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The latest news in the consulting industry in the Middle East. An overview of consulting news, research and firm updates.

Guidepoint doubles Middle East team during corona-hit year Global expert network Guidepoint has managed to more than double its Middle East team over the past year, despite having to navigate the Covid-19-induced downturn.
07 April 2021
Abacus wins S/4 HANA Cloud and SAP Business One awards The Middle East division of Abacus has bagged two regional SAP awards, adding to its long list of trophies and accolades in the enterprise resource planning space.
07 April 2021
8 charts on UAE's shifting consumer behaviour landscape Global consultancy McKinsey & Company has surveyed over 500 consumers in the United Arab Emirates to gain insight into the current state of consumer sentiment.
06 April 2021
Middle East's life sciences players face high corruption risk A year on from the Covid-19 outbreak, bribery and corruption remain the top risk facing life sciences businesses in the Middle East.
06 April 2021
Thibault Martinsegur partner at Corporate Value Associates Corporate Value Associates has admitted the Head of its Dubai office – Thibault Martinsegur – into its privately-held partnership.
06 April 2021
Baringa partner Stephen Haw joins FTI Consulting in the GCC After serving Baringa Partners for more than a decade, Stephen Haw has joined FTI Consulting in the Middle East.
05 April 2021
Jeyapriya Partiban leads KPMG's Advisory business in Bahrain KPMG in Bahrain has elevated Jeyapriya Partiban – the Head of its Risk Consulting practice – to national Head of Advisory. She succeeds Narayanan Ramachandran.
04 April 2021
Abu Dhabi and Dubai rise as talent magnets for foreign workers According to the latest global workforce mobility survey from strategy consulting firm BCG, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have further gained in popularity as international destinations for foreign workers.
02 April 2021
Saudi Arabia's banking sector is ripe for further consolidation M&A activity in Saudi Arabia’s banking market is anticipated to continue to unfold in 2021. Ali Maabreh, Head of M&A at KPMG in Saudi Arabia, outlines why the sector appears to be ripe for further consolidation.
01 April 2021
Egyptian startup Koinz bags $4.8 million in seed round Koinz – an Egyptian origin food & beverage platform set up by former PwC man Abdullah AlKhaldi alongside tech experts Hussein Momtaz and Ahmed Said – has raised nearly $5 million in seed funding afte
31 March 2021
GCC consulting industry fees drop by $400 million in coronayear The consulting industry of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) contracted by nearly $400 million last year, marking its worst year on record, according to a new market assessment by a leading industry
30 March 2021
Dogma Alares promotes Oguz Kartal to partner Istanbul-based consultancy Dogma Alares has promoted design expert Oğuz Kartal to partner – now leading a team of eight professionals and advising clients in the vibrant space of service design.
30 March 2021
GCC workers optimistic and ready to build digital skills The GCC’s workforce is approaching the future with a sunny outlook, with many embracing the digital change that unfolded through 2020.
30 March 2021
Charles Batchelor joins KPMG's partner team in Abu Dhabi After serving KPMG in the United Kingdom for fifteen years, Charles Batchelor has relocated to Abu Dhabi to take on a new challenge in the firm’s Lower Gulf organisation.
29 March 2021
Post-Covid-19 world brings new risks for FinTechs in UAE FinTech’s in the UAE are still grappling with pandemic-related risks, and are adapting their business models accordingly.
29 March 2021
SAP reveals winners of its Middle East partner excellence awards IT giant SAP has revealed the global winners of its annual partner excellence awards, lauding over a dozen service providers in the Middle East for their excellence in SAP consulting, implementation
29 March 2021
The human and economic cost of a decade-long war in Syria Around 600,000 people – 55,000 of them children – have been lost to a decade of war in Syria.
26 March 2021
Cloud spending a top priority for CEOs in Saudi Arabia Covid-19 is accelerating digital transformation efforts in Saudi Arabia, with cloud investments taking centre stage.
26 March 2021
Deloitte's M&A team advises UACC on landmark merger Deloitte has successfully supported United Arab Chemical Carriers (UACC) in its sale to investment firm United Overseas Group for an undisclosed sum.
25 March 2021
Applications due to close for McKinsey WomenHack event Professional and aspiring female coders from the Middle East, Africa and Turkey are running out of time to get their applications in for this year’s virtual McKinsey WomenHack event, which is set to
25 March 2021
PwC CEO survey: Middle East has most positive post-pandemic outlook Professional services firm PwC’s latest global CEO survey has found that Middle East leaders are particularly optimistic for medium-term growth, with substantial investments in digital transformation
24 March 2021
Number of ultra rich in Middle East to boom in coming years Global real estate consultancy Knight Frank has issued the latest edition of its Wealth Report, with the number of wealthy individuals in the Middle East region tipped to strongly rebound after slidi
24 March 2021
Caliber Consulting makes headways in Organizational Network Analysis Middle East boutique Caliber Consulting has made headways in Organizational Network Analysis through launching the region’s first ever masterclass dedicated to the topic, signing key technology partn
24 March 2021
MENA spending on social media advertising is on the up By the end of 2021, social media could account for a third of the total digital media advertising spend in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
23 March 2021
The Atlantic Council names Dominik Treeck a nonresident fellow The Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan US organisation that shapes solutions for global economic and societal challenges, has appointed Oliver Wyman senior partner Dominik Treeck as a nonresident fellow
23 March 2021
How Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul-listed banks fared in pandemic-hit 2020 In a new report by KPMG, the firm’s financial services experts have cracked the numbers on the audited 2020 financial results of Saudi Arabia’s eleven Tadawul-listed banks, shedding light on how the
22 March 2021
Arthur D. Little promotes Lokesh Dadhich to partner in Dubai Fourteen years after joining the global management consultancy, UAE-based Lokesh Dadhich has been admitted into Arthur D. Little’s partnership. A member of Arthur D.
22 March 2021
Abu Dhabi Global Market partners with OCO Global for US FDI OCO Global is set to help US-based businesses invest in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) – an international financial centre home to nearly 3,000 global businesses and $85 billion in assets under manag
19 March 2021
Saudi executives to take digital transformation to the next level “Every business is a technology business” – a core realisation that executives in Saudi Arabia and around the world have had over the last year according to Accenture.
18 March 2021
Maven advises Almarai on its acquisition of Bakemart Food & beverage manufacturing giant Almarai has acquired the UAE and Bahrain operations of Bakemart – a producer of baked and packaged products – for a sum of $25 million.
18 March 2021
Strategy& partners with Facebook on Lebanese SME initiative Facebook has launched a new initiative to support struggling small- and medium-sized businesses in Lebanon.
17 March 2021
Building a culture of learning for a ‘growth mindset’ Talent is now sitting in the driver’s seat; making the choices based on personal motivators, priorities and alignment to purpose.
17 March 2021

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