North Highland NewsWatch

Table of Contents: (1) Boston Consulting Group Acquires Transformation Specialist, Brighthouse; (2) BearingPoint Acquired Nordic Digital Consultancy, Magenta; (3) Evercore to Acquire Investment Banking Advisor, Kuna & Co.; (4) ACME Business Consulting Acquired by North Highland; (5) Consulting Leadership: FTI, BearingPoint and NERA; and (6) Thought Leadership: BCG, FTI and BDO. (1,675 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2014 France and Germany IT Consulting Rate Reports Published; (2) Accenture to Expand in Costa Rica; (3) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, Heidrick & Struggles, Roland Berger, West Monroe, North Highland and IBM; and (4) Thought Leadership: PwC and FTI. (1,650 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2014 Monadnock Research Canada IT Consulting Rates Report Published; (2) Booz Allen Sues Deloitte Over Consulting Practice "Lift-Out" of Key Staff; (3) Accenture Beats Analyst Estimates; Consulting Growth Strong; (4) KPMG Acquires Investment Bank and M&A Advisor, St. Charles Capital; (5) KPMG Acquires IT Consultancy, Zanett Commercial Solutions; (6) Digital Consultancy, Optimal Experience, Acquired by PwC; (7) Satyam Fraud Case Verdict Imminent; (8) North Highland Launches Social Insights Lab; (9) Former McKinsey Partner Testifies at Latest Hedge Fund Insider Trading Trial; and (10) Mercer to Take 34 Percent Stake in South Africa's Alexander Forbes. (1,500 words)...More

Highland Worldwide member companies Qedis Consulting and North Highland have combined under a single global brand, North Highland Worldwide Consulting, serving clients in the US, UK and China. North Highland was founded in 1992, and remains employee owned with a business model that ensures that each consultant is directly invested in the success of the firm's clients. The other Highland Worldwide Network firms include Alfa Consulting (Spain, Portugal and Brazil); Bonfiglioli Consulting (Italy); Genex Partners (Japan); Horvath Partners (Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania and the UAE); Litmus Group (Australia and Singapore); Oresys (France, Belgium and Switzerland); and Twynstra Gudde (Netherlands and Belgium). Highland Worldwide now has more than 2,600 professionals serving customers through 50+ offices globally. (490 words)...More

Accenture names Giles C. Pélisson as Board member. Roland Berger hires leaders of Kline & Co. Energy practice; Appoints William R. Downey Jr. and Jonathan Goldhill as Partners, and Gillian Morris as Principal. CSC appoints Paul Saleh as Vice President and CFO; Jon Love as Vice President NPS Defense Group. Deloitte names Deborah DeHaas as Chief Inclusion Officer; DTTL Global CEO Barry Salzberg appointed Chairman Worldwide United Way. North Highland appoints Valerie Barckhoff as Vice President in its Atlanta Healthcare practice and David Reiling as Executive Vice President , International. Robert Kurak joins Segal as Vice President and Consulting Actuary; Joanne T. Burns joins as Senior Vice President and National Communications Practice Leader. Maarten van Hasselt joins Celerant Consulting as Senior Vice President and Americas Energy Sector Leader. Alba Avila Quintana, Patrick J. McArdle and Alma Angotti join Navigant's AML Practice as Directors (1,975 words)...More

This Research Note includes the findings a client study of Human Resource (HR) consulting rate structures across a number of industries. More than 85 percent of the rates analyzed were from global entities, including a total of 45 firm-rate structures. All were from organizations that fall within the 1,000 largest global organizations. This report presents statistics across 15 professional classifications, including a percentile analysis for each labor class and detailed descriptive statistics. Rates from firms that were a subject of this analysis include Accenture, ACS, AON Hewitt, Booz&Co, Capgemini, Deloitte, Hay, IBM, Mercer, North Highland, Plus Delta, PA, Point B, PwC, and Towers-Watson. (1 graphic, 16 tables, 6,980 words)...More

This Research Note presents the findings of a comprehensive IT consulting rate study across a number of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotech, high tech, communications, energy, financial services, public services, and metals and mining. More than 80 percent of the rate structures analyzed were from global organizations that fall within the 1,000 largest global entities. Rates from 63 firms were analyzed, including 110 separate rate structures. Firms that were a subject of this analysis include: Accenture, Atos Origin, AT Kearney, Capgemini, Cognizant, CSC, Deloitte, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Infosys, KPMG, North Highland, Oracle, PA Consulting, Point B, PwC, SAIC, SAP, TCS, and Wipro. IT Strategy Consulting rates are presented in a companion report. This Note presents findings across 13 professional categories, including descriptive statistics and a percentile analysis for each labor category. (1 chart and 26 tables - 5,375 words)...More

MR - North Highland has expanded its penetration within the Midwest U.S. region with the acquisition of Insight Solutions Group, a Minneapolis-based management consulting firm. North Highland now has twenty U.S. offices. Insight Solutions Group provides services in the areas of strategy and planning; project and program management and analysis; and other management consulting services. The firm has served medical device clients and healthcare providers, retailers, financial institutions, and higher education clients, as well as public service organizations. It began doing business under the North Highland name this month. (435 words)...More

MR - New KPMG U.S. CEO to take over on 10 June; Firm appoints Principal and Managing Director within U.S. Restructuring Services group. Deloitte appoints global leader of DTT Audit and Enterprise Risk Services; names 8 Partners and 24 Associate Partners in its U.K. Corporate Finance practice; Promotes Associate Partner in its U.K. Real Estate advisory practice. Roland Berger integrates KDB Krall Demmel Business Consulting, adds 6 Partners and 14 professionals in Financial Services Competence Center. M Squared Consulting names former Accenture partner as CEO. CSC names global Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment segment lead. Wipro names Head of European Operations, Global Head of Product Engineering Services, and leader of Strategic External Innovation Group. North Highland appoints five Vice Presidents. Simon-Kucher and Partners names head of new Nordic region office in Copenhagen. Hill & Knowlton appoints new Vice President and Director to lead merged Marketing Communicati...More

MR - PRTM appoints Vice President in the firm's Energy Business Group. North Highland appoints former executive vice presidents as Co-Presidents. Aon Consulting appoints CEO of Aon Consulting EMEA, replacing departing leader; Appoints CEO of Aon Consulting UK. Mercer Investment Consulting appoints Global Director of Analytics, Research and Tools. Hewitt Associates expands its U.S. Investment Consulting practice with the addition of six consultants. CSC names vice president of cloud computing and software services; President of Northern Europe business operations. PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed John D. Loveland as a managing director in the firm's US Forensic Technology Solutions practice. The Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions has named former Chevron executive Peter Robertson as independent senior advisor. Segal Advisors makes senior consulting appointment. RBF Consulting appoints Vice President and Natural Resources Practice Leader. (2,350 words)...More

Abt Associates names President and CEO. PwC appoints new chairman of its UK financial services regulatory practice; US advisory services talent management group leader. BCG names former U.S. Secretary of Education as senior advisor. Board Advisory names eight founding principals. KPMG appoints Northeastern US restructuring services practice leader. FTI Consulting names Senior Managing Director within the firm's Intellectual Property practice. North Highland names former CEO of Sarah Cannon Research as principal....More