| | Specialist management consultancy Baringa Partners LLP has recorded a successful financial year to the end of June 2009. The company grew its revenue from across Europe by 25% to more than £20m. Revenue growth was accompanied by a 25% increase in headcount, and the company now has more than 120 consultants specialising in defining and delivering business and technology change programmes across the energy, utilities and financial services sectors.
Mohamed Mansour, managing partner of Baringa, said: “Despite the difficult macro-economic conditions, the opportunities in commodities markets, the existence of significant post-merger integration challenges, and the need to address fundamental | |
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| | market issues, such as smart metering, have led to a growth in demand for the services we provide. As a privately held and nimble organisation, Baringa has been able to adapt to clients’ demands and requirements and our ongoing focus on experience and value has resonated with organisations facing ever greater pressure to ensure measurable returns from their investment in professional services.”
The firm said the last year had seen it complete strategically important, high-impact projects, and has cemented its reputation for managing large, multi-stranded change programmes across a wide variety of businesses. It has also built on its capabilities in the field of post-merger integration to deliver value for a number of | |
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| | Year category at the 2008 British Computer Society IT Industry awards, beating more than 30 of the UK’s leading consultancies in the process.
Looking forward, Baringa Partners plans to extend its footprint into a variety of areas, including water and regulated utilities, insurance and risk, and expects to establish permanent bases in mainland Europe to increase its ability to service its international client base. The company has also strengthened its foundations for future growth by extending and diversifying that base, adding considerably to the number of businesses with whom it works. The company plans to invest in infrastructure in order to support this expansion and ensure continued delivery of value to its clients.
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Mansour added: “The strength of our culture is bearing fruit, and we appreciate the faith that both our employees and our clients continue to place in us, and the role they have played in helping us to achieve another very successful year.
“It has been a challenging time for everyone involved in our industry. Nonetheless, the last 12 months have demonstrated that our philosophy of creating genuine partnerships with clients, focusing on sector experience and specialist knowledge, and attracting and retaining the best people into our business to ensure we add real value to clients is the right one to adopt. This is an exciting time for Baringa Partners, and we are looking forward to pursuing the opportunities ahead of | |
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