Including to its rising listing of acquisitions within the ANZ area, Argon & Co has acquired Bevington Group, a 40-person consultancy specialised in efficiency enchancment and operational excellence.
Since its founding in 1993, Bevington Group has grown into one in every of Australia’s main consultancies for working mannequin design, restructuring, course of reengineering, and lean companies. The agency operates with three places of work throughout the East coast (Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne) and works for shoppers resembling banks, manufactures, retailers, agribusinesses, governments, and extra.
Commenting on the deal, Paul Eastwood, Managing Associate of Argon & Co in Asia Pacific, stated: “The addition of Bevington Group won’t solely strengthen our footprint throughout the ANZ market but additionally improve our skill to ship cutting-edge options to our shoppers. With their experience in working mannequin design, restructuring, and digital transformation, coupled with our capabilities, we’re in a robust place to supply a very distinctive and complete service.”
With the deal wrapped up, Argon & Co now has over 200 consultants in Australia and New Zealand throughout places of work in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Canberra.
Argon & Co is a administration consultancy that specialises in operations transformation, famend for its experience in strategic operations, provide chain, procurement and shared companies. The agency operates worldwide, with its ANZ enterprise amongst its largest regional verticals, following an acquisition marketing campaign that has seen 5 different closings prior to now three years, together with Caliba and Pollen Consulting Group.
“We’re excited to hitch Argon & Co and be a part of a forward-thinking enterprise that shares our ardour for making an actual distinction for shoppers and our dedication to growing our workers. Our service providing to shoppers will proceed to develop and the universe of alternatives for the group can be even better,” stated Roger Perry, CEO and Managing Director of Bevington Group and now a companion at Argon & Co.
Jean-François Laget, Group Managing Director of Argon & Co, said: “This marks one other important milestone in Argon & Co’s enlargement technique. Bevington Group are specialists of their discipline and have made a huge impact in Australia and New Zealand with a powerful set of credentials. We’re happy that they’ve joined us and can be including worth to our shoppers not solely within the area, however on a worldwide scale.”
Argon & Co was based in 2001 in France, the place it nonetheless is headquartered. The agency operates below its present model since 2020, which was launched round a yr after it accomplished its milestone merger with Crimson & Co. Argon & Co is backed by a European funding agency.