Investment plan encompasses major commitment to hiring people and talent development
In keeping pace with the changing business dynamics of an evolving market, Deloitte member firms, the largest professional services organization in the world, plans to earmark more than US$ 500 million in investments in priority markets: Brazil, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Russia, and Southeast Asia. Deloitte in India aims to increase its number of professionals by an additional 20 percent, to more than 18,000, by the year 2012. With this move, Deloitte India operations have already exceeded the projected headcount for fiscal year 2011. Deloitte recently announced its plans to hire more than a quarter of a million people globally during the next five years.
“India is an extremely important market for the Deloitte organization,” said Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Global CEO Jim Quigley. “As the global attention shifts toward India and its opportunities in the new economic environment emerge in India, Deloitte with its focus on hiring, developing, and deploying the best talent in the region, will help clients capitalize on these new market realities.”
With its expanding client service capabilities, and new and innovative multidisciplinary offerings, Deloitte member firms will provide consulting assistance to its clients to help them emerge as leaders in the highly complex and shifting marketplace. Additionally Deloitte believes that its continued focus on processes, global experience, and technological offerings will help to crystallize the growth opportunities that are emerging.
The Indian economy continues to shift towards a higher growth trajectory and is poised to play a greater role at the global level. The continued vibrancy of the Indian economic environment, along with the renewed focus on sustainability, is creating more investment opportunities today and paving the way for the global integration of the Indian economy.
Roopen Roy, Consulting Leader, Deloitte in India said, “We at Deloitte have always strived to establish our standard of excellence and provide quality services to our clients. As the Indian economy charts on the growth trajectory, the expansion of the Deloitte member firms in India demonstrates our commitment to providing quality services to our clients in an evolving economic scenario.”
