2002

PA Consulting Group strengthens its project management expertise with the appointment of Giles Beattie - 27 November 2002

PA Consulting Group, the international management, systems and technology consultancy, today announces the appointment of Giles Beattie as a member of PA's management group within its project and programme management practice.

Mr Beattie joins PA with a view to gradually take over the role of Dr David Stupples, who will be retiring next year to take on an academic role as Professor of Systems Engineering at City University.

Mr Beattie has over twenty years' experience of providing and managing consultancy support in the defence, power generation and transport sectors. He has worked on projects as diverse as development of technology management strategies, prime contractor capability audits, dispute resolution and determination of the performance and life of complex systems capital and plant. He also brings his experience of prime contracting to PA having previously been the Systems Engineering Director for BAE SYSTEMS' £2B project to design, build and support three new Astute class nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy.

Mr Beattie comments: "I chose to join PA because of its strong reputation for implementation - it doesn't just stop at the strategy stage. I am also very impressed by PA's breadth and depth of capability. This capability is inherent in all PA's consultants and means that PA really can "make it happen" and client feedback confirms it. I will be building on a solid platform.'

Welcoming the new appointment, Jeremy Stanyard, head of PA's business transformation group, comments:

"Giles will add to our strength in complex, technical projects. I am very pleased that he has chosen to join PA."

Mr Beattie, a Chartered Engineer by background, joins PA from QuinetiQ (the new science and technology powerhouse formed from the major part of DERA, the British Government's elite defence research and development organisation).

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For more information, please contact:

Chantal de Havilland PA Consulting Group 123 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9SR Tel: +44 20 7333 5277 Fax: +44 20 7333 5329 E-mail: chantal.de.havilland@paconsulting.com

Notes to editors

PA Consulting Group is a leading management, systems and technology consulting firm, with a unique combination of these capabilities. Established almost 60 years ago, and operating world-wide from over 40 offices in more than 20 countries, PA draws on the knowledge and experience of around 4,000 people, whose skills span the initial generation of ideas and insights all the way through to detailed implementation.

PA builds strategies for the creation and capture of shareholder and customer value, and helps clients accelerate business growth through innovation and the application of technology. PA works with clients to improve performance, mobilize human resources and deliver change effectively, including managing major projects, and designing and implementing enterprise-wide systems and full e-business solutions.

PA focuses on creating benefits for clients rather than merely proposing them, and this focus is supported by an outstanding implementation track record in every major industry and for governments around the world. PA also develops leading-edge technology both for its clients and within its own portfolio of venture companies in areas ranging from software to wireless technology to life sciences.

PA distinguishes itself from its competitors through the range and quality of its people, the depth of its industry insight, its development and use of technology, and also its independence and culture of respect, collaboration and flexibility in working with clients.

We are proud that our clients say 'PA makes it happen'.
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