Bain & Company in Los Angeles Promotes John Perkins to Vice President.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000 Perkins Joins Expanding List of Bain Partners in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- One of the Emerging Offices in the Global Business Consulting Firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a The Los Angeles office of Bain & Company, a leading global business consulting firm, today announced the appointment of John Perkins
John Perkins (b. 28 January 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is an activist and author. to vice president and partner. Perkins, who re-joined Bain in 1995, is a founding member of the Los Angeles office, which opened in 1996 to serve the diverse industries that power Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , including entertainment, technology, manufacturing and health care. Perkins originally joined the Bain San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden office in 1986, leaving in 1992 to serve as the director of corporate development for WellPoint Health Networks. During his extended career at Bain, he has worked with clients on strategic and operational issues in the automotive, consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and , health care, retail, e-commerce and new media arenas. "John Perkins is a valuable member of the Bain team, and we are excited to recognize his accomplishments," said Russ Hagey, partner and managing director of Bain & Company's Los Angeles office. "John's diverse background and skills have enabled him to work closely with client companies to turn strategy and action into financial success. We look forward to his continued success at Bain, now as a vice president and partner." Perkins' promotion increases to six the total number of Los Angeles-based partners for Bain & Company. 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. Hagey, the Bain Los Angeles team is focused on making companies more valuable and accelerating clients' economic performance. Bain was founded on the principle that consultants must measure their success in terms of their clients' financial results. The focus on economic impact has made Bain one of the world's leading business consulting firms for action-oriented leaders who won't accept limits to their companies' financial performance. The Bain Los Angeles team is currently providing 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" to a number of local industries, including high technology, e-commerce and new media, telecommunications, aerospace, retail, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , travel and leisure, health care, consumer products, wholesale trade and distribution, and the automotive sector. The Los Angeles office has played a key role in building the firm's worldwide e-commerce practice along with a long, deep commitment to pro bono Short for pro bono publico [Latin, For the public good]. The designation given to the free legal work done by an attorney for indigent clients and religious, charitable, and other nonprofit entities. work in and among the non-profit community. "John Perkins has helped us build a strong e-commerce knowledge base in the Los Angeles office," said Phil Kleweno, a vice president and partner of Bain & Company, and e-commerce practice leader for Los Angeles. "We expect our e-commerce practice to continue to grow at an accelerated pace given the convergence of the high-technology, entertainment and new media industries in the city. John will continue to play a key role in e-commerce as we move forward." About Bain & Company, Inc. Bain & Company is one of the world's leading global business consulting firms, serving clients across six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. . It was founded in 1973 on the principle that consultants must measure their success in terms of their clients' financial results. Bain's clients have out performed the stock market 3 to 1. With headquarters in Boston and offices in all major cities throughout the world, Bain has worked with more than 1,500 major multinational and other corporations from every economic sector, in every region of the world. As a complement to its strategy consulting practice, Bain has established bainlab, an active incubator and accelerator of Internet companies, which brings to bear Bain's intellectual property and execution capability in identifying and building profitable Internet businesses. For more information visit www.Bain.com and www.bainlab.com. |
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