The IQ Business Group Announces Appointment Of Adam Craker

2 November 2009

JOHANNESBURG – The IQ Business Group, the privately-owned consulting and outsourcing company, today announced the appointment of Adam Craker to lead its consulting business. Adam also takes executive responsibility for IQ’s strategic alliance with The Hackett Group Inc, the NASDAQ-listed global strategic advisory firm. The alliance utilises IQ’s presence to provide Hackett’s industry-leading benchmarking and business advisory programmes to organisations in sub-Saharan Africa.

Adam has spent the past 10 years in corporate executive positions and the previous 10 years in strategy and IT consulting. Adam’s corporate positions include Chief Operating Officer, Group Executive and Managing Director roles. Most recently, Adam was COO in the team hired to restructure and turn around Super Group. Prior to this, Adam was at Dimension Data Plc for nine years where he led sales and logistics globally. Adam’s corporate roles were preceded by 10 years at Accenture, where he worked in Europe, the USA and South Africa.

The IQ Business Group South Africa CEO Donald Stuart said, “We are delighted to have Adam join us and believe he has much to contribute as a member of our leadership team. We believe that Adam’s corporate and consulting experience will be valued highly by our clients and our staff. Adam’s appointment underpins our Hackett alliance strategy and enhances the value we bring to our clients in consulting and outsourcing services.”

Said Adam: “The IQ Business Group has a dynamism and purpose that I found really compelling. I am delighted to join the company at such an exciting time and look forward to contributing to the success of our client projects, the Hackett alliance and the business as a whole. IQ is a substantial, empowered professional services company with an African heritage that I believe is uniquely positioned to leverage local and international talent to create value for our clients.”

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