The consultancy's former client Nestlé has been dogged by scandal and controversy over its operations, from the marketing of babymilk formula in the developing world and trying to sue the famine-stricken government of Ethiopa for $6m (but later backing down) to its refusal to stop bottling water in drought stricken California.
This may be a good model from a consultancy's standpoint — when a client's projects end, they start again — but if you're paying the tab, you probably want the project to actually end when it's terminated.
Prof Barber, a former teacher and trade union official who announced his decision to leave the unit shortly after last month's general election, will take up a newly created post as expert partner for the consultancy's work with public sector clients.
Also key: an alliance with Boston Consulting Group providing Saverin's portfolio companies access to the elite consultancy's brain trust and its clients.
Jodie Finn is national accounts manager at Venn Group, the specialist temporary recruitment consultancy, overseeing client contracts across the UK.
Masanori Tsuno, of Frank Russell, a pension consultancy, says that his company's clients, which include six of the ten biggest pension funds, now have between 10% and 20% of their investments in foreign equity.
Reports in US media have noted that Jeff Gould's consultancy clients have included Microsoft and that Microsoft is among the partners which support Safegov.org Google told Guardian Australia in a statement: "We give Google Apps to schools and universities free of charge as part of our commitment to education.
Many auditors also sell tax avoidance and a variety of consultancy services to client companies.
Now: Walker went on to establish his own public relations consultancy, with clients from the chemical and plastics industries.
In addition, COMMON also has another side which functions as an advertising agency and strategic consultancy for clients.
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