PA Consulting Group

Note: As of March, 2021, PA Consulting entered into a strategic partnership with Jacobs, a leading professional services firm. Jacobs took a 65% stake in the company.

London-based PA Consulting was founded in 1943, and has since grown to have offices in over 14 countries. The firm employs over 300 professionals in the U.S. with a strong presence in major U.S. cities including Denver, Boston, Houston, Madison, New York, Los Angeles, Princeton, and Arlington. The firm also has offices in Europe and Latin America, employing around 2,600 professionals reaching clients in over 35 countries. The employees are also owners – the firm is independent and owned by its people.

The consultants serve clients in a variety of industries, with a major focus on media and entertainment, communications, energy, defense and government, financial services, and health care, and life sciences. The comprehensive consulting expertise offers a wide range of services such as information technology, management strategy, human resources, operations improvement, risk management, complex program delivery, and sourcing.

The firm’s approach is to work with companies “from insight to implementation” which allows the company to deliver end-to-end solutions and develop unique insights and strategies for clients.

The firm posts insights on its website on over a dozen different business areas, from lean organization consulting to capturing customer value to supply chain issues. Additionally, the firm creates a publication specifically for senior executives called Viewpoint. This magazine examines major competitive issues challenging organizations.

The firm focuses on the power of ingenuity in order to build a positive future in a technology-driven environment. Combining strategies, technologies, and innovation, PA creates opportunity out of complexity. Its diverse teams of professionals pair breakthrough use of technologies and innovative thinking to progress the competitive advantages of clients. Clients are prepared to adapt and transform, and achieve enduring results.