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Sam Mills joins Grant Thornton as a turnaround and restructuring partner. He brings two decades of restructuring and turnaround expertise to the firm’s advisory team. “This is a great time to join the Grant Thornton turnaround and restructuring team with such a strong reputation for delivering high-quality work at pace,” said Mills.

Designit has been appointed by Kontūr to lead a strategic global brand marketing transformation. Wipro’s experience innovation firm will work with the client as it enters its next phase of growth, when it must communicate across international markets. Founded in 2001, Kontūr is a European technology company headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, with offices in Oslo and the US.

As bosses push staff to do more with less, leaning on AI as a perceived cure-all, organisations face a growth challenge defined largely by workforce capacity pressure. According to new research from Korn Ferry, nearly two-thirds of employees surveyed have encountered significantly heavier workloads over the past two years, and almost half saying they are too busy to deliver meaningful results that contribute to growth.

4C Associates and Axiom have announced a new strategic partnership, designed to help organisations accelerate digital procurement transformation. Together, the two companies will support organisations across the full transformation journey - from technology strategy and solution selection through to implementation, integration, change management and ongoing optimisation.

Katie Virdi has joined Gate One to lead the firm’s human resources practice. Heading up the people, change and culture wing, she brings more than two decades of expertise to the firm. Launched in 2013, Gate One is a digital and business transformation consultancy. Amid heightened demand for support with digital transformations – and buoyed by investment from Havas – the firm has been able to grow rapidly across Europe and North America, to serve its growing customer base.

The Management Consultancies Association has announced the timeline for next year’s MCA Awards, with the official launch taking place on Thursday 24 September. The calendar will conclude with the organisation’s annual ceremony on October 11th 2027. Hosted by the UK consulting industry’s representative body, the Management Consultancies Association’s MCA Awards are the most prestigious event in the sector’s yearly calendar.

UK headquartered advisory firm LAVA Advisory Partners has launched a new permanent presence in New York. As the firm takes up residence in the Big Apple’s iconic Chrysler Building, it has named Carlo Porreca and Helen Dixon as its first US partners. LAVA is a London-based M&A advisory firm focused on the lower-mid-market deal segment.

Tata Consultancy Services has launched a new interactive creative engineering studio in London. According to the firm, the hub is designed to help businesses harness artificial intelligence to engineer high-value, scalable customer experiences. Vinay Singhvi, head for the UK and Ireland for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), said, “The UK and Ireland is a vital market for TCS, and this studio reflects our commitment to driving innovation for our clients and AI-led creative engineering.

FRP Corporate Finance has named Mark Stoddart as a partner to lead its activity within the travel, leisure and hospitality sectors. He brings nearly two decades of experience to the role. Matthew Flower, partner at FRP Corporate Finance, commented, “Mark brings with him a wealth of experience supporting clients across the travel, leisure and hospitality industries, making him a welcome addition to our team in London as we continue to strengthen our support for consumer businesses.

UK professional services firm Leonard Curtis has launched a dedicated Liverpool funding team, supporting the firm’s national growth strategy. The offering will be led by Paul Sharpe, who joins the firm to head up the team. Leonard Curtis was originally established in 1995 in Bury as an insolvency division of a regional accountancy practice, later growing into a national professional services group specialising in restructuring, insolvency, and business services.