July 2007

I am pleased to announce the opening of a new Birchman office based in Sydney, Australia.
Due to increased demand for our services in Asia Pacific, the Birchman Group has opened an office in Sydney, Australia. We are fortunate enough to have secured a new partner Graeme Stevens, to lead the business together with our Asia Pacific founding partners, Frank Early and Phil Thistlethwaite.  I am delighted with this important initiative as it provides Birchman with a solid base in the region to support our global customers who have operations in the, region and gives us the opportunity to grow our business by serving new clients.

April 2007

We are pleased to announce the opening of Barcelona’s Support centre to complement London and Madrid in their daily operations.
Due to increasing demand for our services across Spain and other countries of Europe, we have chosen to open this area of application management also in Barcelona
The new Support centre has started its activities beginning this year and is already working with several secured customers giving functional and technical application management support, which contributes to strengthen Birchman’s solution practice.

January 2007

The Birchman Group, continuesits dramatic growth by announcing that it has acquired the subsidiary of Plaut Consulting in the UK, a leading provider of management consulting and SAP implementation services.

Plaut Consulting in the UK was incorporated in 1993 and has always been built around an exceptional team of highly experienced consultants with a track record of success in a variety of industries. It is also one of SAP’s earliest Partners and has an enviable SAP implementation pedigree in the market. This transaction underlines Birchman’s strategy of strong organic growth mixed with selective acquisitions and will specifically strengthen Birchman’s Solution practice in the UK.

This follows the recent successful acquisition and integration of the Spanish subsidiary of Plaut Consulting by Birchman.

Niel Schoeman, CEO of The Birchman Group: “We are delighted with the addition of Plaut UK to our business and will enhance the range and depth of services provided in the UK. The combination of the businesses will further enhance our ability to deliver major business and IT transformation programmes in the UK market. In addition Plaut’s strong and loyal customer base will benefit from the advisory services and thought leadership of Birchman.”

Hannes Zwicklhuber, CFO of Plaut AG: “This transaction provides Plaut with the opportunity to focus on its core strategic geo-graphical markets, yet retain the wider Plaut network and capabilities. We believe this will result in a win-win situation for both parties and that the success of the acquisition and integration of Plaut Spain into The Birchman Group will be replicated in the UK. ”

July 2006        

Due to the increased demand for our services in South America, Birchman has established an office in Buenos Aries, Argentina.

Birchman is fortunate to have secured a new Partner, Guillermo Beuchat, who will lead the business together with our South American founding partner, Paul Griffiths. Guillermo has extensive local and international experience in business and technology spaning almost thirty years. Niel Shoeman, Birchman’s CEO, commented “Guillermo adds significant strength to our managerial capability in the region and we are now poised to capitalize upon the emerging business opportunities in the region”.

Birchman is currently planning further expansion across South America as we capitalise upon our growing market presence in the region.