OC&C Strategy Consultants Announces Fred Ward as Partner

London 7th, August 2024 – OC&C Strategy Consultants, a leading global management consulting firm, today announced the appointment of Fred Ward as a Partner in the firm’s UK B2B Services sector team, based in London. OC&C’s B2B team provide a depth of expertise and sector insight to clients across Automotive, Built Environment & Recycling, Industrial Products, Insurance, Marine, Professional Services & Outsourcing and TICC.

As Partner, Fred will continue to build on his commercial success, supporting clients across two key strands: Professional Services and TICC.

Since joining OC&C as an Associate Consultant 10 years ago in 2014, Fred has delivered exceptional results over a wide range of client work. As his career developed, he continued to display mastery of a wide variety of topics. He is now focusing his platform on Professional Services and on the deployment of VCP within B2B clients as core strands.

Fred brings to his new role a deep understanding of the B2B sector and a strength of conceptual problem solving.

Fred has also developed a spike in Science and Compliance/TICC, to great effect over recent years. He has been working actively with a broad group of Partners in the UK, US and Netherlands to build strong traction. Clients frequently praise Fred as a smart strategic advisor who shows great empathy in working with their organisations and his teams love working with and learning from him.

Commenting on his appointment, Fred said:

“I am very grateful to OC&C for being such as nurturing place, and I am honoured to become Partner, helping my clients, working through their biggest challenges with rigour and honesty, and always staying a step ahead.

“I particularly relish the opportunity to grow OC&C’s work in the professional service firms and investors space, as the industry has been on a very interesting journey from a PE perspective over the last 10 years. We should expect to see continued disruption from GenAI and ESG mega-trends alongside Phenna-style roll ups in TICC.”

Will Hayllar, Global Managing Partner, OC&C Strategy Consultants said:

‘’I am delighted to announce Fred’s election to our strong and ever-growing partnership. Based in London, Fred is integral to our B2B practice, and I look forward to seeing his contributions enhance our esteemed business and B2B sector.

It is always a joy to see OC&C’ers join the business at Associate Consultant level, move upwards through consulting positions and ultimately become Partner.

This election reaffirms our unwavering commitment to fostering and nurturing exceptional people, while simultaneously underscoring our belief that OC&C truly is the best home for the best strategy talent.’’