Project to save lives of soldiers wins top prize at consultancy awards

PA Consulting wins Platinum Award

PA Consulting and the Ministry of Defence won the Platinum Award at this year’s MCA Awards on 19 April for their work in helping to save lives of UK soldiers in Afghanistan through improving protection against explosive devices.

Deloitte won the special Times Award for the best consultant/client team for their work on the London 2012 Olympics.

In total, 13 winning projects and six outstanding individual consultants were honoured. 

Alan Leaman, Chief Executive of the MCA, congratulated all the winners: “Our Awards recognise outstanding achievements, and this year’s winners have made a massive difference. Management consultancy is helping UK business at a difficult time, but also delivering benefits to millions of people.”

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1. For more information, including photos of the event, please contact:

Konstantinos Makrygiannis
PR & Communications Officer
Management Consultancies Association
Tel: 020 7321 3993
Email: konstantinos.makrygiannis@mca.org.uk

 

2. Full list of winners
 

Platinum Award:
PA Consulting with the Ministry of Defence

Created a ground-breaking remote-vehicle based explosive device detection system that is now saving lives in Afghanistan.

The Times Award for best consultant/client team
Deloitte with London 2012

Worked in a partnership that tackled one of the world’s most complex business challenges.

Change management in the private sector (sponsored by BLT)
Boxwood with Grosvenor

Worked together to transform a solid, secure business into a more dynamic organisation, and in the process delivered significantly better results for its customers, employees and shareholders.
Highly commended: Deloitte with Lloyds Banking Group; PwC with Business Growth Fund
 
Change management in the public sector
iMPOWER with Coventry City Council

Reformed home to school transport for children with special needs, reducing costs and improving quality of life for the children and parents involved.
Highly commended: Mott MacDonald with the Department for Education and Islington Borough Council

Customer engagement (sponsored by Emphasis)
Transform with Argos

Delivered a new retail strategy that helped the company engage with customers via mobile telephones and its own TV channel.
Highly commended: Propaganda with Clipper Logistics

Environment
Arup with C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Undertook the first comprehensive analysis of actions to address climate change in the world’s megacities.

Finance and Risk Management
PwC with Swiss Re

Developed a ground-breaking programme across finance departments in 33 offices in 21 countries and 1,060 employees.
Highly commended: KPMG with London Development Agency

Innovation (sponsored by INCo)
PA Consulting with the Ministry of Defence

Created an innovative remote-vehicle based explosive device detection system that is now saving lives in Afghanistan.
Highly commended: KPMG with Musgrave; Deloitte with London 2012

International
PKF with the Department for International Development

Developed a coordinated approach to public spending in Bosnia and Herzegovina that resulted in a more efficient financial management system.
Highly commended: Deloitte with Pfizer

Operational performance in the private sector (sponsored by Mindbench)
KPMG with Nationwide

Worked together to bring greater stability and reduce costs for this UK financial institution at a critical time.
Highly commended: Deloitte with Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Operational performance in the public sector
PwC with Newham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Fundamentally redesigned the way the Trust delivered administrative and clerical services, improving patient care saving millions.
Highly commended: EC Harris with Scottish Water

Outsourcing
Hudson & Yorke with Barclays

Enabled the first of the large banks to move to a hybrid model and selectively in-source some of its principal telecommunications services.

People (sponsored by Sundial Group)
Ernst & Young with Private Equity Foundation

Investigated and responded to the challenge of young people failing to successfully transition to further education, employment, or training after they leave school.
Highly commended: Deloitte with National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services.

Strategy
Ernst & Young with Xerox

Delivered massive savings across the company, devising a new business strategy in order to secure sustainability.

Technology
KPMG with Association of Chief Police Officers

Highly commended: Atos with Yodel

Change management consultant of the year
Gavin McAlpine, Deloitte

Highly commended: Ruth Withfield, Ernst & Young

HR consultant of the year
Martin McDonell, PwC

Highly commended: Nina Kreyer, IBM

IT consultant of the year
Michael Orr, PwC

Marketing consultant of the year
Daniel Dunleavy, Deloitte

Performance improvement consultant of the year
Stewart Wilson, PwC

Strategy consultant of the year
Silvia Rindone, Deloitte

Highly commended: Celine Herweijer, PwC