BUSINESS PROFILE

Tell us a bit more about your business and how it started.

BIP UK’ s journey began in 2013 with building capabilities and innovating with our global clients like Barilla, Enel, Ferrero, Allianz and Vodafone. There was a clear opportunity for specialist consulting that not only understood our clients’ platforms and strategy but also had the backing and depth of the programmes we were leading through our European group operating across Italy, Portugal and Spain. The opportunity of building the UK operations was in parallel to building our South American operation HQ in Brazil.

In 2018, BIP strategically decided to build practices with expertise with focus on industries, such as energy, life sciences and the public sector, and began building capabilities and recruit market leaders while starting a search process to acquire firms that complemented and deepened those capabilities.

In 2020, BIP acquired Chaucer, which was a major turning point. It gave us targeted expertise in the UK and helped us better align with global industries looking for tailored, strategic value. We then acquired Riskcare to strengthen our presence in capital markets and banking, and in 2023, we brought in Verco, a brilliant sustainability consultancy, which really cemented our position in that space.

We’ re no longer just a people-driven consultancy. We’ ve evolved into a technology-led organisation with proprietary platforms like MyVerco and by integrating AI accelerators into everything we do, so we can deliver smarter, more scalable and genuinely impactful outcomes. This reflects our group-wide commitment to combining value, people and technology, the foundation for long-term, sustainable client success.

How has the business grown since it started and how did you ensure growth?

BIP UK is a global consultancy firm with over 5,500 employees worldwide. Roei Haberman, CEO of BIP UK, discusses the company’ s acquisitions and how it is no longer just a people-driven consultancy but a technologyled organisation.

Since joining just over 12 months ago, the business has grown rapidly through a combination of the launch of our Data and Cloud( Google and Azure-focused) Practice, focused investment and a clear vision for scaling value for our clients. We’ ve expanded across the public sector, banking and financial services, life sciences, energy and utilities, telco and defence, aligning our capabilities with where we can make the biggest difference and most importantly where we have strong credentials and a track record.

A major milestone in accelerating that growth was securing £ 3.5 million in UK-focused funding. That investment has enabled us to deepen our expertise, drive innovation and build the capabilities needed to achieve our ambition of becoming one of the top ten consultancies in the country. And for me, that’ s not a question of if, it’ s simply when.

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