Amyn Merchant to implement findings of probe into group’s work with Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
Consulting group revamps internal processes after condemnation for work on Palestinian relocation proposal
Top Middle East consultant ‘ashamed’ of revelations while CEO’s staff meeting in Dubai prompts walkout
Internal investigation focuses on how the work spiralled into reputational crisis for firm
Cost estimates of moving Palestinians to five destinations were included in project on postwar plans
Some interesting findings from Belgium (really)
Consulting firm tells UK parliament that report will be kept under wraps despite pressure to explain involvement
Events raise questions about why consulting firms can’t seem to avoid reputational crises.
A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back
Work with private US group Fogbow overlapped with start of separate effort to help Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
Consulting group’s chief risk officer and head of social impact practice lose their titles
UN agency expresses ‘shock and grave concerns’ about consultancy’s involvement with controversial aid scheme
Pressure intensifies on US consultancy as MPs demand ‘clarification and information’ on firm’s involvement
Christoph Schweizer says consultancy’s role has been ‘profoundly disappointing’ as Save the Children halts partnership
The episode raises serious questions over processes at the global consulting firm
Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub
Consulting firm had multimillion-dollar role in contentious new aid scheme for shattered enclave
Consulting group offered pro bono work to UNRWA shortly after Israel’s military campaign began in late 2023
Consulting group says work by employees on contentious US-backed effort was ‘unauthorised’
Boston Consulting Group puts partner on leave over contentious US-backed scheme to replace UN-led system
Big firms won £1.5bn of UK government work in 2024, an increase on the previous two years
US consulting firm is latest company to boost office space in sign of hope for UK capital’s commercial property market
Consulting bosses hope for shot in the arm from renewed ‘energy and excitement’ about M&A
Also in this week’s newsletter, the destabilising dynamics of Trump’s trade policies
A new poll says 51% of business leaders aim to redirect investment this year
