Pan-European technology services firm BearingPoint is appointing two new regional leaders as part of a “structured succession plan”. Axelle Paquer will succeed Eric Falque as regional head for France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Africa, and Eric Conway will take over the GROW region from James Rodger.
In March this year, BearingPoint extended its previousy agreed cooperation agreement with wayra, Telefónica’s incubator, aiming for better support for the needs of its customers and partners. With seven wayra innovation hubs and business development support throughout the world, the cooperation enables BearingPoint to create added value for its clients by involving innovative startups in projects, it said.
The partner-led consultancy said the leadership changes would become effective on 1 January 2021. Kiumars Hamidian (pictured), managing partner at BearingPoint, said: "I thank Eric and James for their work ethic and passion for making our clients successful global players. Both have played a key role in developing our firm in the last decade.
"I wish Axelle Paquer and Eric Conway great success in helping us continue on our growth path and keeping us innovative, focused and people-powered as we pursue our Strategy 2025."
Paquer has been with BearingPoint since 2001 and has been acting as the head of all public service offerings in the FBLA region and is a member of the regional management.
Conway has been with the firm since 1998 and has been leading the Irish practice since 2017. The GROW region which he will now head consists of Finland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK.
As a consequence of GROW's regional leadership change, Gillian O'Sullivan will assume full responsibility for the Irish practice on 1 January. She has been with BearingPoint since 2004 and is currently working on IT strategy and transformation projects at both country and international levels.
