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Share New leaders set to take over at consultancies Deloitte, EY and KPMG this year will ride the wave of a resurgent consulting market, but will have to grapple with staffing shortages and reinvigorated competition from rivals such as Accenture. The chief executives will also have to deal with increased scrutiny of their services and how they operate as they push further into public sector work, and navigate the tricky generational divide over values confronting outfits such as law firm MinterEllison. Derwent Search partner Warwick Bowd says “obvious tensions” within the big four partner...

How early is too early for the first meeting of the day? If you ask someone on the trading floor, it might be anything before 7am. - Salespeople and traders usually have their morning meeting at 7.30am after arriving in the office at 6.30am. If you ask juniors in the investment banking division who've been working late the night before, it might be anything before 8.30am. But if you ask consultants at Big Four firms, it's not clear what constitutes a reasonable hour for the very first Zoom call.  It's a question that matters, because an executive at Deloitte U.K. has been compelled to re...

Big companies that buy into political correctness have to roll over whenever they are accused of acting improperly, risking a brain drain at consulting firms.

Meet Bina Mehta, the first woman heading KPMG UK Meet Bina Mehta, the first woman heading KPMG UK Ishani Duttagupta | Mar 8, 2021, 14:45 IST Image courtesy: KPMG website Last month, Bina Mehta, a veteran with 20 years of experience in corporate restructuring and M&A, was appointed acting chair of the KPMG UK board. And though her appointment was somewhat sudden, after former chairman and senior partner Bill Michael had to resign, Mehta made history as the first woman to head KPMG UK in the accounting firm’s 150-year existence. “Corporations are being forced to pause and reflect on th...

Deloitte's deputy chief executive and diversity champion Dimple Agarwal is facing an internal probe over allegations of bullying, the Telegraph reported.