As part of a nationwide campaign to create jobs during and after Covid-19, the Singapore government has called upon IBM to recruit and train 300 local professionals in the next four years. Focus areas span emerging tech such as cloud, artificial intelligence and analytics.
Ogilvy has named Emily Poon as President of Public Relations & Influence in Asia, effective January the 1st 2021. Emily Poon currently is the Managing Partner of Ogilvy PR & Influence in Singapore, having joined the communications and public relations consultancy more than a decade ago.
IDEC, a Japanese regulatory consultancy for the life sciences and pharmaceuticals industry, has been acquired by Validant, a US-headquartered global counterpart. “Validant shares our philosophy and approach in providing the highest quality services to support customers with complex regulatory needs,” said Chris Brünger, founder and chairman of IDEC.
According to a new survey of executives and C-suite officers, businesses in Singapore are digitalising faster than anywhere in the world in response to Covid-19, although many remain weary of growing cyber risks.
HCL has added to its global presence in 30 plus countries with a new delivery centre in Hanoi, Vietnam. The tech services giant is focused on Vietnam’s vast pool of digital talent. “Vietnam and its skilled youth have the true potential to develop a robust IT industry, which is spearheading economic growth in the country,” noted HCL Technologies Corporate Vice President Sanjay Gupta.
Implementing digital transformation is known for its pitfalls and stumbling blocks. Meredith Carson, the Managing Partner of Golden Equator Consulting, explains how a digital optimisation program can help reduce ‘digital bloat’ and enhance the success of execution.
Ben Hsiao has joined management consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal as a Senior Director based in Shanghai. Hsiao joins the firm’s Restructuring & Turnaround practice, which is enjoying heightened demand across Asia and China for its corporate restructuring advisory services amid a challenging economic landscape.
Alliott Global Alliance, an international alliance of professional services firms specialised in law and accounting, has bolstered its footprint in the Asia Pacific region with the addition of new member firms in Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand.
The Covid-19 crisis is significantly changing purchasing behaviours and decisions of consumers in Indonesia. Global strategy consulting firm McKinsey & Company polled over 700 Indonesian consumers to find out more about their shifting mindsets – eight charts from the firm’s 30-page slide deck outlining the main findings.
Oliver Wyman has closed its office in Seoul, following a number of years of declining projects and revenues in South Korea. The global strategy and management consulting firm launched an on the ground operation in Seoul in the early 2000s, over the years building a strong track record, in particular in its powerhouse vertical of financial services.
Twelve months after acquiring ABN Impact, InSites Consulting has rebranded its Asian footprint as InSites Consulting. The acquisition of ABN Impact in December last year gave Belgium-headquartered InSites Consulting a major presence in Asia.
Korean retail player Lotte has appointed two former Boston Consulting Group (BCG) consultants to senior leadership roles. Sung Hyun Kang Sung Hyun Kang takes over as CEO of Lotte Mart – the retail giant’s discount chain.
Two professionals with decades of consulting experience between them have launched XpertiseNow – a Singapore-based digital platform aimed at connecting businesses with the right advisory services. With a strong digital focus, XpertiseNow is aimed at disrupting the consulting sector in its current form – dominated by a handful of large firms.
The global luxury market was already moving to China before the Covid-19 pandemic, and is doing so even faster now. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) collaborated with Tencent Marketing Insight (TMI) to examine the market.
Business-to-business (B2B) offerings in Southeast Asia have been slow to digitalise sales in recent years – a scenario that is set to change in the post-Covid-19 world. YCP Solidiance presents the state of the market in a new report.
In combination with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), strategic consultancy Bain & Company has established a Global Sustainability Innovation Centre (GSIC) in Singapore, in a bid to help unlock the $ 1 trillion green economy across Asia.
A new Deloitte report has found that South and Southeast Asian economies are on a fast track to the ‘digital life,’ owing to a number of ongoing and immediate factors. Singapore and Malaysia are leading the way.
Google has invested more than $ 2 billion in network infrastructure across Asia Pacific (APAC) since 2010, indirectly contributing $ 430 billion to the region’s GDP. This is according to a new Analysys Mason report, which predicts more investment in the future.
Beijing has joined Tokyo on the list of top five cities in the world, while Hong Kong and Singapore also made an appearance in the top 10. This is according to Kearney’s latest Global Cities Index, which features six Asian cities in the top 30.
Technology giant Amazon has announced the 2020 winners of its annual AWS Awards, praising more than 100 companies globally for their excellence in designing, implementing and maintaining solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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