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PwC acquires Halliwell remuneration expertise
 
 PricewaterhouseCoopers
has acquired the
executive remuneration
business of Halliwell
Consulting, as part of
its plans for long-term
growth.
  
   The move will see 10
people joining PwC,
including one partner,
Marcus Peaker, and one
director, Paul
Wolstenholme. The new
 
 team will join PwC’s
Human Resource Services
mid-tier reward business
and be part of its
transactions and South
East business unit,
which has around 110
people. It will be based
at the London Embankment
Place office.
  
   Halliwell Consulting
is a niche reward
consultancy, which
 
  
   
 
 
 existing reward
consulting capabilities,
while supporting our
objective of investing
for growth and
demonstrating our
commitment to working
with mid-tier firms. We
look forward to
welcoming our new team
members.”
  
   Marcus Peaker said:
“We firmly believe that
 
 joining PwC’s hugely
successful reward team
is a very positive step
forward. There is a
natural fit between our
businesses – both in
terms of client service
and our strong
philosophy for looking
after and developing
people.”
 
 provides advice on
executive remuneration
and share schemes to
mid-tier organisations.
  
   Michael Rendell,
partner and global head
of PwC’s human resource
services commented:
"This acquisition
complements PwC’s
 
 
HP makes EDS business unit within Technology Solutions Group
 
 Ron Rittenmeyer,
president and chief
executive officer of
EDS, an HP company,
retired at the start of
the new year.
  
   At the same time, EDS
will become a business
unit within HP’s
Technology Solutions
Group (TSG), providing
customers with the
industry’s broadest
portfolio of information
technology products and
services. The newly
combined TSG business
 
 group accounted for
roughly $14.6bn, or 43%
of the company's total
revenue in the fourth
quarter of fiscal year
2008 and more than half
of the company’s
operating profit.
  
   The new
organisational structure
will allow HP to sell
and deliver more
integrated solutions for
its customers. In
addition, the change is
expected to allow HP to
continue to quickly
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 operations, reporting
directly to Ann
Livermore, executive
vice president of TSG.
Rittenmeyer, who joined
EDS in 2005 and was
named chairman and CEO
in 2007, played a key
role in accelerating the
company’s transformation
and subsequent
integration within HP.
  
   Eazor, 46, currently
serves as senior vice
president of
Transformation. He led
the EDS deal team
 
 through its acquisition
by HP and the subsequent
integration. Prior to
the acquisition, Eazor
was executive vice
president of Corporate
Strategy and Business
Development at EDS. He
also served as senior
vice president of EDS
Asia Pacific, with
responsibility for more
than 30,000 employees in
the region including
India, China, Japan,
Korea, Southeast Asia,
Australia and New
Zealand.
 
 realise its revenue
growth and
cost-efficiency goals
for EDS.
  
   Joe Eazor will assume
the role of senior vice
president of EDS with
responsibility for the
business unit's
 
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