- 33 firms make it to finalist stages in both project and individual awards
- Improving care and shortening waiting times for cancer patients and transforming police forces across UK provide strong examples of value of consulting to public sector
- Major businesses from BP, to HSBC, Astra-Zeneca, Standard Chartered, Ocado and L’Oréal line up to champion the collaborative work done with consultancies
The Management Consultancies Association (MCA) has announced that 33 of the UK’s leading consulting firms have been shortlisted in the MCA 2020 Awards in both team and individual categories. EY are top of the leader board with 17 finalists (7 projects and 10 individuals) while PwC have 16 (9 projects and 7 individuals). They are shortly followed by Deloitte with 13 finalists (6 projects and 7 individuals) and BAE Systems Applied Intelligence and Arcadis who each have 7 finalists shortlisted for the awards. This year has seen a record number of entries up 13% on last year and there is strong representation from medium and small firms across all categories with 60% of finalists from SMEs. The awards, now in their 23rd year, recognise the positive work the sector has undertaken for both the public and private sector as well as acknowledging individuals who are having a significant impact within their consultancy.
As in previous years, the awards demonstrate the extensive work being done with major brands and high-profile organisations such as Network Rail, Highways England, the NHS, L’Oréal, Walgreens, HSBC, Standard Life and Ocado which highlights the range of industries that MCA member firms work with on a day to day basis.
The awards clearly shown the significant impact and results achieved by public sector organisations and consultants working together at a national and local level. Deloitte and NECS Consultancy are both recognised for their separate work in improving how cancer patients are managed by the NHS during treatment and referral and improving the speed with which they receive the right care and appointments. As police forces across the country try to respond to changing operational and organisational pressures, consultants are also recognised for the transformational work they have undertaken across the UK including PwC (with Bedfordshire Police), and Deloitte with the Metropolitan Police. BAE Systems Applied Intelligence is shortlisted for its work in helping Gloucestershire’s police and social services to improve its data systems for managing child protection investigations.
Other finalists in the public sector include IBM for its work in delivering a world class technology transformation for the Department of Work and Pensions, improving user experience for over 20 million customers. Atos Consulting is also shortlisted in the “People” category for their work with the UK Visa and Immigration service and helping them to provide fast, flexible, and better digital services to citizens, part of the Government’s digital agenda.
Consulting work with local public sector organisations also feature prominently in the awards finalists including Inner Circle Consulting’s work with the London Borough of Newham to accelerate the delivery of affordable housing, PwC’s work with Haringey Council on improving adult social care and Coeus Consulting’s partnership with Southend-On-Sea Borough Council to transform its IT function. BearingPoint are also recognised for their work on delivering a Healthy Child Programme with Hertfordshire Community Trust.
Major upgrades to the UK’s infrastructure are currently benefiting from the expertise and skills brought by management consultancies and many of these projects feature in the Awards this year thanks to the backing of high-profile clients. Arcadis is nominated for its work with Stansted Airport’s expansion – the biggest upgrade to the airport since its construction. PwC are shortlisted for their work with Highways England and EY for Network Rail.
As well as public sector projects, the MCA Awards recognise consulting excellence with private sector firms. Consumers are shifting towards more plant based foods for health and ethical reasons and PwC is shortlisted for its work with helping Upfield, the largest plant based consumer producer company in the world, to rapidly change and transform its business to meet this growing demand. Other high-profile projects in the private sector categories include Arca Blanca for their work with developing a new operating model for Ocado, the online supermarket, and Deloitte for its work with Maersk in dealing with the aftermath of a global cyber security attack. Vendigital is also shortlisted for its work with helping Newsprinters to transform its operating strategy while delivering 20 million newspapers on a weekly basis.
The International category showcases the work that MCA Member Firms undertake globally and why the UK management consultancy sector is so well regarded abroad. Arup, as part of the UK Delivery Team consortium, worked with the Department for International Trade to support the delivery of the Pan American and Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. PwC helped develop a new model of healthcare with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Finalists Simon-Kucher & Partners created a new pricing and organisation strategy for international shipping and logistics company, DFDS.
As well as projects, the ‘Best Use of Thought Leadership’ in consulting is also a very competitive category this year. Arup’s entry focuses on its work to create a child-friendly approach to urban planning, that creates healthier and more inclusive cities that work better for everyone. KPMG is also shortlisted for its work in stimulating debate around banning plastic which has resulted in several live projects with clients around their use of plastic.
This year’s awards have experienced a number of changes including a new judging panel and a greater focus on younger talent in the awards. The MCA Awards also saw an impressive number of consultants entered for the individual awards up over 40% on last year. Categories range from Team Leader of the Year to Young Consultant of the Year and, new for 2020, Best New Apprentice and Rising Star also being recognised with several excellent finalists.
Tamzen Isacsson, Chief Executive of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA), said:
“The MCA Awards are a celebration of the outstanding work that management consultants are involved in across the public and private sector and highlight why the UK is proud to have one of the largest and most well-respected consulting sectors in the world. Of course, winning matters but more importantly these case studies put clients centre stage, on the record, championing the collaborative work being done with consultancies to deliver better business results and public services for society. The number of individual entries has sky rocketed this year as firms seek to champion the younger talent driving results and change across our industry and we look forward to welcoming all the finalists to the awards event in April.”
Overall for 2020, there are 20 award categories with 7 individual awards and 12 project awards as well as an award for Best New Consultancy. Full details can be found at www.mca.org.uk/awards,
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NOTES TO EDITORS
The judging process continues in January and February 2020 with the winners announced at the awards ceremony, on the 23rd April 2020.
A full list of finalists can be found below:
Best Use of Thought Leadership sponsored by Kimble
Arup
Atkins
Deloitte with UK Policing
KPMG
PwC with Microsoft
Change and Transformation in the Private Sector
Arca Blanca with Ocado
Arca Blanca with McCarthy & Stone
Deloitte with Maersk
Gate One with Whitbread and Costa
PwC with Standard Life
PwC with Upfield
Vendigital with Newsprinter
Change and Transformation in the Public Sector
Arcadis with Digital Railway
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence with the Home Office
Carnall Farrar with Isle of Wight care system
Coeus Consulting with Southend-On-Sea Borough Council
Cognizant with the FA
Deloitte with the Metropolitan Police Service
EY with Youth Endowment Fund
EY with Dept of Justice and Equality
IBM Services with the Scottish Government
KPMG with NMC
PwC with Highways England
PwC with Haringey Council
Commercial Excellence
Arcadis with Stansted Airport
Arcadis with Southern Water
Procura Consulting
Vendigital with Bombardier
Vendigital with Meggitt
Data and Innovation in the Private Sector
Chaucer with BP
Deloitte with AstraZeneca
EY with Roche Health
IBM Services with Cannes Lions
KPMG with HSBC
PwC with Starling Bank
Data and Innovation in the Public Sector
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence with the Royal Navy
Cognizant with the FA
Deloitte with NHS Lothian (Edinburgh)
Inner Circle Consulting with the London Borough of Newham
International
Arca Blanca with Vision-Box
Arup with the Department for International Trade
Integration Consulting with L’Oréal
PwC with The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Simon-Kucher & Partners with DFDS
Performance Improvement in the Private Sector sponsored by Retain International
BearingPoint with Slater Gordon
Egremont Group with Walgreens
Gobeyond Partners with NHBC
PwC with SIG Plc
Performance Improvement in the Public Sector
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence with the Home Office
BearingPoint with Hertfordshire Community Trust
EY with Network Rail
IBM Services with the Department for Work and Pensions
NECS Consultancy with NHS National Cancer Programme
PwC with Bedfordshire Police
People
Atos with the Home Office
EY with The Metropolitan Police Service
Sysdoc
Social Value
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence with Gloucestershire Constabulary
Deloitte with Healthforce
EY with EY Global
Sia Partners with Ofgem
Strategy
Carnall Farrar with Barts Healthcare
Curzon Consulting with Arcadis
Decision Technology with BT Group plc
EY with EDF
Young Consultant of the Year
Samuel Brown, Amey Consulting
Lewis McCormack, Arcadis
Orsolya Patterson, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
Ben Santucci, BearingPoint
Harry Touche, Deloitte
Anju Jacob, Deloitte
Mei Pun, EY
Emma Landry, EY
Stephen Hall, Mason Advisory
Penny Fesenko, PwC
Andrew Brough, Vendigital
Martin Pochopien, Vendigital
Best New Apprentice
Muhsin Ramjhan, Atkins
Lucy Rollinson, Deloitte
Mica Ellis, Deloitte
Samuel Imie, Deloitte
Chloe Homans, Moorhouse Consulting
Kemi Ogunremi, PwC
Humaid Motala, PwC
Rising Star
Ysabel Brown, Arcadis
Holly Armitage, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
Asha Patel, Carnall Farrar
Laila Takeh, Deloitte
Jenny Beard, EY
Farah Zarar- Ishaq, EY
Andrew Mistry, Inner Circle Consulting
Gyula Tőrzők, Inner Circle Consulting
Joshua Hasdell, KPMG
Jessica Newton, PwC
Team Leader Consultant of the Year
Jo Wraith, Arcadis
Phil Livingstone, Carnall Farrar
Sylvie Zaman, Chaucer
Justin Wilkes, Cognizant
Paul Rees Jones, EY
Matt Khaw, EY
Laura Flynn, EY
Andy Starkie, Inner Circle Consulting
Emma Booth, PwC
Richard Thompson, PwC
Abhimanyu Julaniya, Simon Kucher & Partners
Thought Leader Consultant of the Year
Louise Ellis, Arup
Simon Evans, Atkins (now Arup)
Roberto Desimone, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
Innovation Consultant of the Year
Jonathan Stephens, BearingPoint
Piyush Patel, EY
Ryan Gwinnett. EY
Tyler Welmans, Deloitte
Outstanding Achievement
Greg Bradley, Arcadis
Daniel Harvey, BearingPoint
Kelly Demyan, EY
Jen Nixon, Gate One
Chris Twigg, Inner Circle Consulting
Anna Somaiya, KPMG
Ally Robson, NECS Consultancy
Andy Woodfield, PwC
Best New Consultancy
Amey Consulting
Arca Blanca
Gate One
JCURV
Mason Advisory
NECS Consultancy
Procura Consulting
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Media Contact:
Caroline Florence, Head of Communications and Research, caroline.florence@mca.org.uk/ 0207 645 7959
The Management Consultancies Association (MCA):
The MCA is the representative body for the UK’s leading management consulting firms. For over 60 years, the MCA has been the voice of the consulting industry, promoting the value of consulting to business, the public sector, media commentators and the general public. The MCA’s mission is to promote the value of management consultancy for the economy and society as a whole. The MCA’s member companies comprise over 50% of the UK consulting industry work with over 90 of the top FTSE 100 companies and almost all parts of the public sector. The UK consulting industry is amongst the best in the world and a vital part of the business landscape. See the full list of current MCA Members.
Compliance with the MCA’s tough entry criteria and adherence to the principles of Consulting Excellence means that MCA member companies are widely acknowledged to provide high quality services to their clients. Many of their achievements are recognised in the annual MCA Awards.