Identifying the major growth opportunities for consulting firms in 2017

Richard is the Managing Director and founder of RDW. As a professional recruiter and head-hunter, Richard has over 15 years’ recruitment experience in the consulting sector. During this time he has successfully delivered partner and director searches to a number of the Big Four, led the executive leadership recruitment programme for a consulting plc and – more recently – helped build Europe’s largest forensic technology practice. Richard is a key player in this market and is adept at delivering market-sensitive assignments that require the utmost discretion.

 

Identifying the major growth opportunities for consulting firms in 2017

With a shifting paradigm of technology and world politics, the UK consulting industry must identify and cater for newly emerging markets in order to stay competitive. However, with transformative market environments come transformative opportunities, across both established and emerging sectors and technologies.

The banking sector, for example, is observing structural, global change as large financial institutions focus efforts to adopt the transformational technology trends that are allowing for new entrants to establish themselves in the market. The disruption of technology is also evidenced in the retail sector as it shifts to the increasing demands of consumers to have more immersive interactions throughout their purchasing decision process. Furthermore, the life sciences have adapted, at pace, to risk and regulation change with a focus on data and fraud.