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Boxwood crowned MCA Platinum winner
 
 Boxwood has won the
overall Platinum Award
in the 2011 MCA Awards,
in association with The
Times
. The consultancy
won for its work in
building a
cost-conscious culture
at Carphone Warehouse.
In just 12 months,
Boxwood helped achieve
in-year savings of £60m
and created a new
operating model which
led to a further £30m in
savings the following
year.
  
   The MCA Awards 2011
dinner took place at the
Lancaster London Hotel
in front of over 600
guests. Other awards
included The Times
Award for Best
Client/Consultant Team,
won by Arup for its work
with De Montfort
University (DMU). Arup
assisted DMU as it
developed a pioneering
approach to analysing
 
 and improving its
environmental impact –
giving it a leading
position amongst higher
education institutions.
  
   The prestigious MCA
Awards are organised by
the Management
Consultancies
Association (MCA), and
run in association with
The Times. The 2011
Awards recognise the
very best projects and
individuals and focus on
the value that
consultancy generates
for clients and the
economy as a whole.
  
   Alan Leaman, chief
executive of the MCA,
said: “This year’s
awards highlighted the
value that management
consultants provide to
clients in both private
and public sectors. The
winning case studies –
entered by clients and
their consultancies –
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Consultant of the Year –
Nick Turner, Deloitte
   • Performance
Improvement Consultant
of the Year – Melinda
McKinley, Deloitte
   • Strategy Consultant
of the Year – Andrew
Nevin,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
  
   Project winners in
the MCA Awards 2011

   Change Management
in the Private Sector

Boxwood/ Carphone
Warehouse
   Change Management
in the Public Sector –
sponsored by BLT

Ernst & Young/ NHS
Direct
   Customer Engagement –
sponsored by CSC –
Navigant/ Skandia
   Environment
Arup/ De Montfort
University
   Finance and Risk
Management
– Novo
Altum/ Northern Rock
   Innovation –
 
 sponsored by Rostrum
Communications –
Bluerock Consulting/
Barclaycard
   International
Moorhouse Consulting/
BT
   Operational
Performance in the
Private Sector –
sponsored by Mindbench

– KPMG and Deloitte/
HMRC
   Outsourcing
Ernst & Young/ National
Grid
   People – Navigant
Consulting/ Skandia
   Strategy –
sponsored by Investgo

Xantus Consulting/
United Utilities
   Technology
Deloitte/ Metrobank
   The Times Award
for Best
Client/Consultant Team

– Arup/ De Montfort
University
   Platinum Award
Boxwood/ Carphone
Warehouse
 
 detail some
extraordinary
achievements. This sort
of skilled work will
play a central role in
helping the UK to build
its economic recovery.”
  
   Individual
Consultants of the
Year

   • Change Management
Consultant of the Year –
Olivier Fusil,
Accenture
   • HR Consultant of
the Year – Robert
Bolton, KPMG
   • IT Consultant of
the Year – James
Cockroft, Xantus
Consulting
   • Marketing
 
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