Lively in Australia since 2020, UK expertise consultancy BJSS has been purchased by fellow international participant CGI, with the Montreal-based agency additionally making strikes down underneath in recent times.
In saying the acquisition, which is anticipated to shut subsequent month, CGI declared its intent to strengthen its UK market presence in quite a few key sectors, with BJSS having a headcount of greater than 2,400 unfold throughout the area.
Nonetheless, the media launch didn’t explicitly make it clear if the expertise & engineering consultancy’s abroad operations – together with these in Australia, which has lately been boosting its senior ranks – would additionally kind a part of the deal.
“This acquisition will speed up our UK-wide growth as BJSS is thought for its modern IT options, software program engineering experience, and supply excellence,” CGI said. “With over 2,400 extremely expert consultants and professionals becoming a member of us, we’re set to boost our operations in key sectors reminiscent of retail, well being, authorities, monetary providers, and power & utilities.”
Established in Leeds in 1993 by IT entrepreneurs Mark Hunter and Andrew Vincent, BJSS has over its three-decade historical past unfold to the US and Europe, with places of work in New York and Lisbon amongst different worldwide retailers, earlier than then increasing to the Asia Pacific in late 2020 by way of an workplace launch in Melbourne and impressive plans to quickly assemble a 150-strong native crew.
When it comes to that latter endeavour, BJSS could be competing instantly on the native recruitment entrance with CGI, which in 2021 doubled its personal Australian headcount to 300-plus professionals by means of the acquisition of Melbourne-headquartered expertise consultancy Unico, earlier than then establishing an area, defence & intelligence hub in Adelaide with the purpose of making an additional 200 expert jobs.
Extra broadly, CGI said its intent on the time to double the scale of its international operations throughout the subsequent five-to-seven years to 2028 by means of each natural development and acquisitions, and hasn’t been shy in taking the latter method. The agency’s international headcount is now pushing in direction of the 100,000-mark throughout greater than 30 nations producing collective annual revenues closing in on $15 billion.
Maybe one clue as as to whether BJSS’s native operations are included in CGI’s newest acquisition got here from Tara McGeehan, president of the agency’s UK & Australia operations; “By becoming a member of forces, we’ll strengthen our means to assist purchasers throughout the personal and public sectors obtain measurable outcomes, reminiscent of in driving efficiencies, enhancing CX, and producing development.”
In the meantime, Glynn Robinson, BJSS chairman, added; “Becoming a member of CGI represents an thrilling new chapter for BJSS. Each our corporations share a dedication to sustainability, worker engagement and long-term consumer relationships. Collectively, we will leverage our complementary strengths to ship even larger worth for our purchasers whereas creating new alternatives for our proficient crew.”
