Project finalist:
- Highly Commended: Best use of Thought Leadership with Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron
Individual finalists:
- Finalist: Team Leader Consultant of the Year – Vishali Jivan
- Finalist: Rising star – Safia Mirza
- Finalist: Best new apprentice – Abdul Hassan
- Winner: Best new apprentice – David McIntosh
Best use of thought leadership with Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron
Highly Commended
KPMG carried out a thorough review of the scientific and medical literature and visited 32 AD centres around the world, where they interviewed team members involved in AD care. Wanting to keep a clear focus on practical findings that could benefit patients, KPMG identified 10 good practice interventions which were tested, validated and prioritised with a group of internationally recognised experts. The findings were documented into a report accessible to all which included over 150 case studies demonstrating how centres have implemented interventions, such as the use of technology and patient education initiatives. The findings were also presented on a purpose-built website for optimum user experience and engagement.
Team leader consultant of the year – Vishali Jivan
Finalist
When a global financial services business decided to reorganise its operations and set up a new banking entity in Germany ahead of Brexit, Vishali led the project to re-paper no fewer than 100,000 customer contracts. Working to demanding deadlines, the project achieved a highly impressive 95% consent rate. And that was just one element. The engagement – which at its peak involved project management of over 100 KPMG Consulting, Tax and Legal Services specialists - saw over 300 supplier contracts transferred, over 100 policies and procedures updated, and some 167 IT applications updated, tested and implemented. The result was the first banking licence issued by the European Central Bank as a result of Brexit.
Rising Star – Safia Mirza
Finalist
What do you do when you see women being underrepresented in the technology industry? Start your own coding course aimed at women that reaches over 30 countries online of course! And broaden it out to reach school children, disadvantaged young people and in fact anyone who has an interest in learning new skills. Along the way, also getting into the Guinness Book of Records. These are all things that Safia Mirza has achieved in just a few short years at KPMG. She fits this in alongside her ‘day job’ of project managing the migration of applications to the Cloud with a specialism in Azure DevOps. Her projects have helped realise significant time and cost savings – running into multiple thousands of pounds on an annualised basis – resulting in high client satisfaction.
Best new apprentice – Abdul Hassan
Finalist
As the first apprentice at KPMG to specialise in the firm’s Strategy Consulting practice, Abdul Hassan is having quite an impact. He joined the firm’s rotational 360° Apprenticeship Programme and moved into Strategy Consulting last year. His passion lies with ESG & Sustainability - Abdul has been instrumental in the establishment of a market leading ESG Strategy team, working on all the ESG projects the team has sold. He has helped clients understand and upskill for the ESG challenge and fundamentally change to be more resilient. He has had an impact internally too - designing and delivering virtual training around ESG to help upskill his colleagues. He dedicates a significant amount of his time to promoting apprenticeships through speaking on panels, mentoring juniors and onboarding apprentices. Externally, Abdul was elected as Vice Chair at the Young MCA, where he is in charge of promoting school leaver programmes across the Consulting industry – he is already having a significant impact in this role. In short, Abdul has performed far above what would be expected of someone his grade.
Best new apprentice – David McIntosh
Category Win
As the first apprentice to specialise in management consultancy in Scotland at KPMG in the UK, David McIntosh is pioneering a new path. The work he has been engaged in has also been pioneering – helping the public authority response to aspects of a major emerging health issue. Supporting the data lineage workstream and leading some aspects within it, David has contributed to the creation of a testing programme. He has run workshops to upskill stakeholders to enable them to run the deliverables independently.
