Andersen Consulting Names Fuchs and Breene to Top Leadership Positions.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1998-- New Roles to Prepare Firm and Its Clients for 21st Century Challenges Andersen Consulting See Accenture. today named two senior partners to new leadership positions geared to enhance the capabilities of the strategy consulting it provides to clients and the firm's own strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. . Peter Fuchs, 56, the founder and original Managing Partner of Andersen Consulting's Strategic Services group, has been named the firm's new Managing Partner-Practice Strategy. In this role, Fuchs is leading Horizon 2010, a new firmwide program to drive the development of global strategies to sustain Andersen Consulting's competitive advantage into the 21st century. During his twelve-year tenure at the helm of Andersen Consulting's Strategic Services group, Fuchs built a small unit of fewer than 200 consultants based primarily in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. into the world's second-largest strategy consulting capability. Andersen Consulting today fields nearly 2,300 strategists stationed all over the world, who work in teams with Andersen Consulting experts in technology, process and change management. As a result of its rapid growth and achievement in such fields as logistics strategy, organization strategy, corporate strategy and information technology strategy, the firm's Strategic Services group has attracted an extensive roster of Fortune 1000 clients to Andersen Consulting and has earned widespread recognition for the firm as a truly full-service consulting organization. Andersen Consulting's new Managing Partner of Strategic Services, focusing on providing strategy consulting for clients, is Tim Breene, 49. Breene comes to the post with more than 25 years of international experience as a management consultant and a senior executive in the consumer products, retail and advertising industries. Breene joins Fuchs as a member of Andersen Consulting's Global Management Council. "At Andersen Consulting, our success stems in part from our ability to anticipate and take advantage of major marketplace trends. Sustaining that ability in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a highly dynamic global marketplace requires world-class leadership," said George T. Shaheen, Managing Partner and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Andersen Consulting. "Given the strong track records that Peter and Tim have built over their careers, I have every confidence that our firm and our clients will have the benefit of the best thinking for the coming challenges." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Shaheen, a world-class strategy practice is a linchpin linch·pin or lynch·pin n. 1. A locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft, as in an axle, to prevent a wheel from slipping off. 2. of the firm's effort to provide the broadest array of services to clients. Said Breene: "As the economy changes, so are companies' needs for consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" . The classic model, with its artificial separation of strategic planning and execution, no longer fits a marketplace requiring decisive action, flexibility and real-time responsiveness. By contrast, Andersen Consulting integrates world-class strategic capability with the firm's wider portfolio of services and its technology, process and change management skills to provide comprehensive solutions for our clients. This approach, coupled with our insight on the information technology-driven revolution that is upending long-held business assumptions, positions us well to help our clients successfully navigate the uncertainties and complex challenges ahead." Breene has been a partner at Andersen Consulting since 1995, most recently as Managing Partner-Strategic Services for the firm's global Products industry practice. Before joining Andersen Consulting, he was Group Development Director for Kingfisher kingfisher, common name for members of the family Alcedinidae, essentially tropical and subtropical land birds, with affinities to trogons and swifts and related to the hornbill. , one of the UK's largest retailing groups. He has also been the Global Marketing Director for United Distillers United Distillers was a British company formed in 1987 from combining the businesses of Distillers Company Limited and Arthur Bell & Sons, both owned by Guinness. The company owned six Scotch whisky brands, which were relaunched as the Classic Malts range. , the Deputy Group Chief Executive for the advertising agency WCRS WCRS West Coast Radar System Group plc, and a partner at McKinsey & Co. Andersen Consulting is a $6.6 billion global management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients change to be more successful. The organization works with clients from a wide range of industries to link their people, processes and technologies to their strategies. Andersen Consulting has more than 59,000 people in 46 countries. Its home page address is http://www.ac.com.
CONTACT: Andersen Consulting, Chicago
Kevin Kutz
312/693-7457
kevin.p.kutz@ac.com
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