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DiPiazza reappointed PwC global CEO
 
 PricewaterhouseCoopers
has reappointed Samuel
DiPiazza as chief
executive of PwC’s
global organisation for
 
 a second four-year term.
The appointment has been
ratified by PwC’s
network of member firms
worldwide. DiPiazza’s
 
 new term will begin on 1
January 2006.
   DiPiazza, 54, has
been PwC’s global CEO
since 2002. He had
 
 previously served as
chairman and senior
partner of PwC-US. Prior
to that he had been
Americas Leader of PwC’s
 
 tax practice, and had
served on the leadership
team and board of
partners of PwC-US.
 
 
Senior organisational structure changes at PA Consulting Group
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 these changes follow an
extensive review of the
overall management
structure and
responsibilities within
the company and are
designed to continue the
rolling process of
phased succession in
senior management
positions in the
company. They underpin
PA’s growth strategy by
strengthening the focus
 
 on priority industry
sectors.
   The key changes
include the appointment
of a new chief operating
officer, namely Andrew
Hooke, currently group
head of the Government
Services Group. Michael
O’Higgins and Sue Barton
have been appointed new
leaders of the
Government Services
Group. Patrick Kelly and
 
 Alan Middleton will
become the new leaders
of the IT Consulting
Group. Jeremy Stanyard
will head the Strategy
and Industries Group.
Troels Gregersen, Nick
Chaffey and Tom McEwan
will head the Business
Transformation Group.
   PA CEO Bruce Tindale
said: “In making these
management changes, we
are recognising and
 
 promoting into positions
of influence within PA
people who are currently
achieving great success
in the marketplace and
who we believe will help
sustain the market
facing focus so vital in
a business like ours.”
  
  
 
 PA Consulting Group has
announced significant
changes to the senior
organisational structure
of PA, which will take
effect from 1 January
2006. The Group said
 
 
Consultants' Forum
Which consultancy is best for women?
 
    A colleague pointed
out an interesting
website to me today –
www2wk.com, also known
as Aurora, which
provides a free service
 
 for women to research
and compare high profile
companies, including all
the main consultancies.
I had a quick look at
some of the main names,
 
 and the big
SI/outsourcing companies
(such as IBM and ACN)
seem to come out far
worse than the
accounting firms and PA.
 
 Does anyone care to
hazard a guess as to why
this might be?
   Rebecca
  
  
 
 Visit Our Forum
  
 
 
Consultants' Blog
Buoyancy confirmed – consulting market on a roll
 
 I’ve just stepped out of
the Management
Consultancies
Association’s annual
conference to pen a
short blog update on the
healthy state of the
market - as reported by
the keynote speakers.
   Having attended
(indeed sponsored) the
Institute of Management
Consultancy’s annual
conference a couple of
weeks back, it’s been
 
 interesting today to
hear many of the same
messages emerging:
  
   * Consultancies are
experiencing robust
growth in client demand
- and double-digit
growth is again expected
in the next year.
  
   * Attracting and
retaining talent is now
the number one challenge
facing consulting
 
 partners.
  
   * Having to get deals
approved by procurement
departments as well as
by client
decision-makers is a
more and more prevalent
requirement. A
successful deal agreed
over lunch with the CEO
is now only half the
battle. Getting over the
procurement hurdle is at
least as difficult.
 
   
   * Experience rather
than talent is what
clients are demanding in
today’s market. They
want consultants on the
team with detailed
experience in their
sector - and are less
interested in the
‘bright young things’
with an MBA but no
sector-specific insights
to bring to the
project.
 
    Overall, the mood at
both events has been
buoyant, with
consultants quietly
confident about business
prospects and expecting
that 2006 will be a
vintage year.
   Glad we're back in a
market where everyone's
cheery again...
   Tony
  
  
 
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