| Management Consultancies Association appoints new CEO
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| | Alan Leaman has started
work as the new CEO of
the Management
Consultancies Association
(MCA), the trade
association for UK-based
consulting firms. MCA
members are estimated to
represent 70% of the UK
consulting industry based
on fee income, employ
around 30,000 consultants
and work with most of the
FTSE 100 and all
government departments.
Leaman has been the
director of corporate
affairs at the
Association of British
Insurers (ABI) for the
past seven years, where | |
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| | developing the MCA's
voice on key issues
through the media, and
directly to government
and private sector trade
associations; and
communicating the value
that consultants deliver
to the public and private
sectors and strengthening
the Association's
position on
professionalism and
integrity.
Leaman commented: "I
am delighted to be
joining the MCA at an
interesting and
challenging time for
British business and the
consulting industry. Over | |
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| | the last 50 years,
management consulting has
been at the forefront of
business change –
advising clients in good
times and in bad.
"Whilst businesses may
already be reacting to
tougher times in the UK
economy by tightening
their belts, consultants
continue to provide
valuable advice on areas
such as cost reduction
and restructuring. During
a downturn, those
businesses which execute
consultants' advice will
ultimately create more
value and more jobs."
Prior to his role at | |
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| | the ABI, Leaman was
senior associate director
at Hill and Knowlton
(UK), holding
responsibility for public
affairs programmes,
stakeholder relations,
research and policy
communications on behalf
of high-profile clients.
From 1988-93, Leaman was
head of office for the Rt
Hon Paddy Ashdown MP,
responsible for media
relations, policy advice
and acting as chief
speech writer. He was
awarded an OBE in 1999
for public and political
services. | |
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| | he established it in the
national media as
Britain's leading trade
association. While at the
ABI, Leaman also drove a
communications campaign
that won additional
funding from government
for flood defences, and
was a frequent
commentator and
spokesperson on both
radio and TV.
Leaman will focus on | |
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