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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
 
  
   
 
 acquisition complements
PwC’s 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.”
 
 is a niche reward
consultancy, which
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
 
 
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
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 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
 
 continue to quickly
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