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“Vault’s content is credible, trustworthy 2010 EDITION 2010 EUROPEAN EDITION and, most of all, interesting.” — The Guardian FIRMS CONSULTING TOP 25 “Vault holds the key about company secrets” — Financial Times GET INSIDE INFO ON: IN THIS GUIDE: • AlixPartners, LLP • Company overviews • Bain & Company • Recent company news • Deloitte • Tips on the hiring process • Detica for each company • Frontier Economics Ltd. • Employer feedback on workplace culture, compensation and other • Gartner, Inc. quality of life issues • Hay Group • McKinsey & Company • Oliver Wyman AT VAULT.COM: • Roland Berger Strategy • Insider profiles on top companies Consultants and industries VAULT GUIDE TO THE • Tata Consultancy Services • Employee surveys for thousands And many more… of top employers • Tens of thousands of job listings TOP 25 europe.vault.com CONSULTING FIRMS THE INSIDE SCOOP ON THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS CONSULTING FIRMS IN EUROPE About Vault.com Inc. Vault (Vault.com) is the Web’s most comprehensive resource for career management and job search information, including insider intelligence on salaries, hiring practices and company cultures. Founded in 1996, Vault features thousands of profiles on occupations, industries, companies and universities, as well as career-related articles, videos, blogs and research tools. The company publishes more than 150 print and online titles, from the best-selling Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms to the Vault Guide to Schmoozing. Vault’s customers include top employers and recruiters, leading ® universities and graduate schools—and 8 million consumers worldwide. Career/Reference Edited by Naomi Newman UK: £14.99/Europe: €21.95 ® USA: $34.95 and the staff at Vault EuroConsulting_2010.indd 1 9/22/2009 2:47:07 PM VAULT GUIDE TO THE TOP 25 CONSULTING FIRMS 2010 EUROPEAN EDITION Sponsored by: THE MEDIA’S WATCHING VAULT! HERE’S A SAMPLING OF OUR COVERAGE: “A rich resource of company information for prospective employees worldwide: Vault’s content is credible, trustworthy and most of all, interesting.” - The Guardian “[Vault tells] prospective joiners what they really want to know about the culture, the interview process, the salaries and the job prospects.” - Financial Times “Thanks to Vault, the truth about work is just a tap of your keyboard away.” - The Telegraph “The best place on the Web to prepare for a job search.” - Money magazine “A killer app.” - The New York Times “Vault has a wealth of information about major employers and job-seeking strategies as well as comments from workers about their experiences at specific companies.” - The Washington Post ® 2010 EUROPEAN EDITION VAULT GUIDE TO THE TOP 25 CONSULTING FIRMS NAOMI NEWMAN AND THE STAFF AT VAULT ® Copyright © 2009 by Vault.com Ltd. All rights reserved. All information in this book is subject to change without notice. Vault makes no claims as to the accuracy and reliability of the information contained within and disclaims all warranties. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Vault.com Ltd. Vault, the Vault logo, and “the most trusted name in career information TM” are trademarks of Vault Inc. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, contact Vault.com Ltd., 6 Baden Place, London, SE1 1YW, +44(0)20 7357 8553. ISBN 13: 978-1-58131-714-5 Printed in the United Kingdom Acknowledgments Thank you to all the Vault editorial, sales, production and IT staff for writing, selling and designing this guide. Special thanks to Philip Stott for his excellent writing and superb insights, to Alex Tuttle and Laurie Pasiuk for their editorial support, and to Margaret Eleazar and Elena Boldeskou for their production expertise. As always, this book is dedicated to the more than 2,400 consultants and 52 firms who took time out of their busy schedules to distribute and complete our survey. Your insights about life at the top consulting firms are invaluable, and your willingness to speak candidly will help job seekers and career changers for years to come. v Table of Contents A Guide to this Guide . .1 Introduction . .3 THE VAULT PRESTIGE RANKINGS 5 Ranking Methodology . 6 The Vault 25 . .7 Practice Area Rankings . .8 THE VAULT QUALITY OF LIFE RANKINGS 13 Quality of Life Ranking Methodology . .14 The Best 10 Firms to Work For . .15 Quality of Life Rankings . .16 THE VAULT DIVERSITY RANKINGS 23 Diversity Ranking Methodology . .24 The Best 10 Firms for Diversity . .24 Diversity Rankings . .25 OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY 27 The State of European Consulting . .29 Practice Areas . .35 THE VAULT 25 39 1. McKinsey & Company . .41 2. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. .48 3. Bain & Company . .55 4. Booz & Company . .64 5. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants . .72 6. Oliver Wyman . .81 7. Mercer Limited . .90 vii Vault Guide to the Top 25 Consulting Firms, 2010 European Edition Table of Contents 8. A.T. Kearney . .97 9. Monitor Group . .105 10. PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. .114 11. Deloitte . .120 12. OC&C Strategy Consultants . .126 13. Ernst & Young . .133 14. Gartner, Inc. .139 15. Arthur D. Little . .144 16. Accenture . .149 17. L.E.K. Consulting . .159 18. IBM Global Services . .165 19. Mars & Co . .173 20. Capgemini . .176 21. AlixPartners, LLP . .185 22. Simon-Kucher & Partners . .192 23. Hay Group . .200 24. PA Consulting Group . .206 25. Towers Perrin . .215 BEST OF THE REST 221 Abolon . .223 Alexander Proudfoot Company . .226 Alvarez & Marsal . .231 Atkins . .239 Atos Origin, Inc. .244 Candesic Limited . .251 Celerant Consulting . .256 Commercial Advantage . .261 Corporate Value Associates . .266 CRA International, Inc. .270 Detica . .275 viii © 2009 Vault.com Inc. Vault Guide to the Top 25 Consulting Firms, 2010 European Edition Table of Contents Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. .282 Droege & Comp. .288 Frontier Economics Ltd. .292 Horváth & Partners Management Consultants . .296 Infosys Consulting Inc. .302 Logica . ..