Crisis news in the Middle East | Page 2

An overview of news, trends and research in the category Crisis in the Middle East:

McKinsey supports UAE’s ‘10 million meals’ humanitarian campaign McKinsey & Company has partnered with Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives to provide support for the UAE’s ‘10 million meals’ humanitarian campaign.
21 May 2020
Willis Towers Watson survey finds little impact from remote working in UAE Global business consultancy Willis Towers Watson has conducted a survey into stay-at-home productivity levels in the UAE, finding only a small overall impact.
19 May 2020
Petrochemicals takes double hit from oil prices and Covid-19 The petrochemicals sector across the world is dealing with significant disruptions from the Covid-19 crisis, and making matters even more challenging, the sector is now also facing a crude oil price
30 April 2020
Iran-based consultant Amir NikKhah reviews the Chinese response to coronavirus In a special guest article for Consultancy-me.
23 April 2020
Digital is now non-negotiable, says A&M managing director Saeeda Jaffar With the fragility of physical infrastructure now laid painfully bare, the global coronavirus pandemic will accelerate the path to digital says Alvarez & Marsal Middle East managing director Saeeda J
17 April 2020
Middle East CFOs remain positive for a quick recovery following COVID-19 Finance leaders in the Middle East are expecting a sizeable impact from the global coronavirus pandemic according to a new survey by PwC, but the longer-term outlook remains buoyant.
16 April 2020
A Covid-19 response guide for executives in consumer products Consumer products companies are facing major impact due to the coronavirus, ranging from supply continuity, distribution and logistics, evolving customer relationships, workforce management and more
13 April 2020
Business cyber threats increase as criminals use the coronavirus as bait Professional services firm KPMG in Saudi Arabia has warned of an increase in malicious cyber-activity, as online criminals seek to exploit the global coronavirus pandemic.
09 April 2020
GCC consumers currently the most positive according to latest McKinsey poll Global consulting giant McKinsey & Company has reached out to consumers around the world to assess their current state of economic confidence, with those in Saudi Arabia and the UAE proving by far th
03 April 2020
Kearney explores the repurposing of production to combat corona A number of consumer goods manufacturers and other companies have begun to evolve their production lines in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
01 April 2020
Half of GCC's regular healthcare on hold due to Covid-19 The impact of the Covid-19 crisis is having a major impact on the ‘regular’ care delivery in the GCC.
31 March 2020
Alvarez & Marsal urges firms to address executive compensation Volatility in the job market is already one of the major impacts to emerge from the early stages of the coronavirus, and this will be the case for the upper end of the market too – an issue which pro
30 March 2020
Corona sees Middle East consulting industry facing large drop in fees Early indications suggest that consulting firms operating the Middle East will come under significant pressure due the coronavirus pandemic, with a possible 18 percent of revenues to be shaved from t
26 March 2020
Oliver Wyman warns of coronavirus hit to banking in Middle East Management consultancy Oliver Wyman has warned of the impact of coronavirus on banks, which will have a bearing on corporate and personal finance in Dubai and the Middle East.
16 March 2020
Release of McKinsey Lebanon report highlights depth of economic woes The exasperated Lebanese Economic Minister Raed Khoury has publicly published McKinsey’s hefty recent economic country report ahead of previous plans, and the picture isn’t pretty.
18 January 2019
The McKinsey UK partner leading a Syrian refugee relief agency in Lebanon
10 January 2019
Better strategic planning needed to resolve waste crisis in Lebanon
25 September 2018
AlixPartners brought in by Abraaj health fund investors to oversee split Global management firm AlixPartners is the latest to be added to a growing list of consultancies brought in to sift through the wreckage of the Abraaj collapse, with Deloitte meanwhile tapped by regu
20 August 2018
MENA research consultancy delivers report on Syrian internal displacement crisis The humanitarian and development research agency Middle East Consulting Solutions has tabled a report on the internal displacement crisis in Syria, forwarding a suite of recommendations to aid future
10 August 2018
Abraaj investors hire Alvarez & Marsal to help recover $99 million in debt Leading forensics and restructuring firm Alvarez & Marsal has been brought in by investors in the embattled Abraaj Group to help recover nearly $100 million in outstanding debt, as the long-running s
07 August 2018
Deloitte find financial indiscretions in Abraaj review after KPMG all-clear Following news that the UK branch of KPMG would be looking into the network’s Middle East audit exonerating the embattled Abraaj Group of financial impropriety, fellow Big Four firm Deloitte has repo
14 June 2018
BCG partners with the WFP on refugee food security innovations in Jordan The UN’s World Food Programme has welcomed a review team from The Boston Consulting Group to its Jordan office according to the WFP’s latest country brief, with BCG a long-term partner and supporter
07 June 2018

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