation.
All our Consultants are remote workers but our Headquarters are in Kent.
http://www.chaucerconsulting.com/
Chaucer Group Limited, 67 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent ME13 8PB; Tel: 01795 542500;
jobs@chaucerconsulting.com.
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CIO Consulting
CIO Consulting works with IT executives to optimise the performance and business value
provided by their department. We deliver cost-effective and business-aligned Information
Services by helping our clients establish effective governance structures for service
management, technology, projects, information security and compliance.
Our clients include a number of FTSE250 companies, prominent central government
organisations and local authorities.
they are attracted by the high calibre professionals they will be working with, and the
quality of consulting engagements they will be undertaking.
London
Website: http://www.cioconsulting.com; Main Contact Number: +44 (0)20 3008 7555;
Email enquiries: enquiries@cioconsulting.com; Main offce address: Central Court,
25 Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London WC2A 1AL
Energy & Utilities
Public Sector
Transportation
IT Consulting
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CityIQ Ltd
CityIQ is a specialist consultancy that has been providing advisory and delivery services to
our many clients in the Financial Services Industry for over ten years. We are seen by our
clients as partners, providing them with the advice and assistance they need at a price they
can afford. We believe in long-term business relationships. Most of our client relationships
have evolved over many years. We attribute this to the consistent quality of service we deliver
and our willingness to choose long-term reputation over short-term gain.
CityIQ works primarily with Financial Services organisations based in London and the major
offshore locations. In the last three years we have worked with over 30 leading institutions
providing experienced consultancy advice and expert implementation assistance.
Candidates choose CityIQ as their career partner because: We are committed to building
long-term business relationships with our consultants, contractors and candidates. We
specialise in the Securities Industry and have a thorough understanding of our sector and
the companies that make it work. We spend time getting to know all our consultants,
contractors and permanent candidates and what they want from their careers. We are
small enough to care about individual candidates, offering a personalised service that is
relationship, not numbers, driven. We are suffciently well known in the market to attract
large, prestigious clients offering signifcant opportunities with highly competitive packages.
We understand the market and can provide career advice; and advise on CV presentation,
interview techniques, rates and salaries, and the advantages of choosing either a contract or
permanent placement. We provide cross-training events and an active social network.
London
For details about CityIQs services and news about CityIQs events please go to
www.cityiq.com. For details of CityIQs latest vacancies go to www.ciqresourcing.com
CityIQ Ltd, Token House, 1112 Tokenhouse Yard, London, EC2R 7AS;
Tel: +44 (0)20 7073 2925; Fax: +44 (0)20 7073 2926.
General enquiries: enquiries@cityiq.com Vacancies: resourcing@ciqresourcing.com
Outsourcing
Strategy
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CMEurope Ltd
CMEurope Ltd (a subsidiary of the Chandler Macleod Group, one of Australasias largest and
most diverse HR outsourcing and recruitment companies), offers comprehensive consulting
services encompassing psychometric assessment, management and organisational
development, executive coaching, outplacement, career transition, talent management and
deployment. Chandler Macleod Group operates a network of 65 offces across Australasia and
the UK and employs approximately 985 branch and head offce staff, 2000 permanent feld
staff and 14,000 on-hired employees. It is a market leader in the areas of: Blue-collar/white
collar recruitment services, Psychological assessment and consulting, HR outsourcing
Our client base is a selection of public and private sector.
a) they are interested in how by becoming accredited in our products and services they can
grow their own client base;
b) without the restrictions of working for an employer they can work as part of a project team
on large public and private sector consultancy projects;
c) They get to meet like-minded consultants
Guildford, Surrey
www.cmeurope.eu; www.chandlermacleod.com; www.mettle.com.au
CMEurope, Crossweys House, 2830 High Street, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3HY
Tel: +44 (0)1483 243440; info@cmeurope.eu
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HR Consulting
Strategy
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Coalition
Coalition (www.coalition.com) launched in Sept 02 as a Business Intelligence data provider
with a core skill in providing intelligent data to Financial Services frms. With offces in
London, New York and Mumbai, and 150 employees, we are backed by 3 of the largest global
Investment Banks. We provide data, analytics, process and technology that allow our clients
to map their market: Coalition Client Services to map their client (wallet, key decision maker
map, detailed relationship maps); Coalition Competitor services to map their competitors
(revenues, headcount, expenses, capital); Coalition Colleague services to map their own
internal assets (mobility, skills, succession). Our bespoke technology DNA is designed to serve
fnancial institutions, although we have applications that are highly effective across any
industry where Human Capital is the most important contributor to revenue. Our service is
delivered through our teams working on-site with the client to build a knowledge repository in
their database. The client then has the opportunity to leverage central Coalition resources to
expand or clarify their internal business intelligence.
Our clients include leading investment banks in Europe and North America as well as buy-
side frms and service providers to the fnancial industry. Coalition is backed by JP Morgan,
UBS and Deutsche Bank.
Coalition is an exciting and rapidly-growing company, which caters for those with an
entrepreneurial spirit. We are acknowledged as being at the leading edge of dynamic market
analysis. Our employees are highly motivated individuals who all recognise and believe in
Coalitions aspirations and goals, and who thrive on working as a team to achieve them.
Coalitions management team work to support and maintain an entrepreneurial and collegiate
environment where our employees have the opportunity to contribute to the companys
development, and to maximise their personal potential. Through our existing businesses and
growth plans, we are able to offer unique opportunities and challenges to the right people.
London
www.coalition.com
One Newhams Row, London SE1 3UZ. Contact: Jenny George, Email: jg@coalition.com;
Tel: 020 7378 3918
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Commercial Advantage Consulting
Commercial Advantage is an international management consultancy based in London with
strong experience of the consumer goods industry. They believe that consulting services
should be focused on moving from what to how, which means striking the right balance
between setting strategic objectives and actually delivering them. They help clients deliver
commercial advantage by working with teams to break free from inhibiting practices,
overcome barriers to execution and embed improved organisational behaviour. Offering a
fresh take on consulting, Commercial Advantage choose not to use off-the-shelf solutions.
Instead, their approach ensures that strategy is grounded in the realities of the clients
business. This means that their projects are designed to deliver results by inspiring client
teams into better ways of working and making decisions, not writing snazzy reports that just
gather dust on the clients shelf.
Commercial Advantages client base is comprised of prestigious consumer goods companies
such as Coca-Cola, Kimberley-Clark, Nestl, Diageo, Energizer Wilkinson Sword, Unilever.
Commercial Advantages truly unique approach to consulting attracts fun, down-to-earth,
intelligent people. The hands-on culture empowers consultants to help out on anything to
do with building the company from within. This non-hierarchical environment fosters an
atmosphere in which people work together to solve big, real business problems and assuming
client deliverables are met, consultants are also largely in control of their worklife balance.
As Commercial Advantage works with large, global, blue-chip consumer goods companies,
consultants are exposed to a variety of work which means there is always a new challenge.
In addition, the fat structure and small teams allow for good relationships with senior
management and more than enough interaction with clients.
London
Why join Commercial Advantage? Take a look at http://www.commercialadvantage.com/
careers/index.asp
career@coadc.com
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Concise
Founded in 2001, Concise is a London-based boutique strategy consultancy that specialises
in the leisure and retail sectors. We help corporate clients make more money, as well as
assisting private equity frms with commercial and operational due diligence.
We span a diverse mix, from large multi-nationals; small entrepreneurial privately-owned
businesses through to large and small private equity frms.
Youre likely to have joined a large consultancy straight from a good university and having
received a solid grounding in consulting, you are fnding a large corporate consultancy a bit
too restrictive, cumbersome or monotonous. We offer a truly dynamic environment where you
will be given direct ownership of clients much quicker than larger consultancies can offer as
well as a young, informal environment.
London
www.concise-consultants.co.uk
info@concise-consultants.co.uk
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Consulting Stream Ltd
Consulting Stream is an independent management and technology consultancy. We advise
organisations on how to successfully manage complex technology-based programmes and are
experienced in delivering tailored IT consulting services. We assist with programme design
and management, supplier management and methods for ensuring programme benefts
are fully realised. We are passionate about delivering value for our clients and are able to
deploy teams with the right blend of skills and experience to each assignment. We offer
accomplished consultants, with practical experience within the public and private sector.
Headquartered in Central London, Consulting Stream provides consulting services across the
UK and has conducted assignments around the world.
Many central government and blue chip corporate clients have drawn upon our expertise and
experience to support the design and delivery of their major programmes. We are trusted
advisors to the Transport, Telecoms, Public and Financial Services sectors. We have built an
enviable client base and much of our new business comes as a result of referrals from our
existing clients.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they see an opportunity for
responsibility and development, which allows the individual to make an impact within
consultancy.
London
www.consultingstream.com/careers.asp
Consulting Stream Ltd, First Floor Elizabeth House, 39 York Road, London SE1 7NQ;
Tel: 020 7593 0400; careers@consultingstream.com
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Convergys EMEA Ltd
At Convergys, were a global leader in relationship management. We deliver a broad range
of customer and HR solutions, backed by technology, business analytics and consulting
services that help create valuable relationships between our clients, their customers and
their employees. Convergys is uniquely and exclusively focused on helping our clients make
smarter decisions about enhancing their relationships with customers and employees to
improve business performance. We help our clients recruit, service and retain customers and
employees using innovative technologies that increase effciencies, satisfaction, loyalty and
workforce effectiveness while decreasing costs. This approach has made us a global leader
for 25 years. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Convergys employs nearly 75,000 employees
who serve clients in over 70 countries, speaking more than 35 languages, from 79 sites
across the globe. Convergys has been named a Fortune Most Admired company for seven
consecutive years, and more than half of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies are Convergys
clients.
We serve the following industries: Communications, Financial Services, Government, Health
Care, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Transportation
1. Given the relatively recent establishment of the Consulting practice, there are opportunities
for highly motivated individuals to play a pivotal role in the shape and growth of the
organisation moving forwards. 2. We have developed an enviable track record, driven by our
ability to Outthink and Outdo our competition. 3. We expect candidates to demonstrate their
value towards continuing this success.
Cambourne, Cambridge
www.convergys.com
Convergys EMEA Ltd, 1020 Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6DN;
Email: recruitment.emea@convergys.com
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2006:
Excellence in Learning Silver and Bronze Awards Brandon Hall
Top 20 Company in Learning Outsourcing TrainingOutsourcing.com
Americas Most Admired Companies Fortune
Lifetime Achievement Award Customer Interaction Solutions
Outsourcing Services Service Leaders Award CRM Magazine
Best Overall Company Excellence Award TeleStrategies Billing and OSS World
Product Differntiation Innovation Award in the Billing Software Market Frost & Sullivan
2007:
InformationWeek 500
KLD Domini 400 Social Index
20 Most Infuential Training Professionals Award TrainingOutsourcing.com
Outsourcing Services Service Leaders Award CRM Magazine
Americas Most Admired Companies Fortune
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CPC Ltd
CPC is an established Project Management and Business Consulting company operating
from a head offce in London and regional offces in Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester. We
offer our clients innovative, pragmatic and comprehensive solutions that meet their business
needs and properly address the interests of all stakeholders a one-stop-shop for advice,
guidance and delivery. Capital Project Consultancy Ltd is a private independent company with
the board members being the shareholders.
Our client base is comprised predominantly of public sector organisations typically local
government and local authorities.
they are excited by the opportunites to work on the various projects we offer and are
impressed by the calibre and culture of the people that work at CPC.
London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester
www.cpcltd.com; www.cpccareers.com
CPC Ltd, Fountain House, 130 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 5DJ; Tel: 020 7015 8500
Contact: Siobhan Delany; email:siobhan.delany@cpcltd.com
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Crelos
Crelos is a people change consultancy that works with leaders whose aim is to differentiate
their businesses through people and to make a difference to hard business metrics and
processes positioning, differentiation, performance and change. We make this differentiation
a reality, by blending business nous and precision business psychology: focusing on the precise
behaviours of people that are needed to bring about the desired change. Our consulting model
is well-researched and proven but our practical use of it means that we are constantly refning
our application of it to new client challenges. Our clients see us as delivering highly valuable,
workable, insightful solutions that are coupled with a refreshingly unstuffy approach.
Crelos is the new name for the consulting arm of Getfeedback Getfeedback continues to
support our consulting work as well as working directly with clients by delivering online tests
and surveys from a range of providers through our own world-class assessment system. Were
based in Henley with approximately 30 permanent staff and a further 50 Associate staff.
Were growing rapidly but only when we get the right people to join us. We know that our mix
of permanent and associate team enables us to both deploy rapidly the right blend of project
team for an assignment and to provide opportunities for exchange and transfer of knowledge
across the consulting team.
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People who work at Crelos all have similar reasons for choosing us as their next career move.
Firstly, they want to be part of an entrepreneurial and rapidly growing consultancy and have
the opportunity to create and implement innovative solutions in an exciting market. Secondly,
they are impressed by our culture the worklife balance our consultants all have, the
informal relaxed work environment and our straight talking approach. And fnally, they know
that in a rapidly growing organisation they will get development opportunities that will take
years to build up elsewhere.
Henley-on-Thames
http://www.crelos.com
Telephone: 01491 845535. Crelos, Chiltern House, 45 Station Road, Henley on Thames,
Oxfordshire, RG9 1AT. For career opportunities email talent@crelos.com
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Crimson & Co
Founded in 2003, Crimson & Co is a fast-growing supply chain consultancy with an excellent
reputation for developing and implementing end-to-end solutions wherever our clients need
us throughout the world. We exploit our deep supply chain process understanding to focus
on performance improvement and cost reduction, generating tangible and sustainable
benefts for clients in a pragmatic and cost-effective way. We have a team of full-time
employees, rather than a loose network of associates, giving us total control over quality, a
unifed purpose and signifcant beneft for our clients. This team is highly skilled, having had
successful careers within blue chip organisations and the major consultancies, and includes
specialists in physical logistics, order management, manufacturing operations, purchasing,
supplier management, planning, supply chain strategy and business appraisal, amongst
others. The Crimson & Co culture is unique, and is often remarked upon we work well
together as a team, and we work well with our clients, providing new ideas, robust solutions
and constructive challenge in an approachable way.
Our clients are typically FTSE 100 organisations and other major global businesses. Our client
base is referenced on the companys website; please check for recent updates
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they seek the challenge
and recognition of working for a highly regarded, fast growing, specialist supply chain
organisation with a unique culture.
What really sets us apart is the following:
Our team ethic is strong; Individuals are encouraged to take responsibility for delivery
and are all client-facing from day one; When interacting with clients, our style and
professionalism is unique they enjoy having us around (clients words, not ours!)
Staff are based all over UK and we have an Administration centre in Chester. Crimson & Co
believes in worklife balance so when not working with clients, staff are not expected to
travel to work at our offces
http://www.crimsonandco.com
Head offce phone number 0870 750 3761. Candidate enquiries should be addressed to
careers@crimsonandco.com, or information@crimsonandco.com
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CTG (UK) Limited
For 40 years, CTG has delivered information technology (IT) services that provide real
business value to our customers. Our fully integrated array of IT staffng, application
management outsourcing, and industry-focused IT solutions is backed by a time-tested
suite of formal methodologies, a proprietary database of best practices, and a wide range of
strategic alliances and partnerships. Our international network of offces in North America
and Europe is staffed by thousands of business and IT experts committed to helping our
clients use IT to achieve their business objectives. CTG has fully integrated our solutions
to closely parallel the changing landscape of business today, with services aligned to
best serve clients in areas that include: Staffng: CTG uniquely facilitates IT staffng
and resource management by creating custom supply chain models driven by e-business
solutions. Application management outsourcing: CTGs application management expertise
encompasses the management of single or multiple applications, facilities management, and
help desk. Development and integration: our full range of software development services
include project management and system enhancement, conversion, upgrade, implementation,
testing, and maintenance. Consulting: CTG consultants perform staffng, outsourcing, or
infrastructure assessments and business and IT process analysis.
CTG in the UK specialises in services that improve the management and delivery of both
business and information technology (IT) projects. With consulting expertise that bridges
business and technology, CTG is uniquely qualifed to help clients realise the maximum
benefts in both areas with speed and quality. CTG operates primarily within the health
care, telecommunications, retail, life sciences and fnancial services sectors. Consultants
are recruited based on their background and experience in those industries as well as in IT,
enabling us to apply and share both business and technical knowledge during each project
assignment.
at CTG we understand that their success is our success. CTG professionals represent
CTG to our clients. As a result, we work hard to support our employees by providing the
programmes and processes needed to perform their jobs, hone their skills and advance their
careers. There are opportunities at CTG for those who want to make a difference. In return,
we offer competitive compensation and benefts, state-of-the-art training and education,
intensive career coaching, a rewarding work atmosphere and challenging assignments.
Reading, Berkshire
For further information and to search our global careers site, visit http://www.ctg.com/
careers-at-ctg
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address for careers enquiries is: recruitment.uk@ctg.com or call 0118 9750877 and ask to
speak to the Recruitment team.
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Curzon & Company LLP
Curzon & Company helps clients identify, design and implement business improvements
faster, more sustainably, with less risk and more fnancial beneft than they could on their
own, or with anyone else. Our approach to delivering results for our clients is profoundly
pragmatic and is a partnership between client and consultant. Curzon & Company currently
has a team of 50 consultants working with business leaders on the most urgent issues facing
them and their organisations.
Typically FTSE 100 companies including MFI, Anglo American, BSkyB, Homeserve, Bank of
Scotland etc
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they want to be part of one
of the fastest growing Management Consulting frms in the UK which still preserves the
entrepreneurial energy, commitment to leadership and passion for quality. Curzon is like
joining a family of high calibre people. They stand side by side for respect and support.
London
www.curzoncompany.com
justine.gonshaw@curzoncompany.com
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Dascam Consulting Ltd
Dascam was founded in 2002 and, despite being a British company, is based in the
United Arab Emirates. With offces in Abu Dhabi, the capital, and Dubai, Dascam provides
consultancy services in the feld of organisational development, training, crisis management,
business continuity and safety & security. Dascam employs 110 people, from 10 different
nationalities. Many have a UK Armed Forces and Police background. Dascam intends to
expand into other Gulf countries in 2008.
Dascams client base is predominantly government based, simply because most sectors (oil &
gas, construction, utilities, transportation, etc) are government owned.
they relish the challenge of delivering top class professional services for a well-run and
managed British company in an exciting and rapidly developing part of the world. The fact
that all income is tax free, the sun shines and it is one of the most tolerant countries in the
Gulf has nothing to do with it!
Salisbury, Wiltshire
www.dascamconsulting.com
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Defence Strategy & Solutions LLP
Defence Strategy & Solutions is a top tier specialist strategic advisory frm, focusing on the
provision of policy and strategy advice to clients at the senior-most levels of government
and industry, primarily in the areas of Defence and National Security & Resilience. DS&S
was founded and is led by a highly experienced Partnership team with backgrounds from the
foremost global consulting businesses and the frms Advisory Board includes Paddy Ashdown
(recently retired UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Charles Miller-
Smith (former Chairman of ICI and Scottish Power).
DS&Ss client base includes key UK central government departments and agencies, such as
The Cabinet Offce, Ministry of Defence and Security Services, and the blue-chip commercial
organisations that serve them.
The DS&S environment is dynamic, fast-moving and highly collegiate, with a non-hierarchical
structure that accords people roles in engagements based on their skills and experience
rather than a level or grade.
As a Limited Liability Partnership, DS&S employs an extended Partnership model whereby
senior members of the team can join the LLP and participate in the leadership of the frm. All
staff participate in the frms proft sharing scheme and the levels of compensation we offer
refect the exceptional quality of the talent we seek.
DS&Ss consulting team comprises a diverse group of exceptionally talented individuals who
bring a broad, but complementary range of technical, analytical and domain expertise. All of
our consultants possess:
A strong intellect underpinned by a frst class academic track record.
Outstanding strategic, analytical and creative skills, with the capability to develop
innovative but highly practicable solutions to complex problems.
A natural empathy with and sensitivity to the culture, ethos and modus operandi of the
defence, government and national security and resilience communities.
Exemplary presentation and communication skills.
Gravitas, insight and maturity. An ability to rapidly establish trust and credibility within the
client base.
An interest in the bigger picture the geopolitical context in which the defence and
national security and resilience communities operate.
A passion for delivering to the highest levels of service, impartiality and ethical behaviour.
Farnborough
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Dell Corporation Ltd
Headquartered in Round Rock, Texas and founded in 1984, over the last 10 years
Dell Corporation grew revenue from $12 billion to $61 billion a remarkable achievement
by any count. In fact, in terms of organic growth we stand apart as the fastest-growing
technology company in history.
Dell Corporation now has approximately 89,000 employees worldwide, the Americas, EMEA
and Asia Pacifc with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Brazil, China, Malaysia,
India, Ireland and Poland.
At Dell we work with our customers to simplify the management, deployment and support
of their IT infrastructures so they can put more focus on expanding their business. Our
comprehensive portfolio of IT management services helps customers to lower annual service
costs and enhance performance without sacrifcing control.
We focus on IT simplifcation where organisations struggle with IT complexity, Dell is forging
a new path to simplify IT by building a low-touch uniform infrastructure spanning the desktop
to the data centre. Dell IT simplifcation helps reduce the cost and complexity of maintaining
systems, enabling organisations to reclaim the time, money and personnel needed to drive
true innovation into daily business processes.
Dell Infrastructure Consulting focuses on IT simplifcation and utilises innovative tools,
automated analysis and our own intellectual property to give customers insight into what
is driving IT complexity. We can deliver a set of practical executable plans for simplifying IT
infrastructure, helping reduce operating costs while freeing up resources for new business
initiatives. We seek better answers than traditional service models, based on our belief
that consulting should not need armies of people. Our Consulting Methodology is based on
intellectual property and reference architecture developed through proof of concept testing
in our solution centres, expanded with feld-experience through supporting many customer
implementations.
We take advantage of innovative tools and automated analysis to avoid labour or time
intensive consulting engagements and can deliver rapid results. We offer end-to-end
solutions to provide a single source and point of contact for hardware, software, service and
on-going support.
In a time when many providers aspire to do everything, we focus on IT Infrastructure services
excellence. Infrastructure Consulting from Dell can help our customers maximise the value
of their information technology investments and create an effcient, effective and scalable
IT infrastructure.
Every Fortune 100 company does business with Dell. Corporations large and small, as well as
public institutions, partner with Dell.
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BRING YOUR
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Driven. Ambitious. Eager to work with the best. Thats how we
achieve success at Dell. And they are the same qualities we look
for in our people. If youre good, joining our multi-billion
business here in Bracknell will ensure you get even better.
You want to build on your experience gained across large-scale
projects and you want your strong communication, advanced
planning and solid organisational skills to shape your success.
We hear what youre saying and will give you everything you
need to succeed. As well as, of course, industry leading benets
and rewards.
At the heart of Dell is a mobile, driven culture that continuously strives for improvement.
Motivated by our team and fuelled by the success around us, were always encouraging each
other to develop better solutions and reach higher goals.
Diversity at Dell At Dell, Diversity is characterised by both similarities and differences
those things that bind us together into one workforce and fexibility around individual
uniqueness. At Dell, we attract and retain the best talent from a range of diverse backgrounds.
Dell is known as a company that thrives on bringing diverse thinking to business issues, we
respect the individual needs of our workforce. We were recently voted in the top 50 organisations
where women want to work in a poll run by The Times in the UK. This is just one example of Dells
ongoing commitment to driving the Diversity agenda in our workplace.
Direct relationships Our environment and ultimate success are founded on candid, two-
way communication. Global team member surveys, such as Tell Dell, help extend our business
philosophy into all we do.
Empowerment; Making decisions; Creating your own success; Driving your future and ours.
Join the Dell team and enjoy the latitude to explore every possibility in reaching your goals.
Bracknell, Glasgow, Edinburgh
www.canyousimplify.com; www.dell.com/simplifyit; www.dell.com/careers
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Dell is committed to service excellence and in October 2007 the SSPA (Service and Support
Professionals Association) awarded Dell, Inc with Service Excellence in Mission Critical
Support, Hardware. Honorees in this category provide technical support in mission-critical
environments where system up-time is imperative, typically for enterprise customers.
Technical support from these support organisations is a critical part of keeping customers
up and running 24/7. The winners have demonstrated how their technical support effectively
maintains their customers mission critical systems in continuous operation.
Sunday Times, Top 50 organisations where women want to work.
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Deloitte
Deloitte is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in
independent frms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, fnancial
advisory, risk management and tax services to selected clients. With 11,000 exceptional
people across the UK and Switzerland, Deloitte has the broadest and deepest range of skills
of any business advisory organisation, and we have a straightforward goal: to be recognised
as the pre-eminent and most trusted professional services frm, famous for the calibre
of our people and respected for the exceptional quality of our work. At Deloitte we foster
a collaborative culture where talented individuals can produce their best work. We value
innovative thinking, diverse insights and we strive to offer an exceptional level of customer
service through our expertise and professionalism.
The Consulting practice at Deloitte has deep expertise and a broad spectrum of service
offerings that enable us to provide high value business advice on a range of issues, from
strategy through to implementation. Deep industry expertise in a number of key market
segments in both the private and public sectors ensures that the advice we provide to clients
is tailored to that particular sectors needs. Our presence throughout the UK via our London
and regional offce network enables us to support a variety of organisations, from the largest
global multinationals or government departments to smaller, local companies and local
authorities.
Our consultants have valuable expertise in market analysis, organisational design,
operational performance improvement, performance measurement, risk management
and project and change management, both assisting Governments in improving business
performance and shareholder governance. The Deloitte Difference: we are the one
organisation whose people understand business issues from every perspective which enables
them to deliver more comprehensive solutions for their clients.
There are two elements in the way that we do business that help us to stand out from our
competitors: 1. The breadth and depth of expertise we bring to each engagement, allowing
us to solve even the most complex business challenges. 2. The collaborative way in which we
work with clients and with each other, creating solutions with our clients by bringing a multi-
dimensional perspective, global reach and deep understanding of their businesses.
Our key service areas are: Operations; Strategy; Human Capital; Enterprise
Applications; Technology Integration
they are impressed by the outstanding leadership of the practice coupled with the quality
and diversity of consulting assignments they will be working on when they join. This is
combined with the frms commitment to helping employees make the most of opportunities
around them and the constant investment in their development in conjunction with our talent
agenda around employee well being, diversity, respect and inclusion.
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Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Isle of Man, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton
Keynes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Reading, Southampton, St. Albans
http://careers.deloitte.com/experienced.aspx; http://careers.deloitte.com/studentgrad.aspx;
http://scholars.deloitte.co.uk/index.cfm
Stonecutter Court, 1 Stonecutter Street, London EC4A 4TR, UK; Tel: +44 (0)20 7936 3000;
Fax: +44 (0)20 7583 1198
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Winners and Finalists at the 2008 Management Consultancies Association (MCA)
Management Awards; 2008 Britains best business-to-business brand; Sunday Times Top
100 Best Companies to Work For 2008 (12th place); 38th Place in the Workplace Equality
Index; The Times Top 50 Where Women Want to Work award; Professional Services Firm of
the Year at the BVCA Private Equity Awards; Gold rating in the Business in the Community
2007 Corporate Responsibility Index; second place in The Times Highfiers Graduate Employer
of Choice survey 2007 and 2008; Top UK Corporate Career Website; 2007; 2008 Web
Globalization Report card has rated Deloitte.com as the best professional services website for
the ffth consecutive year; One of the 50 best green companies (inaugural Sunday Times Green
List); 2008 Professional Services Firm of the Year in the prestigious British Venture Capital
Association Private Equity Awards.
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Detica is the only business and technology consulting company to specialise in helping
clients reveal valuable information and actionable intelligence in their data. From our roots in
national security, we have developed in-depth experience in fnancial services, government,
media and telecoms information-intensive industries that beneft from our expertise in
turning complex information into relevant intelligence. It is our deep understanding of these
industries that helps us see our clients needs and issues more clearly and deliver greater
business value. By combining industry experience with technological innovation, we have
developed a world-class capability in delivering solutions within the areas of security and
resilience, fraud containment, risk management and customer management. In these areas
we offer a broad range of services from strategy formulation, people and process change to
the delivery and support of technology solutions.
Deticas clients are major commercial and government organisations in the UK, USA and
across mainland Europe.
they recognise the excellent opportunity to shape their own career, working with like-
minded individuals on a range of business-critical projects.
London, Guildford, Gloucester
www.detica.com/careers
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Diamond is a leading management consultancy that advises senior executives at top-tier
frms on improving the growth and performance of their businesses, while providing execution
support to deliver lasting results. Our distinctiveness lies in our ability to blend strategy,
operations and technology in our thinking, and implement change in a complex environment.
Our clients expect us to provide objective and independent advice and to deliver solutions
that create real value. Founded in 1994, Diamond is headquartered in Chicago, with offces
in London, New York, Washington D.C., Hartford and Mumbai. Diamond has 500+ consultants
globally, including 40 consultants in the London offce. Diamond is publicly traded on the
NASDAQ under the ticker symbol DTPI.
Our global client base comprises blue-chip corporations from a wide variety of industry
sectors, including Investment & Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Private Equity, Payments,
Retail & Consumer Goods, Insurance, Healthcare and Public Sector. The UK offce has deep
expertise in the Financial Services sector.
Diamond organises in small, multidisciplinary teams giving junior consultants the
opportunity for early responsibility, immediate on-site contribution and direct interaction with
senior Diamond and client resources. All consultants are able to develop strong fundamental
skills and build industry knowledge by working on projects at top levels of client organisations
from a world-class client base. We have a strong emphasis on career development, guidance
and training, and provide a varied range of training courses held regularly in both London and
Chicago for all consultant levels. The quality and calibre of our people are the primary reason
our employees enjoy working at Diamond. The UK offce has a young, dynamic and collegial
culture, with a strong sense of team spirit; colleagues are down-to-earth and supportive.
Additionally, the entrepreneurial environment offers consultants the chance to proactively
participate in building the UK practice, beyond client work.
London (Covent Garden)
For more information on graduate recruitment, campus events and to listen to Diamond
consultants talk about life at Diamond (downloadable podcasts), please visit www.careers.
diamondconsultants.com
Main contact details: Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, 10th Floor,
Orion House, 5 Upper St Martins Lane, London WC2H 9EA; Tel: +44 20 7959 7700;
Email: ukrecruiting@diamondconsultants.com; www.diamondconsultants.com
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Distinct Consulting
Distinct is a new breed of Management Consultancy and Outsourcing Provider. We use advanced
data modelling techniques to improve operational performance, reduce costs and create growth
and manage risk for our clients. We work with our clients in the areas of Customer Value,
Enterprise Risk, Sales Performance and Operational Excellence. By taking the broad commercial
view, we come up with innovative and effective ways for companies to cut cost, manage
risk or reduce time to market. Established in 2005, Distinct has enjoyed double-digit growth
quarter-on-quarter and currently employs 40+ specialists in customer, risk and operational
re-engineering. Our people are passionate, innovative and committed to business performance
improvement. Our reputation is built on professionalism, creativity and expertise.
Our clients include leading Banking, Insurance, and Healthcare organisations in Ireland and
the UK. We measure our results by our clients success.
When candidates choose to join Distinct it is usually because theyve been impressed by one
of three things: 1) the teamwork and collaboration we have engendered within our culture;
2) the genuine emphasis we place on training, mentoring and career development; and 3) the
quality of consulting assignments and the exposure to key stakeholders/senior management.
Dublin and London
www.distinct.ie
Distinct Business Consulting Ltd, The Academy, Suite 9, Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 672 9025; Fax: +353 (0)1 672 9072
Distinct Business Consulting Ltd, The City Arc, 89 Worship Street, London EC2A 2BF
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7392 7373; Fax: + 44 (0)20 7392 2602
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ea Consulting Group
Formed in 1998 ea Consulting Group (eacg) is one of the fastest growing Management
Consultancies in the UK. Having a dedicated function and market driven company, we design
and deliver projects that enable you to achieve your goals. eacg have developed an enviable
record in supporting and delivering major business change initiatives and projects with
an experienced and dedicated team of consultants. Our people have typically held Senior
Management and delivery positions within high-profle Management Consultancies or blue
chip corporations. These include KPMG, PWC, IBM, Logica, Unisys, BT Syntegra, Fujitsu,
DMR, Parity, Barclays, LloydsTSB, Centrica and Deutsche Bank. Our success is refected by
our exceptional performance. For example, turnover at eacg has grown over 10 fold in the
last 3 years and we are now proactively looking to further strengthen our team with bright,
capable, commercially astute consultants with a delivery and value focus.
Our primary market is the fnancial services sector with additional projects branching into
the telecommunications and public service sectors. We work on a simple but solid philosophy,
namely great people supporting great change delivery.
Remuneration matches achievement and performance in a dynamic and team-based
environment.
Twickenham, West London and Canary Wharf, East London
To search eacgs latest permanent and interim vacancies, please see www.eacg.co.uk.
For all candidate phone queries please contact 020 8898 0734
Please email candidate enquiries to careers@eacg.co.uk
West London Offce: 2 Oriel Court, The Green, Twickenham TW2 5AG
Canary Wharf Offce: 6 Cochrane House, Admirals Way, London E14 9UD
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eacg has achieved two notable awards in 2007. Firstly, we were placed in the Sunday
Times top 100 fastest growing companies in the UK. Secondly, we were the fastest growing
consultancy in the UK over the previous 3 years.
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EC Harris LLP
EC Harris is the leading international built asset consultancy generating value for clients,
its people and the communities in which it operates. Employing more than 3500 people
across 40 wholly owned international offces, the group turnover for 2007/2008 was in excess
of 250m. A consultancy chosen by professionals who want to make a difference to their
clients performance, the focus is on delivering positive outcomes through the application
of professional excellence for the worlds leading clients. EC Harris is a high performance
international frm operating as a single entity to maximise the value of the groups knowledge
and relationships across the globe.
Our Management Consultancy division is an essential part of driving our single entity
approach, creating and delivering innovative solutions utilising a blend of our services to
deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients.
EC Harris work for the worlds leading clients across a wide range of market sectors and
geographical locations, including organisations such as Sama Dubai, Aldar Properties,
Shimizu, HSBC Asia, BAA, Tesco, United Utilities and Barclays
Experienced hire recruitment
Milkround recruiting (i.e. university graduates)
At EC Harris we aspire to be a company chosen by leading professionals who are inspired
by our vision, share our values and who want to make a difference to client outcomes, enjoy
personnel growth and receive better rewards. Just a few of the reasons why people tell us they
join us are:
We provide the opportunity to work with the worlds leading clients on the most prestigious
projects in our industry
The opportunity to grow the business and management consultancy team in an exciting
period in our evolution
Our expanding geographical reach offers our people the opportunity to travel and to gain
invaluable experience of working in different countries
Our structure and personal development system is designed to give real, measurable and
objective opportunities to grow
EC Harris has 40 wholly owned offces worldwide. We are in the UK, Western and Eastern
Europe, Middle East, and Asia.
http://www.echarrisjobs.com/
careers@echarris.com
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Built asset consulting in sectors such as:
Infrastructure Rail, Aviation, Highways and Water
Public Local Government, Education, Health and Affordable Housing
Retail
Property
Industrial Oil and Gas
Business Transformation
Change Management
Vision and Strategy
Supply Chain Strategy and Management
Organisational Design
Performance Management
Asset Strategy
Strategic Research
Shortlisted for the MCA Operational Improvement award category in 2007 for London &
Continental Stations and Property St Pancras
Shortlisted together with Lloyds TSB for the Procurement Leaders Award for the Best Cross-
Function project in 2008 for the Lloyds TSB Property Capital Sourcing Review
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Edgar, Dunn & Company
Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC) is an independent global fnancial services and payments
consultancy. Founded in 1978, the frm is widely recognised as the worlds pre-eminent
experts in the payments industry. From offces in San Francisco, Singapore, Atlanta, London,
Sydney and Frankfurt, EDC delivers actionable strategies, measurable results and a unique
global perspective for clients in more than 30 countries on six continents.
Our client base is comprised predominantly of private sector organisations typically major
global corporations, banks, payment processors, vendors who operate in the payments market
Our culture is based on teamwork, openness and commitment enabling the delivery
of high quality professional services to our clients. Our core values are integrity, trust,
superior quality, unique insight and positive results. Our people come from a multinational
background and are often multi-lingual in order to support our international assignments.
EDC recognise that the ability to work as a team is a key strength; therefore our compensation
approach is based on individual and team contribution to the frm and is competitive in the
marketplace.
London
www.edgardunn.com/careers/
First Floor, Candlewick House, 120 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AS, England
Phone: +44 (0)20 7283 1114; Fax: +44 (0)20 7283 1007
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Edson Consulting
Edson Consulting Provides Programme and Project Management delivery and advisory
services and SAP based Integration and Design services. Founded in 2003, the company has
grown through delivery of SAP programes and services to Retail, Pharmaceutical and Media
Companies across the UK and Europe. Our consultants and programme managers typically
have 10+ years SAP project experience, Project Management Qualifcations (Prince2tm),
SAP certifed and 5+ project lifecycles. We are best known for our project delivery services and
for Providing Certainty of Outcome in IT Projects
Our clients include: Global Pharmaceutical companies, Global and national retailers, Media
and e-commerce companies, Service and outsource providers, Large consulting companies
When candidates choose to join Edson Consulting its usually: to work with some of the
best delivery consultants in the industry; to learn from experienced Programme Managers;
and to work with our well-known clients on their most prestigious projects. The supportive
atmosphere and out-of-work events are also an attraction.
Nottingham and Devon
http://www.edsonconsulting.com/17185.html
In the frst instance candidates should write to Chris Edson at the following address:
chris.edson@edsonconsulting.com
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Effcio Limited
Founded in 2000 by a group of sourcing experts, Effcio is a results-focused procurement
consultancy, with a track record for helping leading organisations to maximise their value
from their procurement. We have rapidly established ourselves as a major leading edge
competitor with the breadth and diversity to deliver on an international level. Our particular
strength is working for complex, fragmented organisations, often on a pan-European or
global scale. When companies hire Effcio, they know that signifcant results will follow and
through our collaborative and approachable style we ensure that the changes delivered are
sustainable. Established in London, we have an offce in Frankfurt and are rapidly developing
our business all over Europe. With over 20 nationalities employed, we are able to deploy
70 consultants covering projects in Europe, North-America and the Asia-Pacifc regions.
Effcio works with leading European and global organisations across a range of industries.
Many of our clients are major global corporations, blue-chip and predominantly in the private
sector. To name a few: Barclays, BP, Cadbury Schweppes, Dixons, DHL, Ford, Gap, Halifax Bank
of Scotland, Land Rover, Norwich Union, NXP, Prudential. We also work closely with private
equity organisations, where their portfolios of mergers and acquisitions present signifcant
synergy potential and procurement is a key lever for capturing this.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is for a number of reasons: 1) the project work
that provides the opportunities and visible recognition for rapid career development in an
international arena; 2) our great culture where we have a down-to-earth, non-hierarchical
and friendly team; 3) working alongside top-tier people with blue-chip backgrounds, ambition
and professionalism coupled with can-do fexibility; 4) our strong training and mentoring
programme.
London
www.effcioconsulting.com
Effcio Limited, Crusader House, 145157 St John Street, London EC1V 4QJ;
Tel: 020 7553 6900. For candidate enquiries contact: Jayne Pellatt, HR Manager
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Ernst & Young LLP
At Ernst & Young were committed to helping our people, our clients and our wider
communities achieve their potential.
Its how we make a difference. Its about 130,000 people working together to help each other
develop and succeed professionally and personally. Its about helping our clients deliver on
their promises to their markets and stakeholders. And its about making a difference in the
communities in which we live and work.
With 10,477 people across our 21 UK offces, it starts with our people
By having a culture where we can enjoy rewarding and stretching experiences and feel valued
and recognised as individuals, we can best deliver collectively on our organisational promise
to our clients.
Our client base is comprised of major multinationals, smaller entrepreneurial, FTSE
companies and the fnancial services sector. We work in the areas of asset management,
automotive, banking & capital markets, biotechnology, consumer products, insurance, media
& entertainment, mining and metals, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, power & utilities, real
estate, technology and telecommunications.
We make Ernst & Young an enjoyable place to work. This is refected in our values, which
underpin how we work with colleagues and clients alike.
We encourage and support people to take personal responsibility for achieving their own
potential and helping other people to achieve theirs. We expect people to be accountable for
their own decisions, actions and judgments while encouraging consultation and collaboration
with others.
We all want to work with bright, committed intelligent individuals who demonstrate integrity
and teaming and have the courage to lead. In other words, people who live our values. We
seek to recruit the best people in the market and recognise and reward effective teamwork.
Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Guernsey,
Hull, Inverness, Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham,
Reading, Southhampton
www.ey.com/careers
1 More London Place, London SE1 2AF; Main telephone: 020 7951 2000. Please ask for a
member of the Business Advisory recruitment team.
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Ernst & Young was placed among the top fve big companies in the highly prestigious Best
Companies to Work For Awards, picking up a special prize for training and development. The
frm was also one of only two accountancy frms to receive the prestigious 3 star accolade.
For the second year in a row, Ernst & Young was named the Best Accounting Firm at The
Hedge Fund Journal industry awards.
Management Consultancies Association (MCA) Awards Best Business Strategy Project
Ernst & Young is regularly recognised as one of the countrys top employers, including
recognition from the Sunday Times, The Times and Investors in People, as well as for our
approach to Corporate Responsibility through Business in the Communitys CR Index and our
approach to Diversity through things like the Stonewall Equality Index.
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expw: consulting
expw: consulting is an independent business and technology consultancy that delivers
business change and systems solutions to a blue-chip client base. Based in central London,
expw: services clients across Europe and the Middle East. expw: consulting was founded in
2002 by a number of highly experienced CRM and billing consultants. Since then, the frm has
experienced very strong growth and now numbers over 30 client-facing consultants.
expw: consulting provides expertise in business and technology professional services,
including a wide range of Programme and Project Management capabilities across the EMEA
region. Spanning telecommunications, media, government, utilities and fnancial services,
expw: consulting has the experience, knowledge and commitment to quality that adds value
to our clients businesses. Our excellence lies in being able to provide our clients with teams
of high calibre consultants who have proven track records of working together as effective
teams for our clients.
they want to work in a young and fast-growing company where their contribution is valued
and rewarded.
London
http://www.expw.com/careers http://www.expw.com/graduates
129131 Great Guildford Business Square, 30 Great Guildford St, London SE1 0HS;
t: +44 (0)845 880 6363; e: info@expw.com; w: www.expw.com
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Forrester Research Inc
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent research company that provides
pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology.
Forrester works with professionals in 19 key roles at major companies providing proprietary
research, consumer insight, consulting, events, and peer-to-peer executive programmes. For
more than 25 years, Forrester has been making IT, marketing, and technology industry leaders
successful every day.
Forrester focuses on the business implications of technology change. Uniquely, Forrester
guides marketing executives, business strategists, and IT professionals to create a unifed
technology plan that gains business advantage. The company was founded in 1983 by
George F. Colony and is headquartered in Boston (Cambridge, Mass., USA). It has been ranked
in the top 75 on Forbes 200 Best Small Companies list for fve consecutive years.
For more information, please visit our website: www.forrester.com.
Forresters clients comprise three basic groups: Information Technology (IT, end users), Tech
Industry (TI, vendors), and Marketing & Strategy (M&S). The client groups each focus on a
number of professional roles:
Information Technology (IT, end users) Application Development & Program
Management; Business Process & Applications; CIO; Enterprise Architecture; Information &
Knowledge Management; IT Infrastructure & Operations; Security & Risk; Sourcing & Vendor
Management.
Tech Industry (TI, vendors) Analyst Relations; B2B Market Research; Technology Product
Management & Marketing; Vendor Strategy.
Marketing & Strategy (M&S, end users) Consumer Market Research; Consumer Product
Strategy; Customer Experience; Direct Marketing; eBusiness & Channel Strategy; Interactive
Marketing; Marketing Leadership.
These roles work in many of the largest and most successful commercial banks,
pharmaceutical, fnancial services, IT, retail, telecom, etc. companies in the world.
they want to work with people who are inspired and inspiring; we welcome and reward
intellectual excellence and curiosity and we make business leaders successful every day.
London
For more information, please visit our career pages through our website: www.forrester.com
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Forrester has been ranked in the top 75 on Forbes 200 Best Small Companies list for fve
consecutive years.
Forrester was recently named #1 Analyst Firm of the Year globally, by the Institute of
Industry Analyst Relations.
In 2007, Forrester was ranked in the top 100 on Fortunes Small Business list.
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Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the worlds leading information technology research and advisory
company. We deliver the technology-related insight necessary for our clients to make the
right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government
agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services
frms, to technology investors, we are the indispensable partner to 60,000 clients in 10,000
distinct organisations. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut,
USA, and has 4,000 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants in
75 countries.
Gartners Consulting practice is the leading independent consultancy in the business of IT.
Clients include over 80% of Fortune 500 with strategic advisory services to business unit
CEOs and the group CIO. Gartner Consulting provides ongoing strategic consulting services
for the central IT-organisation. We have assessed and advised the top 5 IT-related investment
programmes.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually based on one of the following reasons:
1. The attraction of working for the worlds leading IT Research and Advisory frm;
2. The opportunity to work within major blue-chip corporations, at a senior level, on high level
strategic engagements;
3. To work within a professional, intelligent organisation with the support of the worlds
leading IT Analysts and Researchers;
4. The set progression of career development within our business units is renowned.
Surrey, Manchester, Edinburgh, Ireland
http://www.gartner.com/it/about/careers/index.html; www.gartner.com
EMEA Headquarters: Tamesis The Glanty, Egham, Surrey TW20 9AW
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2. Gartner Consulting has been consistently ranked in the top 3 consulting frms by
Computable ICT Services Guide (ranked #1 in 2006 and #3 in 2007).
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Hardiman Telecommunications
Hardiman Telecommunications Ltd is a boutique consultancy specialising in strategy
development and in quantitative analysis of businesses and of business opportunities
in the telecommunications, broadcast, media, technology and systems industries. We
have three principal client bases. These are, respectively, in the Financial sector, the
Telecommunications/Technology sectors, and the Legal sector. Our staff profle features
business, engineering and fnancial professionals who have held senior commercial,
technical, fnancial and operations responsibilities in major global telcos, manufacturers
and systems houses. All of our staff have held Proft and Loss accountability at Divisional
GM/Executive VP level. Established in 1994, we are active in Western Europe, Central/Eastern
Europe, the Levant, the Gulf, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacifc.
Our business is about identifying and maximising business opportunity for our clients.
We work at the core of the telecommunications and associated industries in maximising
operational effectiveness. We also work at the innovative leading edge in risk assessment,
quantifcation and containment. In Western Europe, in Central/Eastern Europe and in Asia
Pacifc, our focus is on strategic investment and on fnancial investment, and, relatedly, on
performance optimisation. Our skills are called upon in supporting Mergers & Acquisitions,
Restructurings, Re-capitalisations and post-acquisition Performance Enhancement. We
provide expertise across the continuum from corporate fnance through valuation, operational
audit, assessment of market potential, competitive analysis, and consulting engineering.
In the Levant, the Gulf, the Middle East and Africa, our focus is on M&A, on international
diversifcation strategies and on market entry strategies. Accordingly as deregulation has
gathered momentum, our skills have been called upon in identifying and prioritising licensing
and acquisition opportunities and in developing corresponding market entry and market share
retention strategies.
They have a strong multi-discipline track record (Commercial, Technology, Finance) and
are looking for opportunity to combine their hands-on industry expertise with strategic level
operational and investment roles.
London
www.telecoms.net
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Harold Whitehead & Partners Limited
Founded in 1929, Harold Whitehead & Partners is the longest established, independent,
professional management consulting frm in the UK. Our small team of management
consultants, based in Windsor, are all highly experienced and share the common goal of
always delivering client satisfaction. Our assignments focus on improving the effectiveness
of our clients operations and our approach combines evaluation, analysis and diagnosis,
with experience of implementing major organisational change. Implementation is a key
element. We provide practical solutions, transforming potential benefts into real returns.
Our clients are predominantly mid-market, private sector organisations in a variety of
industries but with a focus on consumer and packaged goods. Some are household names;
others are less well known. All are committed to making improvements in their business
operations.
they have been attracted by both our informality and the opportunities a small frm offers
to take on responsibility and really make a difference.
Windsor
http://www.hwp.co.uk
Harold Whitehead & Partners Limited, St Stephens House, Arthur Road, Windsor,
Berkshire SL4 1RU; Tel: 01753 853336; Email: jmaddox@hwp.co.uk
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Hay Group is a global management consulting frm that works with leaders to transform
strategy into reality. We develop talent, organise people to be more effective and motivate
them to perform at their best. Our focus is on making change happen and helping people and
organisations realise their potential. We have over 2500 employees working in 86 offces in 47
countries. For more information please contact your local offce through www.haygroup.co.uk.
In the UK alone, Hay Group works with over 2,000 clients. These include over 70 of the FTSE 100
companies and most large public sector organisations. They deal in all areas of the economy
and their industry knowledge spans central and local government, chemical, energy, fnancial
services, fmcg, health, manufacturing, media, pharmaceutical, retail, telecoms and utilities.
they are engaged by the quality, depth and rigour of our approach and because they share
our desire to help organisations work. They are also attracted by the autonomy and fexibility
possible within our culture.
London, Windsor, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow
http://www.haygroup.com/uk/careers/
Hay Group, 33 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7HG; T: 020 7856 7000
Energy & Utilities
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HR Consulting
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Runners-up in MCA consulting industry awards.
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HDA
HDA has delivered world class human capital consultancy services across all sectors for
over 25 years. We have eight offces throughout the UK and we are a member of CareerNet
International (CNI), a network comprising leading management consultancies throughout
Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australasia; with world-class capability in
outplacement, re-deployment and career consultancy. We deliver a broad range of human
capital consultancy projects and services including consultancy in: a) Talent Management,
Executive Coaching and Engagement (focus on people key to organisations); and b) Career
Transition/Outplacement (focus on people leaving organisations).
We are a quality accredited human capital consultancy, consulting to world class organisations
including many of the largest and most successful organisations in the world, as well as to
the public sector and SMEs. We work across the UK, and internationally, and develop long-term
relationships with the organisations with which we work. Organisations work with us because of
our blended offering, our established international network, our client relationship fexibility and
our uncompromising outcomes-focused approach to everything we do.
The team camaraderie we have engendered within the practice and the quality of consulting
assignments that they see they will be staffed on when they join us
London, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, Swindon
www.hda.co.uk; http://www.hda.co.uk/corporate/hda-overview/hda-vacancies.asp
London Head Offce: Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, London WC2N 4JF;
Phone: +44 (0)20 7484 5065; Fax: +44 (0)20 7484 5100; llb@hda.co.uk Luke Bennett,
Senior Accounts Manager
Energy & Utilities
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Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd (incorporating Hedra)
Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd is a consulting, solutions and managed services
business and part of the Mouchel Group. Mouchel Management Consulting recently doubled
the size of its business through the acquisition of public services specialists, Hedra plc.
We are the largest consultancy working primarily for public services organisations and
suppliers to the public services market. Our distinctive capabilities support the successful
implementation and operation of technology, increase organisational effectiveness and help
reduce costs.
The Mouchel Group was established in 2003 as the result of a merger between two successful
engineering frms, Mouchel and Parkman and currently has 11,608 staff. Each had a trading
history of more than a century and the company that formed in September 2003 Mouchel
Parkman plc quickly established itself as a credible force in each of its core markets. Both
Mouchel and Parkman fourished during the post-war years; both ventured overseas and both
expanded and diversifed in the UK.
Our client base is comprised predominantly of Public Service clients, yet we offer a signifcant
private sector capability. Our clients include central government, local government,
education, aerospace, transport, utilities and energy and a wide range of public service
agencies.
Graduates
Experienced Hire
Interns
1. Our reputation
2. They are impressed with our client credentials
3. Quality of frm (perceived tier on CV)
4. Quality of people working for frm
5. Quality of management (direct + senior)
6. The way we engage with our staff in relation to our core values
7. Mouchel is a Sunday Times Top 250 employer
Our key offces include two in London Matthew Parker Street and Holborn, Fleet, West
Byfeet, Portsmouth and Edinburgh. The wider Mouchel Group has over 100 offces around the
UK.
For careers information visit:
http://www.mouchel.com/careers/
To search our latest vacancies visit:
http://www.mouchel.com/careers/vacancy_search
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Key Offce addresses:
Mouchel Management Consulting a Mouchel Group Company, 4 Matthew Parker Street,
London SW1H 9NP; Tel: 020 7227 6800; Email: consult@mouchel.com
3 Waterhouse Square, 138142 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HG; Tel: 020 7822 7654;
Fax: 020 7822 7655
Energy & Utilities
Public Sector
Transportation
Customer Services
Corporate Services
HR Consulting
IT Consulting
Strategy
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Commercial Services
System Engineering Services
Sunday Times list of the Top 20 Best Big Companies to Work For
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Hitachi Consulting UK
Hitachi Consulting UK is a rapidly growing Business & Technology Consulting Firm, operating
in Financial Services, Public Sector and Technology. We have the focus and energy of a small
organisation, with the fnancial backing of a global player. Our strengths lie in Strategy and
Organisational Effectiveness, Programme & Change Management, Carbon Management
and Strategic Technology. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner, members of the Management
Consultancies Association and Catalist accredited.
Financial Service clients include Lloyds TSB, Barclays, RSA Group and Legal & General.
Public Sector Clients include: DWP, Carbon Trust, Metropolitan Police, Research Councils,
MOD, Olympics, Home Offce. Technology Clients include Microsoft and Mothercare.
Our recruits tell us that the most signifcant factor in their decision to join Hitachi Consulting is
the quality of people with whom they will work. This is consistent with results from our Employee
Satisfaction Survey, which showed the quality of our employees and the ability to work on
challenging and interesting projects as top reasons why they work at Hitachi Consulting.
Teddington
www.hitachiconsulting.com/careers
Offce address is: Park House, Station Road, Teddington TW11 9AD. Switchboard number is
0870 850 6669. Candidate enquiries can be directed to cholloway@hitachiconsulting.com or
020 8614 4687
Public Sector
Transportation
IT Consulting
Strategy
Technology
Mark Berman one of our consultants was a runner up in the MCA Change Management
Consultant of the Year.
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Horizon Associates
We are a purchasing consultancy that focuses on helping organisations to become more
proftable through better purchasing. We also provide training and recruitment to both the
public and private sectors. Our fees are very competitive and we guarantee that our fees will
never exceed the savings we achieve for you. In practice we target a return of between ten and
twenty times our fees. Founded in 1995, we have built a strong practice and our combination
of senior practitioners and experience of many leading City-based organisations enables us
to offer our clients a wealth of practical experience coupled with the very latest management
thinking and techniques.
Financial Services
We have a unique methodology, which achieves signifcant savings whilst at the same time
improving the quality of the goods and services you buy. Our purchasing transformation
projects invariably pay for themselves many times over, to the extent that we guarantee our
fees will never exceed your savings.
UK-wide
http://www.purchasing-consultants.co.uk/
info@horizon-associates.com
Energy & Utilities
HR Consulting
IT Consulting
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Hudson & Yorke
Hudson & Yorke is a specialist consultancy providing large end-user organisations
with Strategy, Sourcing and Governance services in the business-critical area of
telecommunications and networks. We are unique in our consulting focus. Our specialist
area requires a rich blend of skills in strategy development, sourcing, telecommunications
technology and service management. Our experienced team is unmatched in its knowledge of
designing and managing complex outsource and managed service agreements.
Our clients are FTSE 100/Global 500 corporations and public sector organisations with
complex national and international network infrastructure. These organisations have high
levels of annual expenditure and intricate commercial arrangements.
I have been consistently impressed with the methodologies, professionalism, experience
and intellectual capital of the Hudson & Yorke team. I would rate them among the best
consultants that I have worked with Global Head of IT Sourcing, SABMiller
We empower and enrich our people through investment in personal development and
continuous learning. Hudson & Yorke provides an intellectually stimulating, caring, and
positive environment in which our people can fourish and achieve their personal ambitions
and goals. We celebrate and reward high performance and success. We have a vibrant
team culture at Hudson & Yorke. We work hard together to deliver an exceptional service
to our clients. In our daily work we value and respect each others contributions and ideas
and we actively encourage individual fair and creativity. As a team, we are innovative,
entrepreneurial and positive in our approach. We enjoy what we do and share a passion for
our chosen feld of expertise. Our team supports each other professionally and personally. We
recognise the need to achieve a worklife balance and we support our people with appropriate
fexible working arrangements.
London
http://www.hudsonyorke.com
Hudson & Yorke Limited, 31 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HJ;
Tel: UK: 020 3008 5735, International: +44 (0)20 3008 5735;
Email: recruitment@hudsonyorke.com
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IT Consulting
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www. hudsonyorke. com
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Hudson & Yorke is a specialist consultancy providing
large, end-user organisations with Strategy, Sourcing
and Governance services in the business-critical area
of telecommunications and networks.
Our people are our greatest asset and, therefore, we only recruit the best.
As a Hudson & Yorke consultant you will work alongside high-calibre
colleagues on a range of groundbreaking and important strategic projects for
FTSE 100/Global 500 corporations and large UK public sector organisations.
We are always interested to hear from top-calibre individuals with the
appropriate skills. If you are excited about the nature of our business,
please email recruitment@hudsonyorke.com with your career history.
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Huntswood
Huntswoods consulting practice was formed in 2004 servicing a diverse range of high profle
clients. In the last two years, Huntswood has expanded its breadth of services considerably
and is now a broad-based professional services business. It provides regulatory driven
consulting and customer services outsourcing to the highly regulated fnancial services
industry. Headquartered in Reading, Huntswood also has offces in London and Strathclyde.
The company now employs 300 permanent staff and in addition to this has engaged up to an
additional 900 Associate staff members on projects around the UK. Huntswoods strength is
its people and its Board of Directors embody both its mission and commitment to excellence.
Our client base is made up of the leading retail fnancial services companies around the UK.
When candidates choose to join our company it is usually because: we employ remarkable
people who are always professional, pragmatic and honest; we are innovative,
entrepreneurial and challenge conventional wisdom; we have a 100% delivery record and
are 100% referenceable
Reading, London and Strathclyde
http://www.huntswood.com/ConsultingHuntswood.aspx
Huntswood, Abbey Gardens, Abbey Street, Reading RG1 3BA; Tel: 0870 794 0794,
www.huntswood.com, Laura Haycock, Recruitment Manager; lhaycock@huntswood.com;
0118 933 0809
Outsourcing
David Brownlow, Huntswood CEO, won Best Chief Executive for 2007, sponsored by Deloitte.
David Brownlow, Huntswood CEO, named the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of
the Year 2005/2005. Huntswood ranked 7th in the 2006 Thames Valley Fastest-Growing
Companies Survey. Huntswood won Best Outsourcing Provider for 2006 by the Compliance
Register. Huntswood ranked 32nd in the 2005/2006 Sunday Times Atlantic Fast Track 100
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i2a Consulting LLP
Founded in 2003, i2a is a consulting company that helps improve business performance. We
challenge clients to fnd solutions to the strategic issues in their business; then support the
rapid delivery of these solutions and the necessary change. We typically work in the areas of
Strategy Mobilisation, Customer Management and Operations Management. i2a works with
leading companies across multiple industry sectors. We provide objective, high quality advice
in a fexible and pragmatic way. Our approach brings people together, enables knowledge and
skills to be used effectively and follows through to results.
i2a Consulting works principally with major global corporations and FTSE 100 organisations.
The frm has recently broken into the public sector, through a signifcant local government
framework agreement.
They have ambitions to shape their own destiny and remuneration through their ability
to deliver high quality consulting; and because they enjoy the teamwork and sense of fun
engendered by a growing frm.
London
http://www.i2a.co.uk
Please contact: Alan Holroyd alan.holroyd@i2a.co.uk; +44 (0)7739 138941;
Partner, i2a Consulting, 288 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QP
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IBM
At IBM Global Business Services, our expertise ranges across key business issues and
deep into 17 industries in virtually every country and every culture worldwide. Our business
experience is real. And so are the results we bring to our clients. Weve helped them unlock
value in areas such as HR, sales, marketing, fnance, accounting, business strategy, supply
chain, logistics and procurement. Weve shown them new ways to transform their business,
their thinking and their bottom line.
What makes IBM work? Undoubtedly, our people. Our human resource is our number one
priority, the driver of change that shapes our organisation. In fact, our corporation is our
employees. No wonder we care about them. No face is wrong for our frame; we include
everyone and exclude no one.
Our client list includes 675 of the Fortune 1000 companies.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they want to be a part of some
of the most interesting projects on the planet and take on mind-blowing challenges. Plus they
want to enjoy a fantastic career, training and educational opportunities.
IBM has 27 offce locations spanning the UK
www.ibm.com/employment/uk
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Think you know a better way of doing things? International Business Machines
may not say it all, but IBM does a lot. Were still leading the world with best-in-
class technology, but were the worlds largest business consultancy too. With
operations in 160+ countries across 17 industries, you will make a real impact
by solving complex business issues for the worlds leading clients, and giving
them an advantage in the market.
IBM IS NOW HIRING CONSULTANTS.
Do you want to stay focused on the big picture? Do you want to experience a
variety of assignments? IBM gives its employees the chance to gain expertise
in multiple industries and sectors.
Start showing what you can do at ibm.com/start/uk
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HR Consulting
IT Consulting
Outsourcing
Strategy
Technology
IBM continues to win a range of accolades, including the Times award for Graduate Employer
of Choice in the Information Technology sector. For details of the extensive awards we have
won please see: http://www-05.ibm.com/employment/uk/awards/index.html
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Icebreaker Executive
Welcome to Icebreaker Executive Interim Management. Rising costs, skills shortages, and
slowing demand will make 2008 a tough year to improve proft and grow revenue. Are you up
to the challenge? As leaders in the feld of Executive Interim Management we are here to:
lead and support senior management and their teams through change;
develop a management team capable of moving the business forward;
establish a revitalised and leaner business offering;
deliver annualised year 1 returns of 1020 ROI;
leave a robust and enduring legacy
VCs, telecoms, FMCG, fnacial services, banking, retail, consulting, automotive, service sector,
public sector looking to make signifcant changes
Our team are attracted to us because: we offer opportunity to use their seasoned executive
interim management skills across sectors, and achieve a consistent quality of engagement
and consistent top end daily fee, whilst delivering signifcant value for clients from day 1
UK based with global coverage
www.icebreakerexecutive.com
interims@icebreakerexecutive.com; clients@icebreakerexecutive.com; 020 7193 5518
Public Sector
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Runner-up Interim Manager of the Year 2007
We collaborate with consulting partners looking for executive interim management support to
enhance, embed the legacy and implement their programmes.
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Ignite Consulting
Ignite started trading in 2003 and was the brainchild of Mark Long, a former senior manager
at Partners for Change. Soon after its inception, Mark invited the two founders and former
owners of Partners for Change, Tim Connolly and Mark Smith, to join him in building the new
business. Ignite is an innovation consultancy. It excels in two things: enabling organisations
to shape, develop and implement highly innovative solutions to complex business challenges,
and embedding innovation capability in organisations. We are based in London and although
we currently have less than ten staff, we are building a presence across the UK to meet the
needs of our growing client base.
Our client work is split approximately 50/50 between private and public sectors. Our private
sector client base is predominantly FTSE 100 from a range of industries. Our public sector
work encompasses health, education and local authorities.
they relate to our brand values (bold, liberating, inspirational) and share our vision and
passion for making a real and lasting difference to the clients with whom we work.
London
Find out more at www.ignite.org.uk
Ignite Consulting Ltd, 18 New Concordia Wharf, Mill Street, London SE1 2BB;
Tel: 020 7237 9975; email info@ignite.org.uk
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InterConnect Communications Ltd
InterConnect Communications is a small but well-respected consultancy specialising in
communications sector policy and associated regulatory frameworks. Since our formation
in 1984, we have assisted various countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa to
introduce telecommunications sector reform, establish independent regulatory authorities
and develop fair and transparent regulatory processes together with supporting legislation.
We have also assisted many communications companies establish and maintain
competitive advantage within their marketplaces. Our key service areas include access
and interconnection, licensing and authorisation, numbering, spectrum management, next
generation networks and ICT development. In addition to our consulting services, InterConnect
also organises the highly successful TRMC Master Classes for telecommunications
professionals.
Our client base is extensive and features national governments, telecommunications
regulators and radio spectrum authorities, international funding institutions,
telecommunications network operators and service providers, regional development
authorities, and other providers of professional services.
they value the opportunity to work within a small but infuential team, participating
in a variety of consulting assignments that make a signifcant contribution to the onward
development of the global ICT market.
Chepstow
To learn about current opportunities with InterConnect, please visit
http://www.icc-uk.com/vacancies.php
InterConnect Communications Ltd, Merlin House, Station Road, Chepstow, Monmouthshire
NP16 5PB, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1291 638400; Fax: +44 (0)1291 638401;
E-mail: info@icc-uk.com
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Invensys Process Systems
Invensys Process Systems, the world leader in asset performance management, is a business
unit of UK-based Invensys plc. Invensys was formed in 1999 following the merger of Siebe plc
and BTR. Other Invensys businesses include: Controls, Eurotherm, Rail Systems, and
Wonderware. Invensys plc maintains administrative offces in London. Its stock is listed on
the London exchange. Headquartered in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Invensys Process Systems is
a major global supplier of instruments, systems, software, and services for industrial process
automation, optimisation, real-time plant intelligence, and asset performance management.
For fscal year 2006/07, Process Systems (including Wonderware) reported sales of
approximately US$1.6 billion, or about 30% of Invensys total sales from ongoing operations.
Primary customer industries include: Refning and Petrochemicals, Upstream Oil & Gas,
Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals, and Power & Utilities. Invensys also serves the Pulp
& Paper, Food & Beverages, and Mineral Processing industries. Invensys Process Systems
brings together well-recognised product brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor,
and Avantis plus world-class services, solutions, and consulting groups into a single,
cohesive global organisation.
ADIF, Aramco, BASF, Bayer, Bodycote, Bombardier, BP, Chevron, China Light and Power, Corus,
CSX, Dacor, EDF, Electrolux, Enodis, ExxonMobil, Fisher & Paykel, Middleby, Network Rail, OCI
Chemical, Pilkington, RasGas, Saint Gobain, Schering-Plough, Shell, Sub-Zero/Wolf, Taiwan
Power Company, Total, UTAB, Viking, Whirlpool
Superb working experience and on-the-job training, job security and great people to work with.
Most importantly, there are infnite career paths within Invensys, both in the UK and abroad.
Crawley, Warrington
www.invensys.com
Candidate enquiries: Sophie Smethurst, Recruiting Specialist
sophie.smethurst@ips.invensys.com
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Transportation
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Inzenka
Inzenka is recognised as the number 1 growth and innovation consultancy in the UK. Since
being founded less than 4 years ago, it has developed a formidable client list of FTSE 100
(and European equivalent) organisations for whom it has delivered over 100 new strategies
and propositions. We are changing the shape of our clients markets and the UK growth and
innovation landscape. With unprecedented demand for our services, we are growing rapidly
and need outstanding people to add to our team.
Our clients are primarily FTSE 100 size organisations across a number of industries
including energy, telecoms, defence, consumer, postal and pharmaceutical.
When candidates join Inzenka it is usually because they:
a) are passionate about creating and delivering signifcant growth for clients;
b) buy into the Inzenka ethos of challenging and supporting the client in a way that most
consultancies are unable to do;
c) see the variety, challenge and quality of projects that they will get to be part of; and
d) get high levels of responsibility with senior board-level clients.
London
www.inzenka.com
recruitment@inzenka.com; Inzenka, 7 Chalcot Road, London NW1 8LH
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11. Additional comments (for candidates)
You must have proven experience of building and launching successful products or
businesses into the market for major organisations and can clearly demonstrate how you
have:
Driven out new customer insights to redefne markets;
Created competitive differentiation;
Developed market leading propositions for growth;
Built compelling business cases;
Pushed investment decisions through at board level with exceptional communication,
presentation and infuencing skills;
Launched and scaled new business from a number of disciplinary perspectives.
Our people have diverse backgrounds. Your track record of creating and delivering revenue
from new propositions could come from a variety of sectors such as fnancial services,
telecoms, utilities, retail, FMCG, manufacturing, health, aerospace and defence, technology or
business services.
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Javelin Group
Javelin Group is a leading frm of specialist retail consultants operating across many
countries. We provide a full range of consulting services to retailers and retail investors. Our
services include retail strategy, retail operations, multi-channel retail and ecommerce, retail
technology, retail locations and retail due diligence. Our clients choose us for our specialist
expertise across all of the key retail disciplines in each retail channel. Javelin Group was
founded in 1998, and our 70-strong team is chaired by Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy.
Our clients include many large retailers (e.g. Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Carphone Warehouse,
B&Q, John Lewis) together with smaller businesses (e.g. Ann Summers, Charles Tywhritt,
Selfridges, Harrods, Kurt Geiger) and private equity investors (e.g. Langholm Capital,
Cognetas, Terra Firma, Change Capital Partners, Bridgepoint).
When candidates choose to join our frm is usually because of a number of reasons. Here
are some of the reasons our recent graduate joiners have given: our meritocratic and
entrepreneurial ethos; interesting and challenging work; project variety; responsibility and
client exposure from the outset; the opportunity to work across all areas of retail; and a great
team environment.
Central London
For details of the Javelin Group Graduate Rotational Programme please visit
http://www.javelingroup.com/careers/graduate.html. For information about careers and
vacancies at Javelin Group please visit http://www.javelingroup.com/careers/careers.html
Contact details for candidates: Helen Timmis, Javelin Group Ltd, 1 New Fetter Lane, London
EC4A 1AN; Tel: +44 (0)20 7961 3200; helen.timmis@javelingroup.com
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JRBH Strategy & Management Ltd
JRBH Strategy & Management is a boutique strategy consultancy based in St James. We help
our clients fnd and exploit new business opportunities that generate organic growth and
work alongside them to deliver it. As well as commercial rigour, we bring fresh ideas and the
entrepreneurial spirit to bring new initiatives to life.
We work across a wide variety of sectors, with a diverse range of clients, from established
FTSE 100s to aspiring entrepreneurs. Recent engagements include a product innovation
project for a large insurer, an executive development programme for a luxury yacht
manufacturer and a corporate strategy project for a major electronics company.
they want to feel that their contribution is having a direct impact on the growth and
development of our organisation. Furthermore, they seek to be part of an exciting and
entreprenuerial young business.
St James, London
www.jrbh.co.uk
Rachael Halstead: rachael.halstead@jrbh.co.uk; 020 7192 8200
Energy & Utilities
Strategy
The Times Young Business Woman of the Year (Jennifer Harris); Management Today: Top 35
women under 35
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Kinetik Solutions
Kinetik Solutions is best known for its ability to deliver change within an operational context.
We work for large blue chip clients as well public sector organisations. We deliver the
following solutions:
Process Improvement a structured process for eliminating waste using Lean techniques.
Facilitated Workshops Fast informed decision making; from strategy to continuous
improvement.
High Performance Team Creation via cross-functional team coaching for immediate
results.
Systems Implementation leverage our deep experience of multiple ERP/MRPII rollouts.
Reduce Process Variability with powerful techniques for data analysis and review.
Alfred McAlpine, BAA, Barclays Bank, EMI Music, Hertz, Offce of National Statistics, Bedford
Hospital Trust, Bolton Hospital Trust, Milton Keynes Council, NHS Information Centre
1) They see the development potential in driving large change programmes; 2) They are
delighted by the integrity and values of our people; 3) The ability from Day 1 to direct the
future shape of the business
London
www.kinetik.uk.com
Contact: bebetter@kinetik.uk.com
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Knox DArcy is a UK-based international consultancy that specialises in helping its clients achieve
signifcant bottom-line fnancial improvements in performance by implementing operational
change. Established in 1986, we have grown mainly by referrals and recommendations and now
undertake work in North and South America, Southern Africa as well as in the UK and Europe.
We recognise that our greatest strength is the quality of our people and operate solely through
employees as opposed to sub contractors in order to attract and develop the best people.
The majority of our clients are large private sector organisations although there is an increasing
level of public sector work. Knox DArcy consciously does not limit itself to any one industry or
sector nor to any one particular specialism. Our product is a quantifed improvement in proft
and therefore our programmes cover many areas depending upon the nature of the industry
and the clients requirements; this includes sales, procurement, labour productivity, plant
utilisation, inventory, organisation & overhead structure and site rationalisation.
Firstly, they are attracted by the opportunity to be genuinely hands-on in the implementation
of major change programmes as opposed to strategy or advisory consulting which is one
step removed from the end result. Secondly, the great diversity of programme types which
we afford our consultants means that everyone gets exposure across the sectors. As well as
keeping things interesting, this also prevents stagnation and leads to the use of best practice
from across differing industries. Finally, our consultants enjoy the challenge of working in
a very entrepreneurial environment where they are encouraged to never accept that change
cannot be succesfully delivered.
We are internationally headquartered in the Isle of Man. Employees are based all around the
UK and their primary place of work is their clients premises.
www.knoxdarcy.com
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kour&kour
kour&kour is an independent, innovative strategic brand, marketing and business consulting
frm. kour&kour provides services to a wide range of corporations across a number of
industries. Operating in Europe and the Middle East, we are passionate about delivering
innovative solutions with results. kour&kour collaborates with its clients to help them achieve
high performance brands and businesses. Our professionals leverage original creativity,
leading-edge thinking and tools to identify new opportunities and drive brand and business
process improvements. The result is a brand and a business that is more focused and more
valuable.
kour&kours clients are leading global and regional corporations, emerging growth companies,
government agencies, and institutions that want to change their brands, businesses,
organisations and the world for the better. Our clients have one major issue in common
they face daunting challenges and need to manage ever-deeper and faster change. They
need to understand how mega-trends such as globalisation, industry consolidation, and
discontinuities in traditional markets and products affect their organisations.
they want to stand apart and become part of a team focused on creating tangible, lasting
value in everything they do. Candidates join us because they are guided by the same simple
premise: help clients succeed; help brands and business become more focused and more
valuable.
London, Amman Jordan
For career information see http://www.kourkour.com/htmlsite/careers.asp
kour&kour, 145157 St John St, London EC1V 4PY; info@kourkour.com
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KPMG
KPMG in the UK is a leading provider of professional services including audit, tax, fnancial
and risk advisory and as such do not offcially regard themselves as a consulting frm. They
have been included in the guide because many readers will doubtless be considering them as
a potential employer.
During their lifecycles, KPMG supports businesses as they restructure and expand, whether
organically or by acquisition. KPMG helps them to become more effcient and provides support
as they adapt to demanding regulatory environments.
KPMGs services focus on: Corporate Finance, Forensics, Government & Compliance,
Performance, Restructuring and Transaction Services.
Please see KPMG website
KPMG has a best choice for you strategy. By this they mean making KPMG the best choice
for their clients and their people. They recognise that the two are intimately linked in order
to be the best choice for clients, they make KPMG the best choice for our employees who are
proud to work for the company and their clients and have a rich pool of talent for clients to
tap into.
KPMG has 22 offces across the UK including several London offces
http://www.kpmg.co.uk/careers/index.cfm
KPMG Head Offce: 8 Salisbury Square, London EC4Y 8BB; Tel: (020) 7311 1000
Audit
Taxation
Risk Advisory
Please see careers section of KPMG website
Among its several awards, KPMG has, for the third consecutive year, been voted in the top
three in the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for survey. In addition, they have
been awarded Three Stars in the Best Companies 2007 Accreditation, a scheme recognising
organisational excellence in the area of employee engagement.
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Krauthammer Consulting
Krauthammer Consulting is the consulting arm of Krauthammer International Europes
largest behavioural training company, with over 160 consultants and 24 offces in
16 countries. Krauthammer International was founded in 1971, with Krauthammer Consulting
being established in 2002. We help clients to deliver major change programmes to realise
sustainable and distinctive improvements of performance and to build a great frm with
exceptional people.
We work with clients of all sizes, helping them to deliver major change programmes, made
sustainable through the experience of Krauthammers unique behavioural model, proven over
30 years. Recent client list includes Shell, Atlas Copco, Siemens, Delta Lloyd, Total, Orifame
1) They want to work with the people they meet during the recruitment process and they
can imagine themselves in that team. 2) They are excited by the opportunity to play their part
in a business where they can shape the future we are small enough still that everybodys
voice is heard. 3) They are motivated by the opportunity to work with major companies on high
profle projects, where the client really welcomes their presence
London and nationwide
For company information and to apply, visit http://www.krauthammerconsulting.com.
For information about Krauthammer, visit http://www.krauthammer.com
Contact for any enquiries: Natasja Warmerdam; Tel: (+31)71 364 3344
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Labovitch Consulting Limited
Labovitch specilises in strategic change consulting. Four sectors of work are: Business
engagement of brand; Mergers and acquisitions; Private Equity; and Turnaround. Labovitch
Consulting is best known for combining both business and ceative/design disciplines. Offces
located in Canterbury, England. Company founded in 2004 and has 10 UK staff.
We have landmark projects in the private sector in Europe and Far East and Central
Government in UK. Many clients are FTSE 100.
1. They want meaty and strategic projects where they can really make a difference. 2. They
love working in both business and creative felds. 3. They are heavyweight change managers.
4. They have eclectic interests and relish other stimulating colleagues
Canterbury UK
www.labovitch.co.uk
Main Offce address: The Old Oast House, 8 Hackington Road, Tyler Hill, Canterbury CT2 9NF;
Tel: + 44 (0)1227 471640; Mob: + 44 (0)7887 758116; email: info@labovitch.co.uk
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Lausanne Consulting Group
We defne and implement operational change programmes to improve fnancial and
operational results, helping companies achieve sustainable improvements within existing
structures and without major capital investments or changes in strategic direction.
Aerospace & defence: EADS Airbus, Astrium, Safran, General Dynamics, BAE Systems,
VT, MBDA, Doncasters Airports: LAX, Zurich, Geneva, Basle, Berlin, Gatwick, Orly, Lisbon,
Porto Autos: Renault, Nissan, PSA, Valeo, Woco/Michelin AVS, Salzgitter AG, Draftex,
Peguform, MAN, Caterpiller Basic industries: BP, Total, Royal Dutch Shell, Siemens, Smurft
Consumer industries: Group BEL, Cadbury, Diageo (Guiness), Kraft Foods, INBEV, Xerox,
Campofrio, Nestl, Masterfoods, Cafnco, Dartel, Josecudrvo Drugs & healthcare: Smith
Kline Beecham, Schering Plough Energy Utilities Mining: Areva, EDF, Italgen Financial
services: Casa, AXA, Norwich Union, Societe Generale, ING Barings, Banque Populaire,
Sofnco, Credit Lyonnais, DSCH, Banorte IT: Compaq Media & internet: Prisma Presse,
Columbus Retailing & leisure: Bally Shoes, Co-operative Group, FCI Telecoms: Bosch
Telecom, British Telecom, France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Telefonica Transport: Swissport,
Servisair, Globalia, Globeground, LTE, Lufthansa, Danzas, Exel, ADP, KLM/AIRUK, SNCF
1. International company; 2. Fast growing; 3. Professional development; 4. Diversity in
projects where they will be involved; 5. Very oriented in employees satisfaction
London
http://www.lausanneconsulting.com/en/
consultingcareers@lausanneconsulting.com
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Lex Momentum
Lex Momentum is a small consultancy practice (11 consultants) owned by Lex, the UKs
largest vehicle leasing company. Lex has a business turnover in excess of 1bn annually
and employs around 1,300 staff in the UK. It is part of Bank of Scotland Corporate (itself
part of HBOS plc). The Lex Momentum practice consists of consultants with backgrounds
in tax, fnance, HR/C&B, and feet operations. We work with Finance Directors, HR Directors,
Procurement Directors and Operations Directors on strategic feet issues such as cost
reduction, policy effectiveness, environmental performance and feet delivery approaches.
Most projects are within the FTSE 300 arena. Our work is a blend of consultancy and
professional services advice.
Private sector with operations in the UK. FTSE 100FTSE 300 size. Some US and Euro-owned
large companies with a major presence in the UK. Major footprint in IT/telecoms, utilities,
construction and support services.
theyve been impressed with our vision, value proposition and huge market and long-term
senior relationships we have at our disposal via Lex.
Amersham and Manchester
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paul.roberts@lex.co.uk
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LOC Consulting
At LOC we pride ourselves on providing independent, skilled and experienced delivery
capability for our clients across the public and private sectors. We take an intuitive approach
when working with our clients to engender a delivery culture and a focus on business
priorities. Whether delivering business-wide change, implementing a complex service or
product against a tight budget and timescale, or reviewing an underperforming change
programme, LOC can provide tangible difference. Our programme management expertise lies
in our ability to de-risk complex change programmes and focus on outcomes whilst working
in partnership. Our independence allows us to provide robust advice when required, using
our experience to navigate programmes through challenging phases and diffcult decisions
through to successful completion. We are a London-based organisation, with 40 deployed
consultants and associates in the UK and Channel Islands.
Our client base is comprised predominantly of private sector organisations typically
FTSE 100 companies. However we are equally comfortable working with more niche clients
They have in common three key attributes: 1) share our enthusiasm both for delivering
client success and shaping & developing the frm; 2) embrace our values of trust, innovation,
integrity, empowerment, and delivery excellence; 3) understand motivation and drive are
essential traits of every LOC consultant.
London
http://www.locconsulting.co.uk
Please contact Penny Stanley; email: Penny.stanley@locconsulting.co.uk; Tel: 020 7556 1058;
LOC Consulting, Blackwell House, Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AE
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Logica Consulting
Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 39,000 people across
36 countries. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business
process outsourcing services. Logica works closely with its customers to release their
potential enabling change that increases their effciency, accelerates growth and manages
risk. It applies its deep industry knowledge, technical excellence and global delivery expertise
to help its customers build leadership positions in their markets. Logica is listed on both
the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More
information is available at www.logica.com.
Our global client base comprises both public and private sector organisations of varying
sizes. Key markets include; Financial Services, Telecoms & Media, Energy & Utilities, Industry
Distribution & Transport and Public Sector.
As Logica, we are one of the leading IT and business services suppliers in Europe, with a
distinctive brand that sets us apart from the competition. We are known for our great local
strengths, our reliable global delivery and for our deep industry knowledge. Logica staff
are encouraged to be committed, innovative and open to our customers, to Logica and
as individuals. This is a very exciting time to join Logica, with a recently-appointed Chief
Executive who is taking the business forward dynamically.
Larger UK offces are located in London, Leatherhead, Reading, South Wales, Birmingham,
Nottingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Other Offces are located in major European cities.
www.logica.com
Recruitment Team, Stephenson House, 75 Hampstead Road, London NW1 2PL, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7637 9111
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HR Consulting
IT Consulting
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Various awards won, consulting specifc include MCA awards.
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LWS Communications Limited
LWS are a full service business and technology consulting company dealing with Enterprise,
SMB and Government sectors. LWS deliver best in class transformational change,
Business process improvement, outsourcing and delivery of major business and technology
programmes and projects on behalf of clients, from strategy and inception through
operational delivery and hand over. LWS work with clients in technology, business banking
and Finance and Public sector. LWS Leading in technology
FTSE 500 CLIENT, technology, commerce, support services, Government Depts, Networks
and Application service providers, Banks, Private equity, Venture capital, Utility clients,
Professional services, accounting, legal, consulting partners
LWS own the delinery of projects from end to end and create a genuine sense of delivering
value and contribution to clients. We implement, not just consult.
Manchester
http://www.lwscomms.com
11 Gawsworth Holmes Chapel Cheshire, CW4 7EP
lee.slaughter@lwscomms.com; enquiries@lwscomms.com
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McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting frm and arguably the most
prestigious brand in the consulting industry. McKinsey helps leaders make distinctive,
lasting, and substantial improvements to the performance of their organisations tackling
their most diffcult issues and serious challenges. McKinsey provides an outstanding place to
work, with opportunities for growth that are second to none.
Industry practices: Automotive & Assembly; Chemicals; Consumer Packaged Goods; Electric
Power & Natural Gas; Financial Services; High Tech; Media & Entertainment; Metals & Mining;
Payor/Provider; Petroleum; Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products; Private Equity; Public Sector;
Pulp & Paper/Forest Products; Retail; Social Sector; Telecommunications; Travel Infrastructure
Logistics. Functional practices: Business Technology Offce; Corporate Finance; Marketing &
Sales; Operations; Organisation; Strategy. Special initiatives: Climate Change
Please see McKinsey and Company website
McKinsey & Company go to extraordinary lengths to support the people they hire to succeed.
They have a passion for helping the people they work with. If you choose to join, you should
share this passion and remain connected and loyal to the frm and its people and share a set
of values and a culture of support, caring, trust, respect and interdependence. You should
have outstanding capabilities and great potential in four areas viz: (1) Problem solving,
(2) Achieving, (3) Personal impact and (4) Leadership. You should be accomplished and well-
rounded, with diverse backgrounds and experiences and fun to work with.
No. 1 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 4UH
http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/
McKinsey & Company, No. 1 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 4UH; Tel: 44 (0)20 7839 8040
Automotive & Assembly Petroleum
Chemicals Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products
Consumer Packaged Goods Private Equity
Electric Power & Natural Gas Public Sector
Financial Services Pulp & Paper/Forest Products
High Tech Retail
Media & Entertainment Social Sector
Metals & Mining Telecommunications
Payor/Provider Travel Infrastructure Logistics
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MCP Consulting and Training
We enhance the performance of your people, your plant and your processes because
we have over 30 years experience of specialising in asset management, maintenance,
manufacturing and people development. Our head offce is in the West Midlands, UK, with
training facilities in Reading, Solihull, Birmingham and Warrington, and an international
partnership network across Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia and the USA. We have delivered
over 4000 improvement programmes, including our AMIS benchmarking audit worldwide, to
blue chip and multi national organisations. Typically, these programmes deliver 200% return
on investment.
Our clients include: Amey, AstraZeneca, BASF, Brisa, Coors, Chiltern Trains, Dairy Crest,
Dalkia, Diageo, Eggborough Power, Emcor, Flexsys Robber Chemicals, GlaxoSmithKline,
Greencore, Johnson and Johnson, Johnson Controls, Kraft, Northern Foods, Pepsico, Pfzer,
Reckit Benckiser, Royal Mail, South Staffordshire Water, Thames Water, Thyssen Krupp and
Uno Medical.
of the diverse nature of the business. From upskilling technicians and operators
in a manufacturing organisation to asset care and maintenance stategy in a facilities
management company overseas to improving management techniques in a utilties company,
our consultants and trainers are also always challenged and motivated.
Solihull, with training venues in Birmingham, Reading and Warrington
www.mcpeurope.com
Blythe Valley Innovation Centre, Central Boulevard, Blythe Valley Park, Shirley, Solihull,
West Midlands B90 8AJ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)121 506 9032; Email: info@mcpeurope.com;
Website: www.mcpeurope.com
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Medley Business Solutions Ltd
Medley was formed in 1997 and is based in Guildford, Surrey. We have over 40 permanently
employed people. We provide client-side consultancy delivering business change and
improvement. We work with our clients as trusted advisers reviewing their business operation,
scoping new initiatives, capturing requirements, and defning and delivering effective
business solutions and successful change.
Our client base comprises public and private sector clients based in London and the
South East.
they value:
the worklife balance that we offer;
having a voice in a smaller organisation;
the opportunity to help develop and contribute to our areas of expertise;
being able to work with experienced, friendly people.
Guildford, Surrey
www.medley.co.uk
Duncan Stokes, Head of Client Operations; Duncan.stokes@medley.co.uk; Tel: 07947 690005
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Methods Consulting Ltd
Methods Consulting is a top 20 UK Business and IS consultancy, with an annual turnover
in excess of 50 million. Our experience ranges from scoping, managing and implementing
complex, major business transformation programmes, to the provision of short-term, strategic
studies and technical advice. Our clients value the depth and breadth of our experience,
and our fexible straightforward approach to delivery. Whether working through long-term,
enterprise-wide partnerships for major organisations, or delivering short strategic reviews
or procurement advice, we combine both value and quality in a single approach. Founded
in 1990, Methods Consulting is one of the fastest growing consultancies in the UK, having
achieved this through building long-term relationships with clients. Group revenues for
2006/7 were in excess of 50 million and our consultants currently manage contracts worth
in excess of 10 billion. Our clients come from central and local government, the defence and
healthcare sectors, a range of public service agencies, fnancial services and utilities. We
currently have in place over thirty government frameworks (including Catalist, CIPHeR, the
DGISS Catalogue and the Scottish Executive) through which we provide consultancy for a wide
range of strategic and tactical assignments.
Methods clients are primarily in the public sector and fnancial services. Methods is included
on 30 frameworks.
Methods is able to offer candidates a friendly, fexible working environment where they will
receive every encouragement to develop to their full potential.
London
www.methods.co.uk
Methods Consulting, Floor 9, 125 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8AD; Tel: 020 7240 1121;
info@methods.co.uk
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MGH Consulting Limited
Established in 1996, MGH Consulting is a privately-owned consultancy specialising in
after-sales service and logistics in the High Tech sector (IT, Telecoms, Medical and Printing),
working at the forefront of some of the most dynamic and exciting companies, shaping and
driving real business improvement. In line with its customers, MGH operates globally. We
pride ourselves on delivering real business improvement with a hands-on approach. Our
differentiator is not just being able to write the strategic document, but the ability to manage
its successful implementation. MGH operates through a large network of direct employees and
associates, many of them former members of the leading consultancies. This model allows us
to match the engagement requirements, without having the overhead of low utilisation.
Our client base is predominantly made up of major global corporations from the high
technology sector.
They are people who want the opportunity to take an entrepreneurial approach to their own
career and can see that they will be rewarded for their effort and success. They can work
closely as a team and wish to drive their career forward within a non-hierarchical structure.
We believe that our people have the greatest impact when they understand all of the
deliverables of a project, and work best when they understand where we are as a company.
Weybridge, Surrey
http://www.mghconsulting.co.uk/docs/06_current_vacancies.htm
MGH Consulting Ltd, Suite 5 & 6 The Monument Building, 4547 Monument Hill, Weybridge,
Surrey KT13 8RN; T: +44 (0)1932 823901; E: enquiries@mghconsulting.co.uk
Outsourcing
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Microsoft Consulting Services
Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) is the consulting arm of Microsoft Corporation. Our
Mission is to accelerate the adoption of Microsofts latest technology and maximising
customers productive use of their technology investment. MCS work with enterprise
customers on high profle projects. Offerings tend to fall into three main areas: relationship
services; emerging technology projects and market moving projects. MCS has approximately
300 technical consultants. These range from Programme and Project Managers to Solution
Architects to Consultants with deep technical knowledge of individual technologies
e.g. SharePoint, Active Directory.
Our client base is comprised of private and public sector organisations
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they have a passion for
Microsoft technologies and a strong desire to enable customers to realise the business beneft
the technology enables. They also have a strong desire to work with the key experts in the
industry around their chosen technology.
Primarily Thames Valley Park, Reading, but also Manchester, London and Edinburgh
To search our latest vacancies visit www.microsoft.com/uk/careers/
mcscv@microsoft.com
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Public Sector
Transportation
IT Consulting
Technology
Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For
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Moorhouse Consulting
Moorhouse Consulting is a young and rapidly growing specialist programme and project
management (PPM) advisory services frm. Founded in 2004, we now have over 40 consulting
practitioners plus a small practice management function, based in central London. As experts
in our feld, we work closely with our clients to deliver or assure business transformation
through well-organised programme delivery. We bring Big Firm consultancy experience
combined with the ethos, approach and value for money of a small focused team with
minimal business overheads.
Our clients are organisations with responsibility for large, complex programmes. We have
extensive experience and expertise in the public sector particularly transport and health.
Current clients include: Transport for London, BT, National College for School Leaders, Nuclear
Decommissioning Authority, Lifelong Learning UK, Department for Transport, Highways
Agency, NHS and Severn Trent Water.
Our staff tell us they joined and stay with us because: What you do here really matters;
Reward is fair and transparent; You get plenty of responsibility, working with senior clients
on fantastic programmes; You work in teams of like-minded, talented professionals, with
an entrepreneurial edge; You are part of the journey, the culture and the risk-taking; Its a
fast-track and CV-enhancing career move
We operate from one offce in Victoria, London.
To fnd out more or to apply, please go to
www.moorhouseconsulting.com/aboutus/Jobs-at-Moorhouse
Head of HR Andrea Gawn at andreagawn@moorhouseconsulting.com or by phone on
020 3004 4481.
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Winners of the London Excellence Management Systems Award 2008
Winners of the Professional Standards category and fnalists of the Strong client/
consultant relationship category at the Institute of Business Consulting Awards 2007
Phil Carr, Moorhouse Principal, was voted winner of the Practitioner category in the Top 10
Outstanding Project Professionals by Project Magazine March 2008
Finalists of the Association for Project Management Project Management Company of the
Year and Young Project Manager of the Year Awards 2007 and 2008
Finalists at the Institute of Management Consultancy Awards 2006 for pioneering work and
ongoing commitment to raising standards in the management consultancy industry.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates interested in permanent rather than
associate positions.
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Mott MacDonald Ltd
Mott MacDonald is a world class, employee-owned, management, engineering and
development consultancy serving the public and private sectors worldwide. Mott MacDonalds
business spans 120 countries with 13,000 staff working in all sectors from transport, energy,
buildings, water and the environment to health and education, industry and communications.
Mott MacDonalds management consultancy business consists of over 130 staff and seeks to
combine the Group culture of professional excellence and envious track record of delivering
complex high profle projects to develop practical and pragmatic solutions with its clients. We
focus on the sectors of Government, Infrastructure Finance, Defence and Utilities. However,
with the extensive expertise of the Mott MacDonald Group behind us, our services and
skills span everything from education management, energy and healthcare management to
industry, property, telecommunications and transport. We provide a full range of strategic
advisory services, from business case development and strategic procurement advice to
organisational change, effciency improvement, strategic asset management, strategic risk
management and programme assurance. Our technical expertise in infrastructure fnance
has made us the market leader in technical advisor and independent certifer/tester services
in the UK with a growing business in Europe and indeed worldwide.
We are currently working with the following organisations: Public organisations
UK Central Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies; UK Devolved Government;
UK Local Authorities; Transport for London Private organisations Banks and monoline
insurers; Blue chip (retail, technology and contracting)
They have an opportunity to work on a wide variety of high profle projects across sectors,
practices and continents.
They identify with our corporate and personal values enshrined in the acronym of PRIDE
Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive and Excellence.
We offer excellent training and development to staff at all levels
We are employee-owned and therefore we drive our own future and in turn were able to
focus on long-term prosperity and career development for our staff.
We have some 40 offces across the UK. These offce locations include: Belfast, Birmingham,
Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Cambridge,
Brighton, Newcastle, Glasgow, Southampton and Sheffeld.
To fnd out more about Management consultancy at Mott MacDonald see
http://www.managementconsultancy.mottmac.com/To search our latest vacancies please see
http://www.careers.mottmac.com/
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Main offce address: St Anne House, 2026 Wellesley Road, Croydon, Surrey CR9 2UL.
Candidate enquiries: Miss Jo Kitt; jo.kitt@mottmac.com; +44 (0)20 7593 9724
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Transportation
IT Consulting
Outsourcing
Strategy
Technology
Sunday Times 20 Best Big Companies to Work For 2008 8th place; weve improved on our
11th position in 2007 by three places and are the best placed consultancy of our kind in the
list. Public Private Finance Awards 2008 Best Technical Adviser Award for the third time
in 4 years.
Mott MacDonald is an accredited member of the Management Consultancies Association.
Mott MacDonald is the 8th largest employee-owned company in Europe.
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Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd
Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd is a consulting, solutions and managed services
business and part of the Mouchel Group. Mouchel Management Consulting recently doubled
the size of its business through the acquisition of public services specialists, Hedra plc.
We are the largest consultancy working primarily for public services organisations and
suppliers to the public services market. Our distinctive capabilities support the successful
implementation and operation of technology, increase organisational effectiveness and help
reduce costs.
The Mouchel Group was established in 2003 as the result of a merger between two successful
engineering frms, Mouchel and Parkman and currently has 11,608 staff. Each had a trading
history of more than a century and the company that formed in September 2003 Mouchel
Parkman plc quickly established itself as a credible force in each of its core markets. Both
Mouchel and Parkman fourished during the post-war years; both ventured overseas and both
expanded and diversifed in the UK.
Our client base is comprised predominantly of Public Service clients, yet we offer a signifcant
private sector capability. Our clients include central government, local government,
education, aerospace, transport, utilities and energy and a wide range of public service
agencies.
Graduates
Experienced Hire
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1. Our reputation
2. They are impressed with our client credentials
3. Quality of frm (perceived tier on CV)
4. Quality of people working for frm
5. Quality of management (direct + senior)
6. The way we engage with our staff in relation to our core values
7. Mouchel is a Sunday Times Top 250 employer
Our key offces include two in London Matthew Parker Street and Holborn, Fleet, West
Byfeet, Portsmouth and Edinburgh. The wider Mouchel Group has over 100 offces around the
UK.
For careers information visit:
http://www.mouchel.com/careers/
To search our latest vacancies visit:
http://www.mouchel.com/careers/vacancy_search
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Key Offce addresses:
Mouchel Management Consulting a Mouchel Group Company, 4 Matthew Parker Street,
London SW1H 9NP; Tel: 020 7227 6800; Email: consult@mouchel.com
3 Waterhouse Square, 138142 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HG; Tel: 020 7822 7654;
Fax: 020 7822 7655
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Public Sector
Transportation
Customer Services
Corporate Services
HR Consulting
IT Consulting
Strategy
Technology
Commercial Services
System Engineering Services
Sunday Times list of the Top 20 Best Big Companies to Work For
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MRL Public Sector Consultants Ltd
MRL is a dynamic niche consultancy frm specialising in the provision of management
consultancy services to the public sector. The company was incorporated in the United
Kingdom in October 2002 and has wide-ranging and extensive experience working on major
projects and programmes with local and central government departments and agencies in
the United Kingdom. The company is also establishing a presence in Nigeria, where MRL
initiated its activities when it was commissioned by the World Bank to help deliver one of its
projects. The company aims to spread its operations worldwide and has a mission to exceed
expectations in the delivery of its services to clients.
Our client base comprises public sector organisations in the United Kingdom and in
Nigeria. For example, we are currently working with the Offce for National Statistics (ONS)
to successfully deliver the 2011 Census which is the second largest project in the United
Kingdom.
they want to be a part of a vibrant and forward looking company that provides lasting
solutions to its clients and creates the opportunity for its employees to develop their potential
as they work together to enhance productivity within the public sector.
Cambridge
Web address: www.mrl.uk.com; Email address: info@mrl.uk.com
MRL Public Sector Consultants Ltd, Pepple House, 8 Broad Street, Great Cambourne,
Cambridge CB23 6HJ; Tel: +44 (0)1954 715715; Email: info@mrl.uk.com
Public Sector
HR Consulting
Strategy
Outsourcing
Britains Business Elite 2008 Business Leaders of the Millennium Award
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MWH UK Ltd
MWH is a leader in the water, environment and energy sectors. Founded over 150 years ago,
MWH has grown to become a global leader in power, water and wastewater. There are now
more of 6000 employees working around the globe working on some of the biggest projects
around, generating annual revenues of more than $1 billion.
MWH Business Solutions Group operates globally, providing management consultancy and
technical solutions tailored to meet the needs of some of the worlds largest companies.
We have helped our clients understand and implement relevant strategic investment
management processes and systems, supporting them throughout their change programmes
from strategy through to the practical details that make a difference.
The range of projects is spectacularly wide, but these delivery focused roles are about
combining your consultancy skills and experience with our in-depth business understanding
and people focus, to provide frst class solutions and help our clients deliver real and
sustainable business performance. Additionally we offer a competitive salary and benefts
package, as well as the opportunity to develop your career in this rapidly expanding area of
our business.
Edinburgh, East Kilbride, Newcastle, Bradford, Wakefeld, Warrington, Belfast, Cardiff,
Solihull, High Wycombe and Crawley
www.mwhglobal.com
uk.recruitment@mwhglobal.com; Liz Cook, Recruitment Offcer, Dominion House, Temple
Court, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 6GD
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Navigant Consulting
Navigant Consulting is a specialist, international consulting frm combining deep industry
expertise and integrated solutions to assist companies and their legal counsel in enhancing
stakeholder value, improving operations, and addressing confict, performance and risk-
related challenges. The Company focuses on industries undergoing substantial regulatory
or structural change, including fnancial services, insurance, construction, disputes and
investigation and public services. Navigant has offces in over 40 cities in North America,
Europe and Asia and more than 1,900 consultants worldwide.
Representative industries include: Construction, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare,
Insurance, Legal, Government/Public Services
of a variety of elements including staff benefts and culture, variety of projects and work
and career potential.
London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham
http://www.navigantconsulting.com/en-uk/careers/why_nci/
Charlotte Johns, Head of Recruitment UK & Europe; charlotte.johns@navigantconsulting.com
Energy & Utilities
Public Sector
Outsourcing
Strategy
IT Consulting
MCA Consulting Awards 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For,
One to Watch 2008
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Newchurch Limited
Newchurch was started in 1986 by Kingsley Manning as a consultancy business specialising
in working with healthcare organisations. For 20 years, the company has become a leader
in the feld, developing a well-respected capability in informatics as well as contributing
signifcantly to strategic thinking and discussion about the development of healthcare in this
country. Newchurch has established a national reputation for its work with the NHS and other
healthcare organisations. During the past decade the company has advised over 300 NHS
bodies on strategic, organisational and service developments. Our objectives are to bring
together an in-depth knowledge of the sector with strategic, analytical and developmental
skills.
Since 1986 Newchurch has been building relationships with NHS Trusts, healthcare agencies
and the private sector.
We are committed to making a difference for our staff and our customers and we know that
skilled, experienced and motivated people are the key to making that difference. Career
prospects are excellent with frst class opportunities for personal development and training.
All staff are encouraged to develop their commercial, technical or managerial skills. And,
as you would expect, Newchurch is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in
employment.
London
http://www.newchurch.co.uk
Newchurch, 37 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7HE; Tel: 0845 258 2440;
Fax: 020 7836 3048 Email: info@newchurch.co.uk
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Newton Industrial Consultants
Newton is a specialist consultancy founded 7 years ago by a group of highly qualifed and
experienced engineers with a proven track record of delivering manufacturing performance
improvement. Since then Newton has grown by over 35% year on year by recruiting and
training exceptional people to deliver outstanding work. Our objective is straightforward:
to create a 1050% improvement in the performance of any manufacturing process in
26 months without any capital expenditure, guaranteed.
Our clients are often in the top 5 of their sector and from a broad range of manufacturing
industries such as paper, food, automotive and defence. We are also increasingly applying
our logical and rigorous approach to manufacturing improvement to non-manufacturing
environments such as the NHS, with similar results. Over the last couple of years we have
also worked with several major private equity houses involved in the manufacturing industry.
they want to develop rapidly and have immediate responsibility. A career with Newton is
an intense and rewarding opportunity they will personally be delivering bottom line changes
to multiple clients within their frst year. We are a group of young, driven and intelligent
people, growing fast and with a huge variety to our work. They will want to be doing exciting
work, and want to be constantly challenged.
We work in manufacturing across the UK. Our head offce is in Malvern. No relocation is
required.
http://www.newtonconsulting.co.uk/
Email: recruitment@newtonconsulting.co.uk; Tel: +44 (0)1684 576477
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NUS Consulting Group Limited
NUS Consulting Group was incorporated in 1933 (75+ years of expertise). The group consists
of 12 international offces (N. America, Europe, Africa, Australia) and has over 450 employees,
55 of which are based in the UK. We are a professional Utility Cost Management Consultancy.
We provide consulting services to over 15,000 businesses around the world ranging from
multi-national corporations to local businesses with a single location. Our clients represent
a broad spectrum of industries including mining, manufacturing, retail, healthcare,
pharmaceutical and fnancial services.
Experienced hire recruiting of Consultants and Analysts
we provide the potential for professional growth and the opportunity to work with a wide
variety of clients. We continue to lead our industry through innovation, teamwork and service.
Regent House, Queensway, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1QT
www.nusconsulting.com
NUS Consulting Group Limited, 3rd Floor Regent House, Queensway, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1QT;
Tel: 01737 781200; email: careers@nusconsulting.co.uk
Energy & Utilities
Outsourcing & Strategy
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OC&C Strategy Consultants
OC&C Strategy Consultants operate from offces around the world. Founded in 1987, we
are a closely-knit group of partners with wide experience in consulting and in industry.
OC&C Strategy Consultants help clients transform their businesses in three ways:
(1) Corporate Strategy the vision for value creation; (2) Business or Market Strategy
competing to win; and (3) Strategy Realisation making it happen.
While we are a global consulting frm, we have never seen size as an end in itself. We strive to
be the preferred strategy consultancy for a select number of prestigious clients to whom we
can devote our full attention, creating exciting development opportunities.
You will fnd us in Abu Dhabi, Boston, Brussels, Dubai, Dsseldorf, Hamburg, Hong Kong,
London, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York, Paris, Rotterdam, San Francisco and Shanghai, from
which offces we cover the world.
OC&C assists the top management of major multinational corporations and leading national
companies as well as private equity frms, government and public institutions in developing
winning strategies.
Why OC&C? The answer from candidates who chose to join OC&C:
I chose OC&C because their people were exceptional. They were bright and motivated and I
felt they would challenge me to develop, and ensure that I had fun doing it!;
The company size is brilliant. Big enough to attract exciting projects from high profle
clients, but small enough to maintain a family feel;
OC&C appealed to me because they work across a range of sectors, but have a bigger
depth of experience in retail and media;
When I joined OC&C, one of the things that most attracted me to the company was the
ability to take an extra month of unpaid leave every year on top of the normal holiday. It
sounded like the perfect way to develop my career and still have time to enjoy myself, and
thats exactly how it is!
London
For recruitment information see http://www.occstrategy.co.uk/recruiting. To search our latest
vacancies see http://www.occstrategy.co.uk/recruiting/you_application
OC&C Strategy Consultants, 6 New Street Square, London EC4A 3AT; +44 (0)20 7010 8000
(switchboard); +44 (0)20 7010 8100 (fax); General enquiries should be sent to
recruitment@occstrategy.com
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Ocean Strategy
Ocean Strategy is a niche strategic management consultancy focused on the dynamic media
and information industry. We work with senior media executives and investors across Europe
from our offce in London, where in our fast-growing organisation, we currently employ
10 consultants from 8 different nationalities
Our key clients are media owners such as internet, broadcast, exhibition and publishing
companies. We work both with market leaders and smaller up-and-coming companies, but
always on the highest level with strategic issues. In addition, we work for many of the leading
private equity frms investing in the media and information sector.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they appreciate the following:
1) Working with with top-class analysts providing insights to senior executives in one of the
most dynamic industries; 2) Entrepreneurial spirit and the desire of being part of something
growing; 3) Teamwork and passion for delivering above expectations
London
http://www.oceanstrategy.com/page/en/Join-Us/
Ocean Strategy, 44 Chiswick Lane, London W4 2JQ, UK; info@oceanstrategy.com;
Tel: +44 (0)20 8747 3456
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OCS Consulting plc
OCS Consulting plc was established in 1984, initially as a one-man operation and has
fourished into one of the UKs leading IT consultancies with over 70 full-time permanent
staff and a current turnover of 5.5m. OCS undertakes a variety of development projects
for a multitude of clients. OCS Consulting has established itself as a leader in the delivery
of fexible and innovative solutions tailored to the needs of its clients and more recently
has become a Microsoft Gold Partner. Encompassing Consultancy, Managed Services and
Resourcing, OCS has implemented a unique service matching approach that has enabled it
to become the fexible extension to the IT teams of many blue chip organisations. By ensuring
that OCS provides an organisational, cultural, as well as skills ft, with the client, OCS has
been able to attain the role of trusted IT service partner where seamless integration with the
clients own department is required. OCS has achieved over twenty years of success due to
the loyal and professional staff at its core and its insistence on the highest levels of expertise
and quality. Our commitment to the successful delivery of services has culminated in a high
level of repeat business, resulting in OCS developing long-term relationships and becoming a
trusted consulting partner and preferred supplier to its clients.
OCS clients range from SMEs through to blue chip corporates covering most industry sectors.
Some of our clients include: Argos, Nissan/Renault, Barclays, British Council, AON, G4S, HMV
and Arts Council to name a few.
The success of OCS Consulting is down to the people we employ. Our people are the key, which
is why we demand the highest quality IT professionals. Along with strong technical skills,
OCS looks for ambitious, enthusiastic and committed people to help OCS make a difference
to its clients. Working for OCS what to expect? Expect the unexpected! OCS is a dynamic,
fast paced IT Consultancy at the forefront of leading edge technology. OCS has a strategy and
operational approach to keep pace with business and technological change. This enables OCS
to develop and introduce leading-edge services, functioning in well-defned technology areas
enhancing your career development. Our specialist approach ensures that when clients call
on the services of OCS, they are assured of receiving the highest quality of service and level
of commitment.
When OCS was frst established in 1984 it set its values and ethics which are still in
operation 20 years on:
We are proftable, proven and are here to stay;
We acknowledge that our success is based upon our clients success;
We complete assignments and honour our obligations regardless of the effort or time
required;
We are a team and must therefore be mutually supportive at all levels;
We are professional in the way that we work, act and behave;
We are all key to the companys reputation we employ and develop the best.
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http://www.ocs-consulting.com/page.asp?page_id=39&mpageid=5
http://www.ocs-consulting.com/page.asp?page_id=21&mpageid=5
Contact details: Tel: 020 8236 7777; Email: info@ocs-consulting.com
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Transportation
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Optimat Ltd
Optimat is an independent niche consultancy specialising in the development of knowledge-
based industries and commercialisation of the science bases. We work with a wide variety of
clients in the public, private and research sectors in the UK and Europe including:
Public Sector European Commission, DTI, Scottish Enterprise, other UK/regional
government departments and a wide variety of regional agencies.
Private Sector large companies, SMEs, new ventures, spin-out companies and sector
associations.
Research Sector universities and RTOs (research & technology organisations) throughout
the UK.
The company was set up in 1989. Since then we have successfully completed several hundred
strategic assignments for a broad range of clients. In the process we have built a strong
reputation for delivering results in a practical, fexible and professional manner. Our people
are based between our two offces in Glasgow and Birmingham. Our people are our assets and
we plan to continue our growth plans through the addition of high quality and friendly people
who can easily establish a good working rapport with our clients, and ultimately deliver high
quality results. By carefully recruiting people with complementary industrial, technical and
management expertise that builds on our pool of experience, we are able to operate across all
market and technology areas.
We provide consultancy in the following three areas:
1) Economic Development we assist public sector organisations with a variety of projects,
including policy studies, support programmes, infrastructure development projects, feasibility
studies, impact evaluations and due diligence analyses related to the development of
sustainable, knowledge-based economies.
2) Sustainable Business Growth we carry out marketing, strategy development and
business planning assignments for technology businesses and traditional businesses
that aspire to become more knowledge-based. We have worked for a variety of companies
ranging from new ventures with one employee to multinational organisations. We can support
businesses in a wide range of sectors, including advanced engineering (e.g. aerospace,
automotive, industrial machinery, electrical equipment, instrumentation), construction,
electronics and optoelectronics, emerging technologies, energy and environment, ICT
and software, life sciences and the process industries (e.g. food & drink, chemicals,
materials etc.).
3) Technology Commercialisation we provide consultancy, training and project
management services to help universities and research-intensive businesses exploit their
specialist knowledge and intellectual property.
they are looking for a consultancy that offers the chance to develop their potential as well
as the opportunity to share in the ownership of the business.
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Glasgow and Birmingham
http://www.optimat.co.uk/?q=people/careers
Glasgow: Torus Building, Rankine Avenue, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride
Glasgow G75 0QF
Birmingham: Faraday Wharf, Aston Science Park, Holt Street, Birmingham B7 4BB
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Orion Partners
Orion Partners is a niche HR Transformation consultancy, providing a full range of
advisory and implementation services in the areas of HR Shared Services, HR Outsourcing,
HR Technology, HR Development and HR Business Partnering. The company was founded in
2002 and has grown rapidly. We are confdent of growing this signifcantly within the next
18 months. Building on our success, our objective is to become the go-to brand in the HR
Transformation marketplace. Between us we have over 50 years HR Transformation experience
acquired both within blue-chip consulting frms such as PWC, Accenture and KMPG in
senior HR roles with companies including Pepsico and BP. We have a clear vision for the
future and a passionate belief that we can make a real difference to organisations seeking to
transform their HR functions.
Our client base spans both private and public sector. We have clients that are household
names and work across Europe.
We are entrepreneurial Having worked with both large corporates and consulting frms,
weve been keen to create a more entrepreneurial environment. This could be described as
less structured but in reality this means that there is more fexibility to have a good idea
and run with it, to identify a gap in the market and shape a solution that meets the need. We
want people with an eye for what should come next who would prefer to ask for forgiveness
rather than feel the need to seek permission! The business is currently focused primarily on
advisory services but we are developing a number of alternative business lines. A focus on
building value in the business will be a key attribute we look for in new hires.
There is a focus on building your skills Our market positioning as experts in our feld
means we can offer access to leading edge thinking in our area of specialism. We are
very focused on ensuring we share knowledge and learn from one another so that were
constantly building on the depth of expertise that is our hallmark. We compete with the
largest consulting frms in the world, so we aim for the highest standards of intellectual
rigour, quality and professionalism in our work. We expect and aim to develop those in the
individuals we recruit.
We offer profle and stretch As clients buy us for our expertise, we tend to be involved
at a more strategic level. This means senior level engagement and more direct client contact
than can be typical in larger consulting frms. On the positive side this means high visibility
and working with the decision makers. On the challenging side, this means high client
expectations, nowhere to hide and challenging client relationships!
London
www.orion-partners.com
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OTM Consulting Ltd
OTM Consulting is an independent frm of technology management consultants specialising
in upstream oil and gas. Founded in 1993, the company now has 17 permanent staff based
in Guildford in Surrey with a branch offce in Aberdeen and a wholly owned subsidiary in
Houston, Texas, USA. We help oil companies and their suppliers to identify, commercialise
and deploy new technology. We work together with operators to help identify technology
opportunities and get them deployed more quickly and effectively. We enable collaboration
amongst oil companies worldwide to share knowledge and lessons learnt about oil and
gas technologies through pan-industry networks and knowledge bases. We also work
with technology developers and suppliers to help improve understanding of demand and
competition for specifc technologies, build relationships with clients, raise fnance, and
speed up time to market.
Our clients include more than 30 international energy companies and more than 80 service
companies, suppliers, and government industry bodies.
The quality and diversity of consulting assignments that they see they will be involved with
when they join OTM.
Guildford and Aberdeen
http://www.otmnet.com/careers.asp
Main offce address: 44 Quarry Street, Guildford, GU1 3XQ. Email: info@otmnet.com
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PA Consulting Group
At PA Consulting we transform the performance of organisations. We are an independent,
employee-owned, global frm of 3,000 talented individuals. We operate from 35 offces across
the world, in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Oceania. Our peoples skills
stretch from the initial generation of ideas, insights, solutions and new technology all the way
through to detailed implementation. We have won numerous awards for delivering complex
and highly innovative assignments, have technology development capability that few frms
can match, deep expertise across key industries and government, and a unique breadth
of skills from strategy to IT to HR to applied technology. Clients call on us when they want:
an innovative solution: counter-intuitive thinking and groundbreaking solutions; a highly
responsive approach: we listen, and then we act decisively and quickly; delivery of hard
results: we get the job done, often troubleshooting where previous initiatives have failed.
We have an outstanding track record, delivering award winning results for clients across
industry and government, with particular expertise in Defence, Energy, Financial Services,
Government Services, Health, International Development, Life Sciences, Manufacturing,
Postal, Retail, Telecoms, Transportation, Travel and Tourism, and Water. Our client base
refects the diversity of our expertise and spans the private and public sector.
PA offers more opportunities for a stimulating and stretching career than other frms;
becoming part of a global team delivering solutions to the most complex and challenging
issues facing business and government. The types and levels of work we offer are varied
and demanding and opportunities for gaining experience and learning are continuous. This
means people join PA to develop both deep and broad skills, together with the possibility of
working internationally. Progression is based on merit, not on time served and this, combined
with our clear progression structure and commitment to ongoing training and development,
enables our people to develop their careers as quickly as they want to. PA is owned by its
staff from top to bottom which gives all employees the opportunity to hold a stake in the
companys success. PA offers a career in consulting, not just a job, a stake in our frm; and an
environment where individuals and ideas matter.
London, Belfast, Birmingham, Cambridge, Glasgow and Manchester
For further information about careers at PA visit www.paconsulting.com/join_pa
PA Consulting Group, 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SR;
Tel: +44 (0)20 7730 9000; Fax: +44 (0)20 7333 5050; E-mail: Careers@paconsulting.com
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Technology
The Management Consultancies Associations Awards are the premier awards for
organisations that have achieved signifcant performance improvement with the assistance
of a management consultancy frm. Since the awards inception, we have won an
unprecedented 26% of all prizes and are the outstanding performer at these awards. In the
2008 Awards PA yet again emerged as a top performer, picking up four Awards, including an
overall winner prize for our work on the Zanzibar e-marketplace, and extending our winning
streak to 10 years: 2008 MCA Awards: Winner Operational Performance: OCGbuying.
solutions Creating world class eProcurement through the Zanzibar e-marketplace.
Finalist Change Management: Offce for Criminal Justice Reform Developing a team
of troubleshooters to improve the performance of the Criminal Justice System. Finalist
Business Strategy: Norwich Union Healthcare A strategic transformation to nearly double
the business to 1 billion by 2011. Finalist Operational Performance: Disability and Carers
Service A better service for some of this countrys neediest citizens. 2007 MCA Awards
Winner Overall Best Public Sector Project and Winner Change Management: The Highways
Agency Less congested, safer roads a world frst in traffc management Winner Human
Resources Category: Jobcentre Plus Cheaper, faster, better learning for over 50,000
employees in the UK Governments largest e-learning programme Finalist International
Category: Fiat Auto The miracle of Turin Maximising performance improvement with
a revolutionary approach to cost control. Finalist Operational Performance Category:
Department of Health National Orthopaedic Project No bones about it, PA & NHS reduce
orthopaedic waiting list from 57,128 patients to one. Operational Research Societys
Presidents Medal. In 2007 PA was awarded the Operational Research Societys Presidents
Medal for our work to enable Nissan to build up to 5 different car models simultaneously on
just 2 production lines originally designed to produce only 2 models at its Sunderland plant.
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Parson Consulting
Parson Consulting is an international fnancial and performance management consultancy, part
of the London Stock Exchange listed Management Consulting Group PLC, one of the top 25
consultancies in the world. Parson works with CFOs and senior fnance executives of companies
globally, across all industries to improve the reliability, effciency and effectiveness of fnance
and other support operations. Our service lines include Strategic Finance, Accounting and
Finance Operations, Corporate Transactions (M&A), and Governance and Risk Management.
Our client list spans the FTSE 350, CAC 40, Fortune 500, SBF 120 and ASX 200 and
equivalently-sized, private companies. We work across all industry sectors.
1) Of our culture and environment. These factors are cited by many new employees as their
reason for joining, and most employees as their reason for staying. Parson is working hard to
keep a small company entrepreneurial type environment whilst growing, and to maintain its
close-knit network of people, because we realise the benefts this brings. 2) Your contribution
will be recognised: dont get lost in a larger consultancy. 3) We realise our client strategies:
at Parson London Offce we had over 95% client satisfaction in 2007, signifcantly higher
than the industry average. 4) You will make your qualifcation count: we do not hire graduates
only qualifed accountants with signifcant experience. You will work with like-minded
experienced people; people want something different and thats why they come to Parson.
London
www.parsonconsulting.com
Parson Consulting, 10 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RB, UK; T: +44 (0)20 7710 5200;
F: +44 (0)20 7710 5201; Email: uk.recruit@parsonconsulting.com
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Pcubed
Pcubed is a dedicated global programme and project management consultancy with over
a decade of experience working within public and private sectors, delivering critical and
complex projects, programmes and portfolios. Our management expertise and experience
has helped some of the worlds leading companies optimise their business performance by
shaping, structuring and driving an organisations most strategic initiatives.
Pcubed has more than 350 consultants working globally from offces in Europe, the USA
and Asia Pacifc. Our consultants have qualifed knowledge and experience in all areas of
programme and project management including: portfolio management; risk management;
project & investment assurance; gateway & project reviews and programme/project health
check.
Pcubed has a client base spanning a range of Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and blue-chip
companies within public and private sectors. Our clients predominantly sit within the
automotive, manufacturing, central government, fnancial services and telecoms industries.
Pcubed is also involved in large sporting events. Many of our clients operate globally.
Pcubed is a global market leader within project and programme management; providing
challenging and complex assignments within a friendly and supportive culture.
London
www.pcubed.com/recruitment/career
Recruit.uk@pcubed.com
Human Resources, Pcubed, 10 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3SR
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Transportation
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Named Small Jewel Firm by Consulting Magazine (2006), Microsoft Enterprise Project
Management Partner of the Year (2007), Financial Times Best Places to Work (2007)
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PDN Ltd (The Professional Development Network Ltd)
PDN is a team of former Partners and Principals from consulting and professional service
frms. PDN brings best practice consulting skills and behaviours to clients through training,
organisational development and change management. Our clients realise tangible results
because our programmes are very aligned to their business strategies, their culture and their
talent management imperatives
PDNs clients include Professional Services frms and the Global 500. Examples of our work
include:
Rapid growth for a top 5 strategy consulting frm led to the Leadership Board looking
for surrogate Partners to lead their Professional Development. PDN was chosen to lead
consulting analysis and communication, client and engagement management. After a few
years PDN was chosen to lead programmes on business development, thought leadership and
client leadership at Partner level. The frm continues to rank in the top consultancies and has
signifcantly increased its client satisfaction and proftability over the last 5 years.
An IT global leader committed to create a Management Consulting arm and had to shift
professionals from a product to a business services focus and work in a matrix organisation.
PDN was chosen to design and lead an induction programme on consulting approaches,
communications, client management and business development. PDN was also hired to
advise on and facilitate the change. The consulting unit is now one of the most proftable IT
services businesses in the world.
Within a year of PDNs sales and change training programmes, a small consulting frm
increased their pipeline fourfold and doubled revenues.
Experienced hire recruiting from top brand name consulting frms and industry.
PDN work is fulflling intellectually and emotionally. Everyone gets involved in research,
design and leading cutting edge programmes. Whether you are leading a 3 day training or
9 month change project you see the tangible behavioural shifts in clients and the business
results that stem from this. PDNs success over 18 years has come from creating very
customised experiential interventions, intense peer to peer support and an insatiable quest
for the best ideas and tools. We promise an exciting and stimulating partnership.
London
www.pdnltd.com
PDN Ltd, The City Arc, 89 Worship Street, London EC2A 2BF; Tel: +44 (0)845 6806608;
contact@pdnltd.com
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Management consulting, legal, engineering consulting, fnance and frms moving into
professional services such as Telecoms and IT.
Professional Development how to attract develop and retain the best talent; deliver
world class engagements and build lasting, trusted advisor relationship with top executives.
Products to Services how to make the transition successfully and proftably
Strategy & Change how to facilitate and train teams to deliver on a companys most
critical concerns
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Perot Systems Europe
Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business
solutions. Through its fexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise
from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth,
streamline operations, and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano,
Texas, Perot Systems reported 2007 revenue of $2.6 billion. The company has more than
23,000 associates located in North America, Europe, EMEA and Asia. Additional information
on Perot Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com/
Our client base covers both Private and Public Sector organisations globally.
they are seeking an organisation which listens to its associates, doesnt micro-manage
and allows associates a huge amount of freedom to fullfl their assignments.
London, Nottingham, various client sites UK-wide
www.perotsystems.com
Perot Systems Europe, Stockley Park, 4 The Square, Uxbridge UB11 1ET
Career enquiries to UK.Recruitment@ps.net
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PI Consulting
Formed in Cambridge during 2003 and now working from three UK offces in Cambridge,
Nottingham and London Canary Wharf with a core team of 6 experienced consultants.
PI Consulting specialises in cross-sector business transformation consulting with a strong
emphasis on integrating strategic and organisational analysis with planning and the
programme of implementation. PI Consulting provides analysis, advice and hands-on delivery
support throughout the transformation cycle.
PI Consulting provides services to a wide range of cross-sector clients from private sector
SMEs to FTSE100 companies and public sector organisations.
Our strong value system and the opportunity to contribute and build a share in the growth of
our consulting frm with a group of highly talented people who enjoy what they do.
Cambridge, Nottingham and London.
www.piconsulting.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7125 0048; E-mail: information@piconsulting.org.uk
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IBC Premier Practice Accreditation
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PIMS Associates Ltd
PIMS Associates Ltd is the London offce of the Malik Management Zentrum St Gallen.
Established 30 years ago, PIMS is a pioneer in evidence-based management and the Proft
Impact of Market Strategy. We work with virtually all the worlds leading organisations across
all sectors in supporting their management thinking, measuring business performances and
enabling their future success. As part of Malik Management Zentrum St Gallen, the leading
management educator in the German speaking world, our strategic evidence and Consultancy
experience forms an integrated part of right and good management practice. We have more
than 250 Consultant staff operating from offces in St Gallen, Zurich, Vienna, London and
Shanghai.
PIMS provide confdential management support to many global Fortune 500 companies as
well as local small- and medium-sized businesses.
they are impressed by: 1) the insight and strategic concepts PIMS provide; 2) the variety
of customers we serve; 3) our people and working environment.
City of London
For further information see: http://www.malikpims.com
Please contact: recruitment@malikpims.com PIMS Associates Ltd, 15 Basinghall Street,
London, EC2V 5BR; Tel: +44(0)20 7776 2800; Fax: +44(0)20 7776 2828;
http://www.malikpims.com.
PIMS Associates Ltd is a company of Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen, Switzerland
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PIPC
Formed in 1992 by an entrepreneurial group of professionals keen to revolutionalise the
management consultancy industry, PIPC has earned an enviable reputation for delivering
some of the largest and most successful programmes in corporate history. Project solutions
provide the foundation on which our business is built. It is from this platform that we engage
with our clients to successfully manage a wide variety of programmes across a range of
industry sectors. For over a decade we have honed and refned our project and programme
skills to develop a world-class suite of project solutions to help deliver the most complex
business initiatives. PIPC operates from 12 offces worldwide, servicing 25 countries
delivering over 3bn of projects at any one time. We have worked with more than
150 Multi-Nationals and have delivered over 500 assignments in the last 10 years.
PIPC specialises in large-scale programme and project management for the public and
private sectors. Our global client successes are as diverse as business itself and cover
banking & fnancial services, energy, environment and corporate social responsibility,
government & public sector, media, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecommunications,
transportation and utilities, amongst others. Our client list of government departments and
over 200 blue-chip companies is 100% referenceable.
At a time when many candidates are fooded by a choice of consultancy frms, PIPC represents
a fresh, innovative and exciting difference in the marketplace. A clear and transparent
business and management approach, balanced with fexible and tailored value-for-money
solutions for clients, PIPC is a fantastic organisation to join and develop with. We have
clear propositions across numerous sectors and are known as the only global Project and
Programme Management consultancy frm. PIPC is built on an excellent management and
staff culture and is an organisation that employees can believe in and truly feel part of. PIPC
stands behind delivering the best to our clients and we only employ the top consultants in the
marketplace. As a candidate youll thrive on the challenge, work with the best consultants
from a spectrum of Big 4 to niche speciality frms, and be highly rewarded for working on
some of the most interesting engagements in the UK and abroad.
London
http://www.pipc.com/content/career.php
12 Appold Street, London EC2A 2AW; 020 7133 5999; careers@pipc.com
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PIPC is the fastest growing UK consultancy (Fast track 100) MCA Management Awards 2008:
Corporate Social Responsibility
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Place Group
Place Group is a specialist programme management consultancy with a vision to transform
Education and Childrens Services and create life chances for young people. A common thread
that runs through all levels of the organisation is a passion for education and improving the
lives of learners. Its mission is to challenge convention to create and deliver 21st-century
education and learning through proactive management of relationships, built environments,
culture and curriculum change, and technology and leadership programmes.
Our client base is comprised mainly of Central Government Departments and Agencies, Local
Authorities and in some cases individual schools.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they recognise the opportunity
to make a signifcant contribution to a fast growing organisation thats a market leader in
its feld. Once they start, new consultants are then immediately struck by the range and
scope of projects they can get involved in and our overall passion for education. Ultimately
what makes them stay is the outstanding level of support they receive within our friendly and
fexible working environment.
London, Birmingham, Manchester
http://www.place-group.com
joinus@place-group.com
Public Sector
HR Consulting
Strategy
We will be looking for experienced Project and Programme Managers and Directors, Lead
Consultants, and Education Consultants
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Patrick Wilson founded PCP in 2005 to help Financial Services companies build operational
value and achieve regulatory compliance without relying heavily on technology. Our reputation
is built upon the ability to diagnose problems and identify waste in a business quickly and
then improve the clients cost base in an effective and timely manner. Cost savings are often
in excess of 30%, rarely less than 20% and improvements have seen backlogs reduced
from 3000 hours to 200 hours in 7 days. Patrick Wilson has worked in fnancial services for
20 years for companies such as Zurich Financial Services, Abbey National, NatWest, Deutsche
Bank, Citibank and Allied Dunbar. In addition the team that supports him has over 100 years
of Financial Services experience between them.
The client base is predominantly in the Financial Services industry covering all aspects from
Banking, Life and Pensions and General Insurance
When candidates choose to work with us it is because of a true work hard, play hard ethic,
our practical and straightforward delivery that always produces tangible results for clients, in
a clear, concise, effective way, and in a short space of time.
London, Reading and Cornwall
The main website for any further information is www.pcpweb.co.uk
Patrick Wilson: Patrick_Wilson@pcpweb.co.uk; Offce: +44 (0)1872 274114;
Fax: +44 (0)1872 274115; Mobile: +44 (0)7879 610074
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax
and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their
stakeholders. More than 146,000 people in 150 countries across our network share their
thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.
Strategy at PwC is a fast growing strategy and deal-focused consulting department which
offers many opportunities for career progression. The group operates alongside Transaction
Services at PwC, a leading deal advisory business, which delivers a comprehensive service
suite addressing strategic, operational, fnancial and structuring issues on deals, to both
Private Equity and Corporate clients. As the market leading commercial deal advisory team,
we provide commercial due diligence and investment advice to the worlds leading private
equity houses and banks. We also provide strategic advice to large UK and international
corporate clients, ranging from strategic reviews, market entry and pricing strategy, to bid
support/defence and acquisitions. Performance Improvement Consulting at PwC everything
we do is driven by our clients wanting to make changes. Change is only sustainable when the
people it ultimately affects are involved. We make change personal for our clients, by asking
them What would you like to change? Organisations engage our performance improvement
consultants to help design, manage and execute lasting change. We help some of the worlds
most progressive organisations, of all shapes and sizes, to continuously evolve and adapt to
an ever-increasingly complex environment.
With an enviable range of clients from public and private companies to governments and
charities we work in partnership with all our clients to create leading-edge solutions.
they will beneft from a wide range of possibilities within our business groups, each of
which boasts an eye-catching client list. Add to this our development experience, and our
considerable invest in our people together, with the breadth that the variety of work can offer.
All this combined will give them what they need to excel both professionally and personally
within a supportive business environment.
Offces nationwide
http://www.pwc.com/uk/careers/
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The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004); Real
FDs Excellence Awards 2008 Advisory Firm of the Year; European Venture Capital Journal
Awards Private Equity Accountancy Firm of the Year; PwC was ranked 2nd amongst
consultancy frms in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index; Commercial and Market Due
Diligence Team of the Year 2007 For the second year running Strategy at PwC has won this
accolade, awarded at the Financial News Private Equity Awards; 11th, Sunday Times Best
Big Companies
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Project One Consulting
We are a project and programme management company. Organisations tend to use our
services when the scale, complexity, urgency or volume of change is greater than they are
used to and they need independent and experienced support. Assignments are challenging
and varied, and include business transformation and project portfolio management. Founded
in 1998, we continue to enjoy year-on-year growth through our straightforward and effective
business model. We have regional teams based in the South East, North West, Yorkshire and
Scotland, enabling us to develop relationships with our clients. We work in motivated teams
of skilled consultants with outstanding track records and a passion for delivery. Our model
also includes active delivery management of our assignments to ensure we fully understand
the clients challenges and support our consultants to deliver what we promise. We also
embrace practical approaches to knowledge management to capitalise on our collective
experience.
We have worked with 20% of the FTSE top 100 organisations. Our clients are predominantly in
the fnancial services, retail, utilities and telecoms sectors.
they are seeking challenging and interesting assignments, where their focus is hands-on
delivery in an environment free from bureaucracy. They want to be part of an organisation
where individuals can make a difference. They value our regional model, which allows
consultants to work within commuting distance from home. Reward is based on personal
performance, with the opportunity to balance holidays with fnancial reward.
Manchester, Leeds, London, Edinburgh
www.projectoneconsulting.co.uk
careers@projectone.gb.com
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Protiviti
Since our launch in 2002, Protiviti has become recognised worldwide as a top expert in internal
audit and risk management. We have more than 60 offces worldwide, including locations
in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Melbourne, Sydney, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong
Kong and Mexico City, as well as offces in all major US locations. Our international network
of offces continues to grow. Our 2007 revenues were US$552.3 million, and our revenues
in the frst quarter of 2008 were US$142.1 million. We currently employ more than 3,300
professionals worldwide. Protiviti is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half International Inc.,
a US$4.65 billion public frm listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE symbol: RHI).
Protivitis clients include more than 35 percent of all Fortune 100 companies. Our clients
include more than 25 percent of all Fortune 500 companies. We represent more than
20 percent of companies listed on the Fortune 1000.
There is a great sense of mutual respect between colleagues and the diverse backgrounds and
nationalities are a huge differentiator and asset to Protiviti. Everyone is unique and capable in their
own way, which enables a strong sense of community, but also strengthens our ability to deliver
professional services at the highest quality. There is no sense of hierarchy and management are
very open to listen to any ideas, concerns or to simply have a chat about how everything is going.
Protiviti has a strong culture of training and professional development, including Protiviti university
where all are welcome to share ideas and knowledge, seek advice and offer training.
London
www.protiviti.co.uk
Level 5 Grand Buildings, 13 The Strand, London WC2N 5AB: Tel: 020 7930 8808
Email: recruitment@protiviti.co.uk
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Proudfoot Consulting
Proudfoot Consulting was founded in 1946 by Alexander Proudfoot. Since then our company
has been helping clients to achieve signifcantly increased proftability through the
implementation of operational improvements. These are typically realised through increased
sales, lower operating and overhead costs, greater output and lower capital expenditure.
Proudfoot Consulting has around 500 employees working on 6 continents, out of 18 regional
offces.
Our client base is predominantly in the private sector in almost every type of commercial
activity; we work mainly in large organisations. Some clients are: BHP Billiton, Sarah Lee,
Thyssen Krupp, BellSouth, Socit Gnrale, Total, PT Inco, ING, Saint-Gobain, Anglo American
and Telefonica
Candidates choose Proudfoot for several reasons (in no particular order of importance):
1) they have a strong desire to implement solutions which will lead to measurable and
sustainable improvements for our clients; 2) they are looking for variety in their work in an
international environment; 3) they wish to maintain their language skills; and 4) they are
people oriented
London
www.proudfootconsulting.com
Proudfoot Consulting, 10 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RB; +44 (0)20 7710 5000;
recruit-europe@proudfootconsulting.com
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PRTM Management Consultants
PRTM Management Consultants help market leaders defne new and innovative ways
of operating globally. The frm is a leader in operational strategy, supply chain, product
development, and customer value management. With over 600 consultants and 16 offces
worldwide, we have been developing operational strategies for our clients since 1976.
PRTM helps global corporations drive revenue and growth. Our focus is to create dramatic
improvements in economic performance through operations. PRTM has delivered $300 billion
in shareholder value for its clients over the last decade. PRTM is experienced in devising
and implementing operational strategies that span a clients entire value network, including
suppliers, regulators, investors, customers and other stakeholders. PRTM delivers the highest
returns to its clients by applying its industry and operational expertise to fundamental
management challenges: sustaining innovation, delivering value consistently to customers,
and increasing proftability.
PRTM serves mainly private sector organisations that are typically major global players
from the following industry sectors: Aerospace and Defence, Automotive, Consumer Goods,
Electronics and Computing, Energy, Industrial Products, Life Sciences and Healthcare,
Private Equity, Software, Telecommunications
We place an extraordinary emphasis on creating and sustaining innovation, teamwork,
relationships, and excellence in all our project work. We also strongly believe in the
fundamental importance of balancing work and personal lives. Furthermore PRTM is a
meritocracy where people are rewarded for their demonstrated abilities and proven track
record of delivering innovative, breakthrough results for our clients. Candidates are also
attracted to PRTM as they can utilise their previous backgrounds and enhance their skills in
operational strategy, supply chain, product development, and customer value management.
London, Oxford and Glasgow
www.prtm.com
PRTM Management Consultants, 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London
WC2N 5BW; Tel: +44 (0)20 7872 5770; Email: careerseurope@prtm.com
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to transform business?
have you got what it takes
PRTM Management Consultants
are passionate about nding new
ways for our clients to operate globally
and achieve market dominance. As
leaders in operational strategy, supply
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customer experience management,
our consultants are condent and
insightful. We see what others dont,
and we exert our inuence to translate
that vision into actionable results.
PRTM emphasizes innovation,
teamwork, relationships, and
excellence in all our project work.
We do this with a commitment to
balancing work and personal lives.
These are among the reasons the rm
has been consistently recognized by
Consulting magazine as one of The 10
Best Consulting Firms to Work For.
Visit our Careers section at www.prtm.com or
contact us at careerseurope@prtm.com.
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Consulting Magazine has ranked PRTM as one of The Best Firms to Work For in its annual
survey. We have ranked among the top 10 frms every year since we started participating in
2002.
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Qedis was born from the belief that consultancy services should always be client focused,
and should allow the fexibility to evolve with the clients ever developing commercial
long-term needs. In 2003 the foundations were set for a consultancy that would offer the
clients a truly relationship lead service. This concept has proved successful and Qedis has
grown rapidly through a combination of hiring talented professionals and by continuously
delivering measurable results for our clients. Today, Qedis is part of Highland Worldwide, an
international network of consulting companies with over 1,100 consultants covering the UK,
USA, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Eastern Europe.
Qedis have worked with a wide range of FTSE, Private and Public sector clients and have
undertaken a wealth of consultancy services that has enabled the development and
enhancement of our clients service offerings within their own commercial streams.
Anglia Ruskin University AT&T Bank of America BWA Disney (ABC International TV)
First Go Ahead HM Treasury Home Offce ITV LB Barking & Dagenham LB Enfeld
LB Haringey Marks and Spencers Miller Homes Molson Coors National Express
Nationwide Northcliffe Sanof Aventis Seymour/Frontline Stagecoach TOREX Retail
Turner Broadcasting Virgin Atlantic Wachovia William Hill
From the outset, Qedis made the conscious decision to be different from other consultancies;
not just in their words, but in every aspect of the consultancy its beliefs, its actions and in
its interaction with staff. That is why candidates choose to join.
London, Maidenhead
www.qedis.com
Qedis Amadeus House, Floral Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DP; careers@qedis.com
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Ricardo Strategic Consulting
Ricardo Strategic Consulting is the management consulting business of Ricardo PLC, a
global provider of automotive consulting for the last 90 years with operations in Europe, North
America and Asia. Ricardo Strategic Consulting provides management consulting services
to automotive OEMs, automotive suppliers, technology intensive industrial companies,
investment banks and private equity frms.
We provide a unique combination of business strategy and operational improvement, based
upon deep industry knowledge and end-to-end delivery capability. We have a unique brand of
consulting which combines deep strategic insight and the ability to implement in the detail.
Our consultants have many years of industry experience combined with consulting skills,
focused to deliver tangible results for our clients
Ricardo is very different from most of the traditional management consulting frms working
in the automotive industry. Ricardo Strategic Consultancy brings to each client a detailed
industry, product and technical knowledge that other management consulting frms cannot
offer. Ricardo offers excellent career development and opportunity to progress within
an organisation committed to operating as a leading global automotive management
consultancy.
Offces in Germany, North America, Asia, UK
http://www.ricardo.com/strategicConsulting
Ricardo Strategic Consulting, Midlands Technical Centre, Southam Road, Radford Semele,
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV31 1FQ; T: +44 (0)1926 477246; F +44 (0)1926 477130
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Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, founded in 1967, is one of the worlds leading strategy
consultancies. With 35 offces in 24 countries, the company has successful operations in all
major international markets. In 2007, it generated more than b600 million in revenues with
2,000 employees. The strategy consultancy is an independent partnership exclusively owned
by about 160 Partners.
The Company believes that outstanding management consultants are more than just brilliant
analysts and strategists. Above all, they are strong and creative personalities from a variety
of backgrounds. Everyone at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants is committed to three core
values: excellence, entrepreneurship and partnership. These values shape everything the
Company thinks and does, and as a result creating lasting, measurable value.
Automation technology, Automotive, Aviation, Chemicals, Construction, Construction
materials, Consumer goods & retail, Defense & aerospace, Electrical engineering,
Environmental technology, Financial services, Healthcare, IT industry, Logistics, Machinery,
Mechanical & plant engineering, Media & entertainment, Medical devices, Microelectronics,
Oil industry, Pharmaceuticals, Power & gas, Public sector, Rail, Steel & metals,
Telecommunications, Travel & tourism.
The Company is always recruiting new people .Please see the Companys website.
Profound knowledge, convincing arguments and creativity that breaks the mould make
for good consulting. When you join Roland Berger, you have not arrived; you have only just
started out. The Company will do everything they can to help develop your career. Yet you
are the driver of your own personal trajectory. Your thirst for knowledge and understanding
is unquenchable. You must be able to track, analyse and assess key political, economic and
social topics. You should seize every opportunity to fnd out about all relevant tools. And you
must be able to share what you know with colleagues, experts and clients. Only an active
consultant is a good consultant.
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Ltd, Lansdowne House, 7th Floor, Berkeley Square,
London W1J 6RB
http://www.rolandberger.com/for_job_seekers/index.html
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Ltd, Lansdowne House, 7th Floor, Berkeley Square,
London W1J 6RB; Tel: +44 (0)20 7290 4800
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RWD
RWD is a leading provider of human performance improvement solutions designed to help
organisations align their people, process, and technology with their business strategies. We
develop, implement and support products and services to deliver business transformation
and change management, performance and continuous improvement, including lean and
six sigma, and ERP consulting and training programmes.
Our products and services are deployed in more than 20 industries by Fortune 500 companies
in more than 100 countries
of the quality of people in RWD and the opportunity to work on a range of assignments
within blue chip clients.
London and Birmingham
http://www.rwd.com/careers/
Main UK; Telephone: 0121 770 1011; email: emeainfo@rwd.com
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Sakonnet Technology
Sakonnet is dedicated to excellence in trading solutions for wholesale energy markets. We
believe creative use of technology and superlative services together transform the user
experience and trading foor productivity. Clients are at the centre of everything we do and
the latest technical innovations are harnessed on their behalf. Sakonnet was started in 1999
by technologists from JPMorgan. Its leading clients are E.ON Energie in Germany and Nuon
Trading and Wholesale in the Netherlands. Sakonnet is a private company funded by private
investors and operating revenues. It completed four funding rounds from 1999 to 2002. We
have a dynamic international workforce with deep experience in energy trading, application
development and client services. Our entrepreneurial spirit, fat organisation, and exclusive
commitment to the energy markets help us retain a focus on delivering results for clients.
London
For Career Information see http://www.sknt.com/aboutus_careers.html
jobs@sknt.com
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Sales & Marketing Consulting Group
Since 1993 SMCG Consultants have worked with corporations around the world focusing
on sales and marketing-related projects. We engage at the transformational, strategic and
tactical levels. We focus very strongly on joint implementation with the client managers to
achieve defned commercial objectives. Much of the work is founded on a comprehensive set
of Sales and Marketing Best Practice Modules involving process, tools and skills.
Most of the clients are Fortune 1000. 75% of the revenue is from existing clients. We also
work with Private Equity frms and local smaller businesses. In some cases we will assume
responsibility for an aspect of the clients sales operation for a period of time.
we focus very heavily on achieving client results through implementation. Consultants
work closely with client managers for implementation of agreed plans. Our approach is highly
fexible ranging from a full consulting team intervention to the consultant acting as the
Project Manager with the client management team conducting the project itself.
London
www.smcg.net
The Recruitment Director, Sales & Marketing Consultant Group, 5 Wormwood Street,
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salesforce.com
Salesforce.com has rapidly evolved from a startup founded by four people in a cramped
San Francisco apartment in 1999, to a company with more than 2,800 employees, close
on $1 billion Annual Revenue Run Rate and over 1 million users worldwide. As a pioneer
in on-demand business services, we are transforming the software industry, championing
what we call the democratisation of software offering small companies the benefts of
sophisticated business applications, a luxury previously affordable only for large enterprises.
Our customers range in size from tiny companies to global multinational corporations and
represent diverse industries. Top talent across the world joins salesforce.com for its change
the world mentality; the opportunity to excel in a performance-driven, fast-paced and
competitive atmosphere; the chance to be surrounded by peers and leaders that inspire,
motivate and innovate, and a corporate philosophy that incorporates community involvement
into its fabric.
Our clients range from small business to global powerhouses across all market sectors,
verticals and geographies.
they want to be part of the organisation that is changing the way that technology is
delivered into enterprises. Our Consulting team help our customer re-engineer business
process across sales, marketing and support to deliver CRM success. salesforce.com people
also truly belief in corporate philanthropy to improve our communities, inspire youth and
support those in need through the salesforce.com foundation where we donate 1% of product,
1% of proft and 1% of time to causes nominated by our people.
London, Camberley
http://www.salesforce.com/company/careers/
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Too many to list! Awards include recognition from Gartner, CRM Magazine, Forrester Research,
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Searchlight Consulting
Searchlight Consulting was founded in 2008, delivering SAP Programme and Project
Management Services within Europe. Our Consulting team all have a large-frm consulting
background, with signifcant experience of defning and delivering end-to-end initiatives,
optimising ongoing release processes using a combination of local and distributed delivery
models. Searchlight work directly for our clients, leading the SAP Programme and Project
delivery, often working alongside system integrators or internal client delivery competence
centres. The Searchlight team ensures Delivery Excellence; sharing our best practice delivery
experience while contributing to the development of our clients SAP competence.
Searchlight Consulting provide services to a combination of FTSE 100 and 250 companies as
well as working in partnership with Global Consultancies and Distributed Delivery Consulting
organisations. We work across both public and private sectors, working with global, regional
and medium-sized organisations.
we provide an environment where consultants can make a difference both to the end client
and the growth of Searchlight; we emphasise the need for our consultants to provide support
across the team and to ensure delivery excellence, while maintaining an effective worklife
balance
Taunton and Guildford
http://www.searchlightconsulting.co.uk
Contact phone numbers: +44 (0)1884 33254/+44 (0)7872 120385;
Contact email: info@searchlightconsulting.co.uk
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SFL Limited
SFL is a strategic, change management and leadership consultancy who specialise in helping
organisations achieve sustained high performance. SFL was founded in 2003 and presently
has 100 people on board.
SFL works in both the Public and Private sectors. Our clients range from large SME to Blue
Chip typically FTSE 100, 250 and FTSE TechMark 100. Our public sector practice works
extensively with the Emergency Services; an example of this is the Fire & Rescue Service,
where we work with 21 of the 60 regions.
SFL are a young, high values and vibrant company, a place where you can really make a
difference and truly be a part of an exciting future. We believe in progression alongside
performance and take a personal interest in your career path. The consulting assignments
are as stimulating and challenging as they are varied. At SFL you will be working alongside a
team of high quality, passionate people who share a common purpose.
Holmes Chapel, Cheshire
http://www.sfworld.com
SFL Limited, The Clock Tower, Manor Lane, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire CW4 8DJ;
Tel: +44 (0)8452 512 512; Fax: +44 (0)1477 536 549; Email: info@sfworld.com
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Sg2 is a global forward-thinking healthcare consulting, research and education frm. We
specialise in healthcare and have a unique model that combines deep clinical and care
delivery expertise with actionable strategic insight to help organisations make informed
business decisions. Sg2 was founded in the United States in 2001 by Michael Sachs, an
industry expert with more than 25 years of experience in delivering strategic planning and
marketing information to the health care industry.
Sg2s team of skilled professionals has a variety of clinical, academic, technological,
operational and research backgrounds. Our ability to integrate these areas of expertise to help
clients advance their strategies and make the right decisions for both today and tomorrow
provides a unique differentiation in the market. Our expertise is reinforced with an ongoing
analysis of emerging clinical developments, technological advancements and healthcare
delivery trends.
Sg2 International, based in London, leads the global work we do in more than ten countries
around the world, currently including the United Kingdom, Singapore, Thailand, Australia and
Qatar. Healthcare is a global business; however, we appreciate the unique similarities and
differences of healthcare delivery and fnancing systems and work with our clients to develop
customised solutions to meet the local market dynamics and cultural needs.
Sg2 collaborates with leading healthcare organisations around the world to provide focused
support to help clients achieve transformation through informed strategic planning, effective
technology adoption, physician integration, operations improvement and facility redesign. Our
clients include hospitals and health systems, departments of health, physician organisations,
private equity and investment frms, health insurance companies, medical device companies
and pharmaceutical companies.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they are attracted to our
data-driven, future-focused approach to healthcare and the opportunities a growing global
company presents. They are impressed by the calibre of the people who work at Sg2. Smart,
energetic and driven are words commonly used to describe members of our team. There is
a draw to the variety of our projects and the opportunity for their work to have direct and
immediate impact.
London
To view our lastest vacancies see http://www.sg2.com/careers.aspx
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Sia Conseil
Created in Paris in 1999, Sia Conseil (Revenues 2008: b32m) is an Independent Operational
Strategy and Management Consulting company with offces in 5 countries (France, Belgium,
Italy, Switzerland and Morocco). Our 170 top-level consultants operate in Financial Services,
Energy/Utilities, Telecoms, Public Services. We also provide HR Consulting and change
management expertise. Our ambition: to become the independent leader of Operational
Strategy and Management Consulting in Europe.
Our client portfolio includes the leading companies in Europe mainly in four sectors:
1) Financial Services; 2) Energy/Utlities; 3) Telecoms/Media; and 4) Transport/Postal Services
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because we offer: 1) the opportunity
to work on exciting and challenging missions for prestigious clients; 2) an environment of
knowledge sharing, team spirit and involvement; 3) an HR policy focused on our consultants
growth; and 4) a positioning independent from editors and integrators that guarantee
analysis objectivity
http://www.sia-conseil.com
Sia Conseil, 18 boulevard Montmartre, 75009 Paris; recrutement@sia-conseil.com
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Simon-Kucher & Partners Strategy & Marketing Consultants
Simon-Kucher and Partners is a strategy and marketing consulting frm with over 20 years
experience providing valued guidance to top companies. Having conducted projects in more
than 50 countries out of offces in London, Continental Europe, the USA and Japan, Simon-
Kuchers presence is highly international. Simon-Kucher has particular expertise in smart
proft growth strategy development, as well as pricing strategies and is regarded as the
worlds leading consultancy in this practice area. The London offce has a multiple industry
focus working in exciting industries from entertainment/media companies to industrial
suppliers to major fnancial institutions.
Our clients are predominantly mid-sized companies and corporations, including numerous
FTSE 100 companies.
they were convinced that Simon-Kucher would enable them to have a successful and
enjoyable career because of a) the high degree of responsibility our associates get early on;
b) our team culture of You First! and open doors; c) our spirit of continuous learning; and
d) the variety of our project work.
London
www.simon-kucher.com
Simon-Kucher & Partners, 233 High Holborn, London WC1V 7DN; Tel. 020 7841 5750;
recruitment.london@simon-kucher.com
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SkillSet
SkillSet was founded in 1991 and has established a highly-focused presence in the
market for consultancy and training services for major change programmes in large global
organisations. Since we were formed, we have trained tens of thousands of users across all
continents. We have built a formidable range of experience in many varied delivery methods
from traditional classroom to NetMeeting and e-Learning. We are immensely proud of our
long-term relationships with several multinational blue-chip clients which we have earned
through delivering effective training solutions time after time.
SkillSet has worked with a number of household names including BP, Halfords, Nokia,
Vodafone, Inter Hannover, Syngenta, Channel 4, Bae Systems, Shell, Huntsman and
ExxonMobil. We have a wide and varied client base that is expanding throughout the public
and private sector.
theyve been impressed with our client base and the feedback we have received from
prestigious companies. They want to join our customer-focused team and become an integral
part of this growing company.
Fleet, Hampshire
http://www.skillset.co.uk/SkillSetCareers.html for careers information.
jemmag@skillset.co.uk
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SMT Consulting
SMT Consulting is a small and dynamic Management Consultancy based in central Oxford.
SMTs differentiator is the combination of consulting tools with a unique, detailed insight into
the strategic and operational performance of other companies, to provide our clients with a
competitive advantage. The majority of the projects are for UK-based clients, but our analysis
can span Europe, Asia and North America. SMT is part of the Cello Group plc, a rapidly
growing research and consulting group with a turnover of over 100m and 1,000 employees.
SMT works on challenging, short-term strategic assignments for FTSE 100, or equivalent,
companies in: Telecoms, Utilities, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Retail, Consumer Electronics,
and the Public Sector. Specialising in market intelligence, benchmarking and procurement.
SMT provides a unique combination of research and strategy development to solve our clients
real world problems:
Market Intelligence: The analysis of our clients competitors to deliver strategic insights
into existing and latent threats and to examine potential areas of opportunity;
Benchmarking: The analysis of other industries and geographies to identify strategic and
operational best practices;
Procurement: Improving our clients supply chain through strategic sourcing development,
spend reduction, supplier management and interactive training.
Business Analysts work in small teams in an entrepreneurial and friendly environment. Work
is project-based and varied. They are responsible for conducting analysis on our clients,
their competitors customers and suppliers, and best-in-class organisations, generating
understanding of both strategic and operational issues. The rewards are exposure to a wide
range of sectors and critical business issues, early interaction with clients and extensive
project responsibilities. Promotion is based on individual delivery of results, enabling rapid
progression for the best candidates. As well as providing on-the-job training, SMT offers an
extensive internal and external training programme covering a wide selection of relevant
areas.
Oxford
www.smtconsult.co.uk
outstanding@smtconsult.co.uk; 60 St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1ST; 01865 797800
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Spectrum Value Partners
Cutting edge consulting opportunities in media and telecoms. In February last year, Spectrum
Strategy Consultants and Value Partners merged. We support top managers of multinationals
engaged in innovation, change and globalisation. We have 400 professionals in London,
Milan, Rome, Helsinki, Istanbul, Dubai, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Mumbai,
Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney focusing on key growth markets. At
Spectrum Value Partners, we provide top-level strategic advice to companies at the forefront
of the worlds most dynamic industries. The outstanding quality of our people and our
entrepreneurial culture has made us a highly respected frm with a reputation for creativity
and analytical excellence. Spectrum Value Partners is dedicated to providing a unique,
supportive environment in which you are encouraged to take early responsibility and develop
your own career path, as well as pursuing your interests and ambitions outside work.
Spectrum Value Partners clients span many sectors including major organisations within TV
broadcasting, telecoms, music, new media and internet, the fnancial community, the public
sector, energy, publishing and sports. Examples include: Apax Partners, BBC, Blackstone,
Channel 4, Disney, FA Premier League, Fastweb, Ferrero, Guardian Media Group, ITV, La Liga,
RAI, Siemens, SingTel, Telecom Italia, The Carlyle Group, TIM Brasil, Tiscali, UEFA, Universal,
Unicredit, Vodafone.
Undergraduate/graduate on campus recruiting
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because of the interesting and cutting
edge projects/assignment within the dynamic media and telecoms sectors as well as our
excellent reputation and culture.
London
www.spectrumstrategy.com; www.valuepartners.com
Carolyn Wileman, Recruitment Manager, Spectrum Value Partners, Greencoat House,
Francis Street, London SW1P 1DH
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State of Flux
State of Flux is a Procurement and Supply Chain consulting organisation focusing
on strategic change within large multinational supply side operations. The business
was founded in 2004 by Alan Day and has grown at +300% over the last four years.
Headquartered in London it has offces in US, Mexico, India and New Zealand.
Our client base is FTSE 100/major global corporations with particular emphasis in Financial
Services, Telecommunications, FMCG, Transport, Resources and professional services.
We like to work hard but have fun when we do it. We live our values of being innovation
creators, change agents and trusted advisors whilst looking to always add value to our
clients. The entrepreneurial nature of the business allows team members of all levels to take
an area of the operations and shape it and the size of the business means that consultants
get a wide variety of project content, scope and opportunity.
Central London
www.stateoffux.co.uk
222225 Strand, London WC2R 1BA; enquiries@stateoffux.co.uk
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Founded in 1997, based in Bath and currently employing a team of around 30 experts who
work across industry to implement altogether better performance (a combination of great
results and practices). Suiko help companies achieve sustainable competitive advantage
through operational excellence using a unique blend of practical style and proven methods.
Suikos customer base is comprised predominantly of blue-chip companies in the
manufacturing and process industries, with a particularly strong presence in the food sector.
When candidates choose to join Suiko it is usually from an awareness of our reputation of
being both challenging and focused with a practical, down to earth, hands-on approach. They
are attracted to our method we have a structured change model and practical methodology
which sets out the building blocks from which to deliver results. Our approach is then
tailored to complement and strengthen existing systems and ways of working. Suiko offer
the opportunity for candidates to make a vital contribution to a growing company with both
customer projects and internal development and are excited by an environment where there
are no closed doors. We operate to principles of a meritocracy and welcome, encourage and
support those who show the aptitude and desire for personal growth. We are a team of experts
and have a number of alliances including Cranfeld Business School.
Bath
http://www.suiko.co.uk
Address: Bath Brewery, Toll Bridge Road, Bath BA1 7DE; Tel. +44 (0)225 852400.
Email for recruitment enquiries: Lynne.lawton@suiko.co.uk
Email for general enquiries: info@suiko.co.uk
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Teasel Performance Management
Teasel was formed in late 2004. We specialise in four areas: (1) Programme Management,
involving complex business and systems change; (2) Operational Consulting in areas such
as front/back offce integration, customer service delivery, customer contact profling,
and process redesign and restructuring; (3) Change management; and (4) Management
information solutions. Our goal is to combine analytical rigour and functional expertise
with the ability to offer our clients practical and pragmatic solutions that work in the real
world. Although we are based in Cambridge, we have adopted a virtual operating model.
Resourcing includes a combination of permanent and associate colleagues who work as part
of a single professional services community. This helps us offer considerable fexibility e.g. to
people who do not wish to be tied to specifc work-patterns or who prefer to work in a more
restricted geographical area. Stock options are available to all permanent staff.
Our clients are primarily private sector organisations and include companies in the media,
rail, energy, telecoms, leisure and fnancial services sectors.
they value the opportunity to combine three things: exceptional client delivery; multi-
industry engagements; and the entrepreneurial fair to build a successful consulting
business.
Cambridge
For more information about us see http://www.teaselpm.com
Contact us at: Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX or email us at
recruit@teaselpm.com
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The Accord Partnership
Founded in 2004, The Accord Partnership is an independent management consultancy
that works with providers of business critical b2b and b2c services to enhance operational
capability and to deliver improved operational performance We specialise in two areas:
(1) Business relationships between a customer and a service provider; and (2) Call/contact
centres. We have a team of 15 consultants located across the UK.
Our client base is a mixture of public and private sector organisations including:
NHS Direct; Yorkshire Ambulance; Camelot; The Grass Roots Group; SITA (Airline
& Airports); Merlin Entertainments; Nationwide Building Society; Principality Building
Society; Tansaction Network Services
they relish both the opportunity to work on the types of assignment that we undertake and
the level of responsibility that they will have for the delivery of assignments.
Warwick (however, all of our consultants are based around the country)
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The Birchman Group is a pioneering Value Management frm that provides consulting
services and solutions to fully realise the value of investments. Our Consulting practice
assists our customers to extract maximum beneft from technology investments through
strategy development, business case development, programme management, benefts
tracking, process improvement, change management and other Value Management services.
Our Solutions practice enables measurable business transformation and improvement
through the implementation of back and front offce solutions, our industry specifc
solutions and other information technologies. We provide true industry expertise across a
range of industries. Everything we do is based on our Value Management philosophy and
methodologies. We have offces in UK, Spain, Portugal, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Middle
East, Mexico and South Africa. In 2008 the workforce numbered over 500.
Birchman provide services to customers in a wide cross-section of industries, geographies
and sizes. We are predominantly private sector-focused.
at Birchman we are outcomes-focused, straight talking and pragmatic with our
customers; this means that our employees get challenging assignments all the time. Every
day is different and in an organisation growing as successfully as Birchman, our people are
given the chance to shine and contribute to the success.
Heathrow
www.thebirchmangroup.com
The Birchman Group, Heathrow Boulevard 1, 286 Bath Road, West Drayton,
Middlesex UB7 0DQ; +44 (0)20 8754 7574; recruitment@birchmangroup.com
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In February 2007 the Consulting Times (http://www.top-consultant.com/Fastest_Growing_
Firms_2007.pdf) included The Birchman Group as one of 45 consulting frms that we have
classifed as frms to look out for in 2007. There are entries from across the globe including
numerous frms with operations in Europe, the US and India. Their analysis was based on
information provided in 2006 when The Birchman Group was 130 people across the group.
The Birchman Group is now over 500 people, which is an indication of our success to date.
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The Consultancy Company
The Consultancy Company was founded in 1989. The practice is UK-based but operates
globally for major private and public sector organisations. The Consultancy operates in three
markets: Government and Local Communities, Health and Social Care, Industry and Supply.
Our consulting team is 40 strong. Each consultant brings a deep and broad operational
experience of both their market and consultancy focus, gained from many years of direct
organisational roles before joining The Consultancy Company. Our strap line making strategy
happen is a direct client quote and refects our experience of successfully implementing
leading-edge strategies where there is no precedent.
Our client base is major international private and public sector organisation.
The supportive culture of the organisation both formally and on a peer group basis and the
ability to support new colleagues as they build their consultancy careers
Oxford and Warrington
http://www.the-consultancy.co.uk
Frances Taylor, Support Services Manager, Kidlington Centre, High Street, Kidlington,
Oxon OX5 2DL
Email: Recruitment@the-consultancy.co.uk
Tel: 01865 84117; Fax: 01865 841155
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The Customer Excellence Company
For over 6 years the CustomerExcellence company has helped organisations to improve
customer experience. Typically we work to drive improvement in four key areas: (1) Creating
compelling customer experiences that make customers want to do business with you;
(2) Understanding customer value to create tailored experiences for individual customer
segments; (3) Improving operational process and performance to ensure that customer
experience is delivered in a robust and cost effective way; (4) Measuring and tracking the
delivered customer experience across multiple channels to ensure improvements meet
business and customer expectations. Our clients confrm that actively managing the customer
experience improves satisfaction and proftability and makes customers less likely to defect
to competitors. The Customer Excellence Company are experts in managing the customer
experience better.
Our client base is comprised of both private and public sector organisations, including banks,
building societies, telco, health service and central government.
They enjoy putting the customer at the heart or a clients business and they want to leverage
their own track record under a bigger brand
London and home based
www.customerexcellence.com
E: jobs@customerexcellence.com; T: 0845 602 6349; P: Tank 195, 77 Beak Street, Soho,
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The DMW Group
DMW is a small independent IT consultancy specialising in the design, delivery and operation
of IT systems. Reputation and word-of-mouth have been our primary sources of work since our
foundation in 1989. We are proud of the fact that, unlike many companies in a boombust
IT consulting market, our growth has been steady and consistent. Our people are experienced
programme managers, technical architects and IT infrastructure and operations specialists
with a big consulting frm heritage. They have deep technical and IT delivery skills and a
commitment to client service. They are accustomed to dealing with senior-level management
and working within teams made up of clients, third parties and contractors.
Our clients are some of the biggest in the UK. We have an outstanding reputation for delivery
and expertise at major blue chip companies such as BP, Boots, Network Rail and Barclays.
of a number of things:
We combine the professionalism, skills and rigour of a large consultancy with an
entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for working with clients. DMW is a company where self-
starters and individual thinkers fourish.
Our fat management structure means that there are plenty of opportunities to contribute to
the growth and direction of the company.
Our pragmatic and independent approach means that our people can make client needs
and goals central to their everyday work.
Holborn, London
To fnd out more about careers at The DMW Group visit our website at
http://www.dmwgroup.co.uk/careers. If you are interested in joining us, please email us with
a CV and covering letter at recruitment@dmwgroup.co.uk
Our contact details are: The DMW Group Limited, 2224 Ely Place, London EC1N 6TE;
Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 2233 Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 2234
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The DMW Group became a corporate member of the Management Consultancies Association
(MCA) in 2008. In 2007, our commitment to staff development was recognised in an
accreditation by Investors in People.
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The Lamberhurst Corporation
We are a network of Independent Consultants many of whom have held senior or executive
positions in medium to large corporate organisations or the public sector. Like most
successful organisations, we are inspired by a common vision. At the heart of our vision is
the development of new opportunity working together for mutual beneft. The Lamberhurst
Corporation was established in 1999. We understand the aspirations, limitations and issues
associated with running a small consultancy practice. We have successfully grown a network
operation that delivers value to its members. Our Consultants play a full and active part in
the development of the business and what we offer today is as a consequence of working
together as a team.
We work with mid to large corporate organisations and with the public sector providing a
broad range of support and development services to their business. We focus our marketing
effort on the UK but this leads to opportunities overseas with subsidiary or associate
organisations. We hold Framework agreements as preferred supplier to UK and overseas
private sector organisations as well as public sector Frameworks agreements.
They wish to gain additional credibility and resilience to win larger contracts; to access
trusted skills to introduce new solutions to existing clients; to work with like-minded
professionals to develop new services; to use interest groups to develop new skills; to gain
immediate access to public and private sector framework agreements; to cost-effectively gain
access to a wider client base; access developed marketing collateral and client references;
to receive reciprocal business from network colleagues; to earn additional income through
business referral commissions; to increase their business contacts
National
http://www.lamberhurst.com/recruit/
Enquiries: recruit@lamberhurst.com
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Towers Perrin
Towers Perrin is a global professional services frm that helps organisations improve their
performance through innovative human capital and risk and fnancial services solutions. In
the human capital area, Towers Perrin helps organisations develop and implement workforce
strategies that align with business needs, address critical talent issues, drive higher
performance and ensure the right return on their investment in people. Areas of focus include
workforce effectiveness; rewards effectiveness; beneft programme effectiveness (including
retirement and health and welfare programme strategy, design, implementation and
management); HR function design, service delivery and technology; employee communication;
employee research; and change management. In the area of risk and fnancial services, the
frm provides solutions in risk and capital management, reinsurance intermediary services
and actuarial consulting, including: enterprise risk management, fnancial reporting and
management, mergers and acquisitions, pension and retirement risks, product and market
strategies, and reinsurance intermediary and analytical services. The Tillinghast practice
of Towers Perrin provides consulting to the insurance industry. Towers Perrin has offces
and alliance partners in the worlds major markets. More information about Towers Perrin is
available at www.towersperrin.com.
We advise 3/4 of the worlds 500 largest companies; 3/4 of the US Fortune 1000 and nearly
80% of the FTSE 100.
. they see an exciting opportunity to further their career, by working on varied projects with
high profle clients. Candidates are impressed by the calibre of the consulting team they meet
through the process, and are enthused by the meritocratic environment Towers Perrin offer.
London
http://careers.towersperrin.com/towers_career/
London location 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6TP
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2008 The Legends Awards Honours James C H Anderson Former President of Tillinghast
2007 Tillinghast Voted Top GLobal Consultancy in Life and Pensions Survey Tillinghast; Again
Named Best Consultancy of the Year by Reactions Magazine; Linda Chase-Jenkins, of Towers
Perrins ERM Practice, Named Woman to Watch; Towers Perrin Named Advisory Firm of the
Year by Energy Risk Excellerate; HRO Named to List of Elite Outsourcing Providers; Towers
Perrin Honoured as Top Performing Supplier by Nortel 2006; Ravin Jesuthasan Selected as One
of the Worlds Top 25 Consultants by Consulting Magazine; Bill Eyre of Towers Perrin named
Reinsurance Broker of the Year by Lloyds.
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Triffd
Triffd is an internal communications consultancy that offers communication strategy
and creative audience engagement solutions. Our mission is to help companies get more
commercial value from communication. Engagement lies at our heart we believe that
without engagement there is no communication. Our team of proven specialists will help you
develop your communication messages, identify the best communications channels and use
creative techniques that engage your audience. We believe that great communication isnt
about pushing your message at the audience but pulling the audience to your message. Triffd
is a division of design and communications agency, Logistik, and has offces in Leeds and
London.
Triffds client base is comprised predominantly of large private sector organisations, where
employees are the face of their brands. These include large retail and fnancial organisations
including Marks & Spencer and Lloyds TSB.
When candidates choose to join our frm it is usually because they have been impressed
by: The mix of strategic consulting and creative techniques; The opportunity to make a
difference and have impact in the team; The can-do attitude of the organisation;
The back-up of a large communications group Logistik (www.logistik.co.uk)
Leeds, London
For the latest vacancies at Triffd visit:
http://www.totaljobs.com/JobSearch/Results.aspx?Keywords=Logistik+Limited
For any enquiries, contact Paul McKinlay at: Triffd, Carlton Mills, Pickering Street,
Leeds LS12 2QG
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Turner & Townsend plc
Turner & Townsend is a global consultancy providing a uniquely diverse, fully integrated range
of construction and management expertise to clients in every sphere of public and private
sector activity, all over the world.
Turner & Townsend was established in 1946 as a Quantity Surveying practice based in the
North East of England. In the sixty years since then we have grown into one of the largest
independent consultancies in our feld, and since 2000 we have taken a series of quantum
steps into the forefront of our industry including:
Expanding our expertise in cost management, project management and a growing spectrum
of management consultancy services;
Leading the way in the development of new thinking and new methods of delivery;
Extending our expertise into new sectors;
Winning awards and new clients; and
Establishing a global infrastructure of offces, people, resources and expertise.
We are a forward thinking and progressive company, but our history highlights the importance
of those traditional values of integrity, commitment, responsibility and service on which our
success has been built, and it provides us with a rock solid foundation for our continuing
development in the future.
Our clients value the difference we make to their business and to their success, and it is a
matter of great pride to us that we continue to provide market leading support and service
to many clients who are today among the biggest and most successful companies in the
world. The breadth and diversity of our client portfolio generates an exceptional order book of
framework agreements, new commissions and repeat business that supports our sustained
growth in revenue and profts across the business cycle.
Turner & Townsend has established a reputation over the years for the quality of the service
we provide and the innovative approach and business solutions we bring to our clients
projects. Much of that reputation rests on the quality of our staff, which is why recruitment
of the best remains our key priority. With our vision to be the best in our feld, opportunities
exist at all levels and in all disciplines for focused, intelligent, ambitious, committed
people. T&T can provide the opportunity of an exciting and dynamic career, ensuring the
necessary support and structure is in place to advance your own professional and personal
development, enabling us together to realise our potential and vision.
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle,
Nottingham, Sheffeld, Teesside
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Graduate section http://www.turnerandtownsend.com/gradrecruitment/index.asp
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2008 Sunday Times Best Companies to work for QS Awards 2007 APM 2007 Community
Project of the Year Birkenhead Park Restoration Project Project Manager of the Year
Martin Cross, Manchester offce Community Project of the Year (Runner Up) Dalby Forest
Visitor Centre Abercrombie Architectural Design Awards 2007 People of Plymouth Award
The Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth Prime Ministers Better Public Building
Award 2007 Dalby Forest Visitors Centre British Council for Offces, National Winner
Corporate 2007 SNH Great Glen House Atkins Inspire Awards 2007 RICS Pro Yorkshire
Regional Award for Sustainability 2007 RICS Scotland Sustainability Award 2007 RICS North
East Renaissance Awards 2007 Top 30 Future Leaders in Construction Civic Trust Awards
2007 Queens Award for Enterprise 2003 International Trade Category, April 0308 QS News
Awards 2006 QS Young Achiever of the Year Anooj Oodit QS News Awards 2006 Best
all round QS Firm QS News Awards 2006 Best International Achievement QS News Awards
2006 QS Young Achiever of the Year Penny Crompton Builder & Engineer Project Manager
of the Year 2006 British Council for Offces, National Award Commercial Workplace 2006
British Council for Offces, National Award Fit-out of workplace (Large Projects) 2006 British
Council for Offces, Regional Award London Corporate Workplace 2006 British Council for
Offces Regional Awards Scotland Refurbished/Recycled Workplace 2006 Payroll Giving
Quality Mark Awards Gold Awards 2006 RICS Awards 2006 Community Beneft 2006
Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for 2006
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TUSP has been in existence for 8 years. Starting as a project and programme management
consultancy, our activities have grown and expanded into change management. This takes
us into systems and process areas right through to leadership and teambuilding. We have
a team of 25 or so and are one of the UKs fastest growing consultancies, largely driven
by client demand. We think that we are unique in our capabilities from managing systems
implementation activities at one end through to outdoor experiential learning and senior team
facilitation at the other end. We believe the people element of change is as important as the
technology.
Our clients are spread across a range of sectors but largely are made up of large
organisations such as Network Rail, BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty, Chevron, Norwich Union
and many others
They are looking for a change from a large company or consultancy environment where they
can utilise their experience and toolkit in a business that gives them fexibility, encourages
personal growth and likes to have fun along the way. They usually want to escape being a
fee footsoldier!
Based in Maidstone but with projects nationwide
www.tusp.co.uk
Peter Sherratt, TUSP, Dene House, Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6JX;
Tel: 01622 776260; email: jobs@tusp.co.uk
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Unipart Expert Practices
Unipart Expert Practices are the consulting division of Unipart Group, one of the largest
privately owned logistics providers in the UK. We comprise two major practices: Lean and
Supply Chain. Each of our practices is grounded in Uniparts own experience based on twenty
years of learning as an independent logistics company and a pioneer of the Lean philosophy.
Our Lean Practice specialises in the deployment of Lean in a range of clients and sectors.
We are in the unique position of being able to provide our clients with a range of practical
places where they can not only see Lean in action but also learn how Lean can work in their
organisation with the support of our consultants. Our Supply Chain Practice specialises in
logistics consulting. With decades of supply chain operational experience, underpinned by one
of the leading LEAN management philosophies, we consistently deliver client assignments
that add real and sustainable value in areas such as Business Transformation, Supply Chain
Transformation, Supply Chain Technology and SAP implementation and improvement.
Our client base covers a wide range of sectors and includes multinationals, FTSE 100, growth
organisations and public sector organisations including national and local government.
they see 1) Unipart is an organisation genuinely committed to the growth and
development of our people; 2) we are able to offer our Consultants opportunities to develop
their career, not only in our Consultancy businesses but also in commercial/operational roles
in our Operating Divisions; 3) we are fexible in our reward packages in order to address
different lifestyle requirements; 4) our rate of employee turnover is below that of the market
because people enjoy working for Unipart.
Oxford (Headquarters), Coventry, Crewe, Doncaster
For Graduate careers information please visit: http://www.graduate.unipart.co.uk. For general
vacancies please visit our Group website: http://www.unipart.co.uk and follow the links to the
Expert Practices.
Head Offce Address: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2PG.
Tel: 01865 383129; Email: Deborah_astles@unipart.co.uk
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Unipart Expert Practices is the external consultancy
division of the Unipart Group.
Our business consists of two major practices, Lean and
Supply Chain, both of which have grown rapidly over the
past few years and continue to enjoy signicant growth.
A role with Unipart Expert Practices offers a real opportunity make an impact in an
exciting and developing business and to deploy your skills across a range of sectors
(including manufacturing, rail, retail, telecomms, automotive, aerospace, nance,
utilities and local and national government) in the UK and overseas.
We demand high levels of expertise and professionalism from our people; in return
we are in the unique position to offer you career and personal development
opportunities not only within our consultancy business but also in our operational
and commercial business units.
We are expanding all of our practices and have an ongoing need to recruit
Consultants in the following areas:
Lean (transactional and manufacturing)
Supply Chain
Process and Change
SAP
Project/programme management
If you are interested in nding out more about us take a look at our website on
www.unipartep.co.uk.
To nd out more about career opportunities with Unipart Expert Practices
please contact:
Deborah Astles, Unipart House,
Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford. OX4 2PG.
Email: Deborah_Astles@unipart.co.uk.
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Venesis has fast become a leading niche venture management consultancy in Europe
specialising in transforming business operations using a Lean Sigma approach. The company
was founded in 2003 and has rapidly built a strong reputation for the delivery of solutions
that drive Operational Excellence. In addition, Venesis also has launched its own foundation
as a social investor. In general the foundation will support UK and overseas humanitarian
crises created by social deprivation, natural disasters and innocence of war.
Venesis has a distinct focus upon the Financial Services sector, and has built a strong
following with a large number of Investment Banks, Wealth Managment and London Market
Insurance businesses. Venesis builds End-to-End strategic review programmes that examine
operational performance across Front, Middle and Back Offce functions of these clients. The
result is a comprehensive Business Transformation programme that increases operational
effciency, increases capacity and reduces costs while maintaining quality and customer
services. At the heart of each programme will also be the desire to increase levels of Straight
Through Processing (STP) and automation using workfow and document mananagement
technology.
Venesis operates as a niche, specialist management consultancy, where everyone in the
business has the opportunity to work across a variety of clients and programmes at the same
time. The Venesis Foundation also allows employees to become involved in activities outside
of the core consulting environment.
London
http://www.venesis.com
No 1 Sycamore Court, Royal Oak Yard, Bermondesey Street, London SE1 3TR
Tel: 020 7403 87843; Email: info@venesis.com
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Venturehaus is the market leader for management consulting and training in Operational
Excellence, Lean and Six Sigma for Financial Services. Venturehaus offers a full range of
services in the feld of Business Improvement for Financial Services and Capital Markets
clients. Venturehaus provides strategic advisory consulting; programme design and
implementation support; and the licensing of training courses, materials and business
process simulations. Venturehaus has unrivalled expertise in the strategy and implementation
of Operational Excellence in Financial Services. Venturehaus provides a complete end-
to-end service for our clients, from operations strategy and programme development,
through training and coaching, to the implementation of improvements and change in their
organisations. Venturehaus helps businesses to grow their top line, increase operational
effciency, reduce their operating cost base and signifcantly improve their margins, their
proftability, and their scalability.
Venturehaus is one of the fastest growing Operational Excellence management consultancies
in Europe and is the markets leading specialist focused on the Financial Sector. Founded
in January 2002, the company has rapidly built a strong brand and reputation within its
niche market and has attracted an impressive list of international blue chip clients from all
fnancial sectors including Investment Banking; Corporate, International, Private & Retail
Banking; Stockbroking; Insurance; Credit Cards; Wealth Management and Asset Finance.
In addition, Venturehaus is an established training provider to some of the worlds leading
management consultancies.
In addition to the challenges of a varied individual role, this is an opportunity to experience a
business in high growth, leading to many exciting opportunities and experiences. If you want
the solidity, structure and security of a major corporation, working for Venturehaus will not
be for you. To work in a young, fast growing business, you will need to be highly independent,
proactive, resourceful and have an appetite for the entrepreneurial side of business.
Venturehaus team members are grounded individuals, with the confdence to make decisions
and use their own initiative. Its hard work, but youll be hard pressed to fnd another
environment more fun, rewarding and stimulating.
Venturehaus is based in the City of London. However we consult and train in many various
locations, ranging from Berlin and Paris to New York and Hong Kong.
For more information on joining Venturehaus, please visit
http://www.venturehaus.com/venturehaus_careers.html
Venturehaus Limited, New Broad Street House, 35 New Broad Street, London, EC2M 1NH;
T: +44 (0)20 7194 7985 (Switchboard), F: +44 (0)20 7194 7981; info@venturehaus.com
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8th Annual Six Sigma Excellence Awards 2007: Four public sector clients of Venturehaus
made the fnals, and two took home the top honours
8th Annual Six Sigma Awards 2007: Venturehaus client Barclays won the Best Operational
Excellence Project in Financial Services category
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WBS Group
WBS Group The Supply Chain Mechanics is a frm of Supply Chain Consultants based
in Wantage, near Oxford. Established in 1999, we are a young, dynamic team focused on
the delivery and implementation of supply chain strategies for our clients. We work fexibly
with our clients from totally revamping their entire supply chain to simple process
improvements. We have the right mix of resources, real world experience and proven
methodologies to add immediate value. To achieve step change in performance for our clients,
we employ professionals with diverse supply chain backgrounds. On the project, we do what it
takes to get the job done. We provide the implementation support our clients need to achieve
measurable results. To ensure those performance improvements can be sustained, we provide
on-going training, support and coaching.
Our client base comprises private sector organisations who need to improve their supply
chain performance in a wide range of sectors.
they like the hands-on nature of our work we are focused on implementation. They dont
work to a prescribed agenda but have a stake in implementing the right solutions for the
client. There is a real team approach and openness in the organisation
Wantage, near Oxford
http://www.wbsgroup.com
Contact: WBS Group, Boston House, Grove Technology Centre, Wantage, Oxon OX12 9FF.
Tel: 01235 227434; Email: winfeld.b@wbsgroup.com
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WCI Consulting Limited
WCI is a management consultancy focused on the life science and healthcare sectors. We
combine a 20+ year track record with excellence in technology and expertise in implementing
lean processes to simplify what you do. Our mission is to deliver world class levels of
performance and compliance. At WCI Consulting Limited we currently employ 90+ staff
globally supported by offces in Denmead, Hampshire and New York.
Our clients include large and mid-size pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, medical
device and consumer healthcare organisations, and many parts of the NHS including South
Central SHA, CfH, BT, NHS Direct and over 200 primary care trusts.
of the organisational culture at WCI, our impressive client list and our people.
Denmead, Hampshire although consultants are home-based (satellite offce)
To search for our latest vacancies please visit http://www.wcigroup.com/WCI+Careers
WCI Consulting Limited, Parklands Business Park, Forest Road, Denmead, Hampshire
PO7 6XP; Tel: (023) 9226 8133; Email: info@wcigroup.com
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Microsoft Security Partner of the Year Award 2006 MCA Management Awards 2007:
Operational Performance MCA Management Awards 2007: Best Private Sector Project
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WCL is a London-based company dedicated to helping organisations implement complex
transformational change programmes through a strong focus on people. Founded by MD
Kieron White in October 2002, WCL began trading in January 2003 and from a standing start
we are now 40-strong and continuing to grow.
Our client base is comprised predominantly of public sector organisations. We have worked
for many central Government Departments and their Agencies and a wide variety of Local
Authorities across the UK.
they love our team of bright, capable, personable and enthusiastic people; our company
ethos and values; and the many imaginative ways in which were constantly striving to make
WCL the best consultancy to work for.
London
For careers information see http://www.w-c-l.com/wcl-careers or email recruit@w-c-l.com
To fnd out more about WCL, give us a call on 020 3008 5820 or drop us an email at
enquiries@w-c-l.com
Public Sector
HR Consulting
Strategy
Placed 12th in Sunday Times Fast Track 100 (2006; WCL was the highest placed consultancy)
Placed 3rd in the Real Business Hot 100 Companies (April 2008)
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Wexner Global
Wexner is a Strategy, Performance Management and Finance Consultancy, started in 2002
comprising ex-big brand consultants and professionals with signifcant line management
experience in industry coupled with broad consulting delivery across a broad range of sectors.
We have an extensive track record in Finance transformation and work with our clients
to develop and implement their strategy, and to improve their fnancial and organisation
performance. With our clients, we help them develop a portfolio of change and, where
appropriate, assist in its delivery. We also help them to develop their team to deliver the
improvements and to exploit new opportunities. In this way, we deliver results that last.
Our clients are a mixture of well-known private (typically FTSE listed), and not-for-proft
organisations.
They can clearly see how their experience and expertise is valued by our clients and infuences
the development of our services, how they are treated with respect and given the individual
autonomy and support that they need in order to grow and share in the value that we create.
Oxford
For a summary of Wexner, the work we do and our clients see http://www.wexner.co.uk/pages/
about_wexner/index.html. To fnd out more about our team and careers with Wexner:
http://www.wexner.co.uk/pages/people/index.html
If youd like to make a general enquiry or to fnd out more about Wexner, contact us on
+44 (0)1865 481437. If you would like to fnd out more about our specifc services, please
make contact with one of our consultants you will fnd their details in the Services section
of our website.
Strategy
One of our Directors, Peter Coote, was recently runner-up in the Accenture-sponsored 2007
MCA awards for newcomers to consulting.
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Wood Mackenzie Ltd
Wood Mackenzie has been a respected adviser to the energy industry for over 30 years. We
combine experience with industry knowledge to provide clients with valuable analysis and
unique insights. With its headquarters in Edinburgh, Wood Mackenzie also has offces in
London, Annapolis, Houston, Boston, New York, Moscow, Beijing, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur
and Sydney and currently employs around 550 people.
Wood Mackenzie have an unparallel range of clients within the energy sector as well as
working with fnancial clients and governments. Wood Mackenzie clients include 24 out of
the top 25 Energy companies worldwide. The top 25 Energy companies ranked by public
market cap are: ExxonMobil, Petrochina, Gazprom, Shell, BP, Chevron, Total, Petrobras,
Eni, ConocoPhillips, StatoilHydro, Rosneft, Lukoil, CNOOC, BG Group, Occidental, ONGC,
Surgutneftegas, Encana, Suncor Energy, Repsol YPF, Marathon Oil, Canadian Natural Res.,
Devon Energy, and Husky Energy.
they can work in an intellectually stimulating environment with colleagues who are industry
experts across the globe in an environment where learning and development are engrained
in our culture. That is why around 90% of our staff say they get a lot of satisfaction from the
work they do and over 90% would recommend Wood Mackenzie as a good place to work.
Edinburgh and London
To see our latest vacancies please go to http://www.woodmac.com/vacancies
Wood Mackenzie, Kintore House, 7477 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 4NS, United Kingdom;
T: +44 (0)131 243 4400; W: www.woodmac.com
Energy & Utilities
Strategy
Wood Mackenzie has been awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise 2007 in the category of
International Trade. Wood Mackenzie has been ranked in the renowned Buyout Track 100 and
Proft Track 100 2007 in association with the Sunday Times. The Buyout Track 100 ranks Britains
hundred private equity-backed companies with the fastest growing profts Wood Mackenzie is
ranked at number 12. The Proft Track 100 ranks Britains fastest-growing medium-sized private
companies by proft growth Wood Mackenzie is ranked at number 58.
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Xantus Consulting
Xantus is an independent consultancy with a clear purpose: to help large organisations make
effective decisions about their IT services and technology. Our highly skilled consultants
provide independent advice on strategy formation, sourcing solutions, change delivery and
service management. Xantus was founded in 2000 and today employs over 50 industry
professionals.
Xantus clients include FTSE 100 organisations, global corporations and central government
agencies. With a track record of delivering successful business change through IT-related
strategies and solutions, Xantus achieves enviable levels of customer satisfaction, referrals
and recommendations across its high profle client base.
of the capability, the professionalism and enthusiasm of the team as well as the
commitment to helping others achieve their personal aspirations.
Working at Xantus is more like belonging to a club of like-minded individuals than being part
of a corporate machine. The quality of colleagues, and their willingness to help you with their
experience and knowledge, is very empowering (David Upton, Principal Consultant).
What our clients say about the calibre of our team:
The quality of staff, the technical knowledge and the client-facing skills are what makes
Xantus unique.
I would employ Xantus again because the quality of individuals and the approach is in tune
with the clients high expectations. Xantus take ownership and go that extra step.
What makes Xantus different is down to its can-do attitude, customer focus and looking at
things from the customer perspective to fnd a way of making it work.
The team were highly committed to undertaking and completing tasks within the timeframes
required and they possessed knowledge that did not exist internally.
London and Manchester
www.xantus.co.uk
Xantus Consulting, Fremantle House, 2 Oakwater Avenue, Cheadle, Royal Business
Park, Cheshire SK8 3RS; 0161 495 2330; www.xantus.co.uk. Recruitment enquiries to:
Chris Borgars, PSD Group: 020 7970 9610; chris.borgars@psdgroup.com
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Outsourcing
Strategy
Technology
Xantus has been acknowledged across a number of award platforms including:
Tech Track 100 one of the UKs fastest growing privately owned technology companies
2007 MCA Awards highly commended or shortlisted eight times across a fve year period
within multiple award categories, including 2006, 2007 & 2008 BCS Awards Winner
of the IT Consultant of the Year Top 75 Consultancies League One of the UKs fastest
growing consultancy frms 2006 & 2007
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