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Nominations sought for MCA Consultant of the Year 2009
 
 The Management
Consultancies
Association (MCA) has
announced the launch of
the 3rd Consultant of
the Year Awards in
association with The
Sunday Times
.
  
   The awards, open to
both members and
non-members of the MCA,
celebrate the
achievements of
individual consultants
at all stages of their
careers and provide an
insight into what it
takes to be an
outstanding management
consultant. UK
consulting firms are
invited to submit up to
 
 10 nominations across
nine categories.
  
   The nine award
categories will again be
judged by a panel of
senior figures from
business schools, media,
government and business
which includes: Charles
Tilley, chief executive
of CIMA; Dr Duncan
Angwin, associate
professor at Warwick
Business School; and
Lord Tim Clement-Jones,
head of global
government relations at
DLA Piper.
  
   Alan Leaman, chief
executive of the MCA,
commented: “Our industry
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 launch of the awards in
2007, and their
continued success in
2008, I anticipate that
this year’s awards will
be even more competitive
across the nine
categories.”
  
   The awards provide a
platform to recognise
individual excellence in
the consulting industry,
and showcase the high
quality of UK
consultants to the wider
business and government
communities. They also
aim to inspire those
thinking of a career in
consulting, whilst
motivating more
experienced consultants
 
 to further develop their
skills and experience.
  
   Deadline for entries
is 31 July 2009. The
winners will be
announced at an awards
ceremony on 29 October
in London and will be
featured in a special
Sunday Times supplement
on 1 November 2009.
  
   For further
information on the
awards or regarding the
submission of entries
visit
www.mca.org.uk/awards/co
nsultant-awards
.
 
 relies on a constant
supply of bright,
talented people. The MCA
works constantly with
its members to attract
the best people into
consulting, and then to
develop and motivate
them so that they stay
and make a lasting
contribution both to
their firms and to their
clients’ organisations.
After the successful
 
 
Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt in $3.5bn merger
 
 Towers, Perrin, Forster
& Crosby, Inc. and
Watson Wyatt Worldwide,
Inc. have agreed to
merge and form a new,
publicly listed company
called Towers Watson &
Co in an all-stock deal
the companies value at
$3.5bn.
  
   The shares in the new
 
 company will be divided
equally between Watson
Wyatt shareholders and
employees of closely
held Towers Perrin. The
move will create a
consultancy with 14,000
employees across more
than two dozen
countries.
  
   Watson Wyatt chief
 
 executive officer John
Haley will serve the
combined company as CEO;
Towers Perrin CEO Mark
Mactas will serve as
president.
  
   “The combination of
Towers Perrin and Watson
Wyatt will create one of
the world’s leading
professional services
 
 firms, well positioned
for sustained growth and
profitability across all
geographies and business
segments,” said Haley.
  
   Towers Watson is
expected to have annual
revenues in excess of
$3bn. It will benefit
from the scale of the
combined companies and
 
 anticipates
approximately $80m in
pretax annual synergies.
  
   The transaction is
expected to be completed
in the fourth quarter of
2009.
 
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