2003

PA Consulting Group wins award from Management Consultancies Association for its telecommunications work - 06 February 2003

At the Management Consultancies Association awards PA Consulting Group, the leading international management, systems and technology consultancy, was Highly Commended for its organisational development work with Orange. This is the third time that PA has won an award for work in the telecommunications and media sector. PA won a total of five prizes at the awards this year. No other consulting firm was given more than two awards this year.

In this highly competitive industry, speed to market is essential for Orange. However it had been experiencing resource bottlenecks that were delaying projects. PA was therefore asked to help.

PA's role was threefold: to identify the underlying reasons for resource bottlenecks; to facilitate practical solutions that would rapidly improve matters; and to help Orange develop the internal capability to drive future change projects.

By improving the way Orange used its existing resources, the company gained extra capacity worth £4 million per annum in the first nine months.

Steve Hopcraft, Director of Technical Transformation Programme, Orange, commented:

"The approach and methodology PA employed to create these impressive outcomes demonstrated that simplicity and common sense are critical to success."

Gareth Firth, member of PA's management committee, commented:

"Our aim was to create a change team that would help Orange's managers improve their own effectiveness and this has paid off. The change team is welcomed by managers. It has helped improve performance and seems set to keep delivering improvement well after PA has withdrawn. Winning this award re-enforces the strength of PA's project management capability."

Jon Moynihan, PA's Chairman and Chief Executive, commented:

"Our sixth year of success is evidence of PA's unique style of consulting. We have repeatedly shown that we consistently add value to our clients' organisations; value that is a large multiple of our fees. We do not have the conflicts of ties to auditing firms or software/hardware houses so our recommendations are untainted by independence issues. We focus on devising pragmatic strategies and business solutions that actually work. We don't spend millions on huge advertising campaigns, but have the confidence to let our track record speak for itself. The MCA awards are testament to our unique approach to consulting and a tribute to the client and consultant teams that delivered these winning assignments.''

He continued:

''We are delighted that the quality of our work and the breadth of our expertise have been recognised in the number of awards we have won this year - more than we have ever won before. In fact, none of our competitors won more than two awards this year. In the six years since the MCA awards started, PA has won more awards than any other firm, winning over 30% of all top awards over this period."

ENDS

For more information, please contact:

Chantal de Havilland PA Consulting Group 123 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9SR Tel: +44 20 7333 5277 Fax: +44 20 7333 5329 E-mail: chantal.de.havilland@paconsulting.com

Notes to editors

1. PA took the top awards in the Human Resources, Production & Services Management, and Strategy & Business Transformation categories for its work with Barclays, Siemens VDO Automotive and the Youth Justice Board respectively. PA was also Highly Commended in the Organisational Development category for the above assignment at Orange, and in the Production & Services Management category, for work at OFTA (Office of the Telecommunications Authority) Hong Kong. More information on the winning assignments, together with photographs is available.

2. The Management Consultancies Association (MCA) was formed in 1956 and represents the leading UK-based consulting firms, which currently employ over 25,000 consultants and generate £4.3bn in annual fee income. MCA members work for most of the FTSE 100 companies and all government departments. Management consultancy is an increasingly important industry for the UK economy with revenues for 2002 estimated at £8bn, contributing well over £1bn to the UK balance of payments.

3. Orange
   Orange is the UK's most popular mobile phone service. Having entered the crowded UK mobile phone market as the last entrant in 1994, it now has 13.3 million active customers in the UK and 44.4 million worldwide.

4. PA Consulting Group
   PA Consulting Group is a leading management, systems and technology consulting firm, with a unique combination of these capabilities. Established almost 60 years ago, and operating worldwide from over 40 offices in more than 20 countries, PA draws on the knowledge and experience of some 4,000 people, whose skills span the initial generation of ideas and insights all the way through to detailed implementation.

PA builds strategies for the creation and capture of shareholder and customer value, and helps clients accelerate business growth through innovation and the application of technology. PA works with clients to improve performance, mobilize human resources and deliver change effectively, including managing major projects, and designing and implementing enterprise-wide systems and full e-business solutions.

PA focuses on creating benefits for clients rather than merely proposing them, and this focus is supported by an outstanding implementation track record in every major industry and for governments around the world. PA also develops leading-edge technology both for its clients and within its own portfolio of venture companies in areas ranging from software to wireless technology to life sciences.

PA distinguishes itself from its competitors through the range and quality of its people, the depth of its industry insight, its development and use of technology, and also its independence and culture of respect, collaboration and flexibility in working with clients.

We are proud that our clients say “PA makes it happen.”

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