Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with a collection of international brands including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker and Guinness. It operates in over 180 countries, generating sales of almost £10 billion a year.
A leading multinational engaged KPMG member firms as advisers on a highly complex global cost-cutting project after an independent benchmarking study revealed that their finance costs were 30 percent higher than average.
An international investment & fund management group wanted to rationalize its global investment holding structure. So it set up a regional holding company in each region that it did business in, in order to hold & manage the region's operating companies.
Red tape can be a major constraint for businesses the world over, draining resources that could otherwise be used to address emerging opportunities and develop more effective operations.
The introduction of Sarbanes-Oxley led to opportunities as well as constraints for professional services firms. In KPMG's case, it led to an opening to build a global Transaction Services relationship with IBM.
PepsiCo is a world leader in convenience foods and drinks. With headquarters in Purchase, New York, it has more than 157,000 employees and 2005 revenues of more than $32 billion.
We have worked on a number of big projects with one of the world's leading telecommunications companies over the last three years including, in 2006, the acquisition of a majority shareholding in a national telecommunications company.
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