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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
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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
 
 their consultancies –
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 Consultant
of the Year – Nick
Turner, Deloitte
   • Performance