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Business Technology

With a wealth of expertise in technology, and a thorough understanding of the EMEA market, we support value creation and optimisation for private equity firms, their portfolio companies and Corporate clients.
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About the Business Technology team

As a team of specialized technology consultants, we assist private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and corporate clients in achieving their maximum potential. Our customized technology services offer strategic advice to enhance investments, improve operational efficiency, and promote continuous growth, helping our clients succeed in the dynamic EMEA business landscape.

Technology Due Diligence IT M&A (Carve-out and Integration) Technology Cost Optimisation Tech Modernisation Cloud Journey Services
Technology Due Diligence

Assisting in evaluating the technology landscape delivering on the value promise of an acquisition

IT M&A (Carve-out and Integration)

Supporting clients to develop an optimal and scalable technology landscape​ for separation and integration

Technology Cost Optimisation

Organisation optimisation / Application rationalisation / process improvement / vendor spend management and outsourcing advisory

Tech Modernisation

Developing technology strategies to improve efficiency in organisational execution

Cloud Journey

Drive cloud transformation, solve distressed journeys and optimise cloud Operations

 

Why clients hire us

Objective and Independent

Without the potential conflicts of public accounting firms and software products to sell, A&M offers objective, credible advice you can trust to be in your best interest, not our own.

Senior Leadership

Our dedicated senior leaders have an average of 20+ years of experience and drive day-to-day work and impact.

Speed, Action and Execution

Our teams deliver business transformation with speed. We focus on tangible results and sustainable, realistic solutions.

Collaborative Approach

We believe integrated teams produce the best results. We partner with our clients to develop innovative, tailored solutions and create buy-in for the changes needed to drive sustained value.

Solving Complex Problems is in our DNA

Our restructuring heritage sharpens our ability to act decisively in the face of complexity. We embrace the hard stuff, roll-up our sleeves and work in the trenches with clients to produce results.

Without the potential conflicts of public accounting firms and software products to sell, A&M offers objective, credible advice you can trust to be in your best interest, not our own.

Our dedicated senior leaders have an average of 20+ years of experience and drive day-to-day work and impact.

Our teams deliver business transformation with speed. We focus on tangible results and sustainable, realistic solutions.

We believe integrated teams produce the best results. We partner with our clients to develop innovative, tailored solutions and create buy-in for the changes needed to drive sustained value.

Our restructuring heritage sharpens our ability to act decisively in the face of complexity. We embrace the hard stuff, roll-up our sleeves and work in the trenches with clients to produce results.

 

Our wide range of services across 5 Business Technology pillars

Technology Due Diligence
  • Technology/ product roadmap review and fit-for-purpose analysis​
  • Supporting technology processes efficiency​
  • Technology organisation review
IT M&A (Carveout & Post-Merger Integration)
  • Integration and separation assessment and strategy development​
  • Cost identification, Day 1 and delivery planning
  • Delivering complex technology-led separation and integration programmes​
  • Definition of ‘to be’ operating and technology landscape​
Technology Cost Optimisation
  • Lowering recurring costs of business functions using IT investment or reducing recurring cost of IT functions​
  • Technology review and business process assessment​
  • Application assessment and product selection​
  • IT costings modelling and business case
Tech Modernisation
  • Technology strategy and architecture development​
  • Programme plan and business case development​
  • Vendor and SI selection
Cloud Journey
  • We support our clients along the entire cloud journey
  • Strategic alignment to scaling, growing and optimising existing cloud setups

 

Meet the Business Technology Team

 

 

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