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Bluerock Consulting, the specialist financial services management consultancy, has appointed Vaughan Jenkins as its new CEO. Vaughan has been at Bluerock for over four years and previously headed up its Life & Pension practice. Vaughan replaces Julian Sawyer, who remains with the firm as a Board member to focus on its UK Banking and Cards practice.
Vaughan Jenkins said: “Bluerock Consulting is enjoying a record year in terms of profitability and we are growing with investment from BEE Team in Italy and recently acquiring the interests of Winchester White Consultants. It’s therefore a very exciting time to be taking over the reins from Julian, who started the business 12 years ago. His work with banks and card companies is absolutely crucial in this next phase of our growth.”
“Elsewhere, the implementation of RDR-related projects is high on our clients’ agenda and this is also a key area for us over the next couple of years. Our specialist knowledge of financial planning and related software tools is proving to be especially in demand. It is a very exciting time for us as a financial services specialist.”
Vaughan will continue to be responsible for Bluerock’s Life & Pensions practice but with Michelle Cracknell, who joined from Skandia last year, taking a leading part in Wealth Management, corporate retirement and employee benefits projects.
Source: www.top-consultant.com
Bluerock Consulting, the specialist financial services management consultancy, has acquired competitor Winchester White Consultants. Director of Winchester White Consultants, Paul Martin, will join Bluerock Consulting as an Associate Director, working primarily within the Life & Pension practice led by Vaughan Jenkins. Winchester White Consultants’ associate consultants will add to the more than 1500 Bluerock Consulting employees, strengthening its growing position as an innovative change projects specialist.
Julian Sawyer, CEO of Bluerock Consulting said: “We’re very pleased to announce this acquisition and the combined forces of Bluerock Consulting and Winchester White Consultants will significantly enhance our overall proposition. Having Paul and his team on board is a substantial boost to Bluerock as they bring with them a huge amount of experience of the financial services industry in general and of the execution of customer-focused strategy for clients in particular.”
Paul Martin commented: “Bluerock and Winchester White Consultants are natural partners sharing common approaches to consulting, technology selection and sourcing, marrying solid expertise to innovation and a pragmatic delivery focus. The impact of the RDR and other consumer centric regulation is redefining business models and re-shaping the overall financial services landscape. The combination of Bluerock and Winchester White Consultants can offer the depth of informed advice and guidance required to assist organisations to react successfully to a period of great change and opportunity.”
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| Bluerock Consulting Ltd, and its subsidiary Bluerock Italia, a specialist financial services management consultancy operating in the UK and Europe is expanding its European capabilities by joining with B.E.E. Team, a provider of IT consulting, through its subsidiary B.E.E. Consulting S.P.A. The agreement is for B.E.E. Team to acquire an initial stake of 10% in Bluerock with an option to acquire the remainder by 2013.
From a strong base in the UK markets Bluerock has developed a pan-European vision for its business, launching projects in Italy, Russia and other Central Eastern Europe countries. Bluerock, building on its work in the credit card, retail banking, life and pensions and asset management sectors has established partnerships with major international players, particularly in the cards services sector, including agreements with some of the main cards providers. This agreement will give Bluerock access to a broad set of complementary skill and capabilities plus extending its capability in the areas of IT and large scale change management. In addition it provides a strong capital base from which to further expand its UK and international capabilities. Bluerock Consulting closed the 1 May 2009 – 30th April 2010 fiscal year with revenues of £5.3 million and with 40 consultants in 5 countries. “Julian Sawyer, Bluerock Consulting Chief Executive said “Over the last 11 years we have built a consulting business with an enviable reputation within the Financial Services industry. As part of our next phase of development we are delighted to be joining the B.E.E. Consulting group which will not only help us to deepen and widen our capabilities within the UK, but enable us to accelerate our expansion into the rest of Europe. B.E.E. Consulting share our values for both clients and staff and the combination of our businesses will strengthen our ability to build a high quality pan-European consulting organisation offering an alternative to the established players.” ”The equity stake taken in Bluerock – says Stefano Achermann – is our Group’s first important step towards internationalization and supporting our principal clients who are today focusing a large part of their business on foreign projects. Bluerock, as well as having a strong position in London, boasts a significant presence in Eastern Europe (an important market for us) as well as owning a skill set with strong vertical competencies that are similar and complementary to those in B.E.E. Consulting. We see this first step as an encouraging sign towards a stronger offering of the entire Group in markets beyond the domestic one.” Bluerock Consulting Ltd, a privately owned management consultancy operating since 1999, provides advisory and change management services into UK and European Blue-chip financial services clients. Focussing on the areas of cards and payments, retail banking, life and pensions and asset management, Bluerock has worked with many of the leading European and global finance firms on a number of programmes. |
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