Consultancy stories

As cyber threats grow, more women are entering security roles, yet leadership remains male-dominated, risking lost talent and weaker defences.

Visa has appointed former consulting chief David Peacock as Country Manager for New Zealand and the Pacific amid rapid digital payments growth.

AI is racing into business plans, but NashTech research finds brittle legacy systems and poor integration are quietly throttling progress.

A new foundation has launched to study how AI is transforming real-world accounting and finance work, from tax and audit to advisory.

KPMG wins top-tier SAP strategic partner status to accelerate cloud and AI transformations with a trusted, “AI-first” delivery approach.

Coverbase and Crowe forge AI-focused partnership to streamline vendor risk reviews and procurement oversight in tightly regulated sectors.

Industry voices are divided on whether AI will diminish consulting roles or augment them by shifting the nature of the work.

Cruxy names Rebecca Osman CFO and COO to spearhead international expansion and deepen work with private equity-backed tech firms.

Hype & Dexter has rebranded as Avidly APAC, aligning with Avidly Group to scale HubSpot-focused services across Australia and New Zealand.

HCLTech moves to deepen its wealth management push with a deal to acquire Singapore-based consultancy Finergic, pending approval by 2026.

Accountants double down on everyday AI tools, as optimism stays high but scepticism, job fears and data security worries all intensify.

Snowflake and TVS Next partner to run NexOps on Snowflake's AI Data Cloud, unifying plant and enterprise data for manufacturers.

Anthropic rolls out Claude for Healthcare and Life Sciences, adding sector-specific connectors, agent skills and consumer health integrations.

Accenture to acquire UK AI specialist Faculty for USD $1bn, in its biggest British AI startup deal and a major bet on AI safety expertise.

Tech Mahindra and Google Cloud will scale Gemini 2.5-based agentic AI to move enterprises from pilots to production-grade, governed workflows.

Enterprises brace for a cautious 2026, rolling back risky AI pilots and recasting generative tools as governed, human-supervised teammates.

Accenture and Snowflake form a 5,000-strong AI data unit for enterprises, with Caterpillar among early clients and a new global CoE planned.

V2 AI names cyber specialist Ian Nguyen as Partner to lead secure AI strategy amid rising demand from regulated industries across Asia Pacific.

OCBC AI veteran Donald MacDonald leaves after 22 years to launch Colourcode.AI, advising boards and leaders on AI strategy and governance.

Subex unveils a new AI-powered brand to help telecom operators adopt proactive, intent-driven networks and enhance real-time business strategies.