- Accenture announced that it is buying Apis Group to enhance Accenture’s services to government and health clients in Australia. These are the details.
Accenture recently announced that it is buying Apis Group to enhance Accenture’s services to government and health clients in Australia. Apis Group is a privately held Australian consultancy with deep industry expertise providing strategic advisory, digital design, and delivery services to government organizations. And this acquisition will bring additional capacity and further strengthen Accenture’s services to government and health clients in Australia. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.
Based out of Canberra, Apis Group was founded in 1999 and now employs over 120 people. And the company works with some of Australia’s largest federal public service organizations by providing strategic advisory services, project management, business, and digital design services. Apis Group’s diverse team has extensive experience working on service delivery reform initiatives, including social services, health, aged care, education, employment and environment sectors with a track record of helping government shape and deliver major transformation programs.
“Apis Group’s extensive experience working with public service organizations complements Accenture’s established credentials across government,” said Accenture managing director of Health and Public Service Louise May. “Apis Group’s talented team of professionals brings in-demand industry expertise and consulting skills that align with our offerings to government clients. This acquisition will bolster our position as partner of choice for government and health organizations, who will benefit from the deep specialist expertise of Apis combined with Accenture’s world-class digital transformation capabilities.”
This deal follows other acquisitions by Accenture in Australia over the past year, including cybersecurity company BCT Solutions in June 2019, big data and analytics company Analytics8 in August 2019, and Oracle software-as-a-service cloud implementation service provider PrimeQ in December 2018.
“The opportunity to become part of Accenture presents new potential and great possibilities for our business, our clients and our people,” added Apis Group chairman and partner Anthony Honeyman. “We are particularly excited about the opportunity to leverage Accenture’s deep digital and analytics capabilities. By combining our skills, expertise and client relationships, we can enhance our offerings to government clients including deploying digital services that deliver enhanced experience to citizens in their dealings with government.”
For the 2019 fiscal year, Accenture invested about $1.2 billion globally on 33 acquisitions to acquire critical skills and capabilities in high-growth areas of the market.
“The acquisition of Apis Group is the latest demonstration of our continued investment in Australia and our commitment to growing our capabilities in areas where we have ongoing client demand and new opportunities,” commented Accenture’s chairman in Australia and New Zealand Robert Easton.
Accenture is a global services company that provides a wide range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, technology, and operations across over 40 industries and all business functions. Currently, Accenture has 492,000 employees serving clients in more than 120 countries.
