ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head></head><body> <!--- TC Header --> <table border=1 bordercolor=#0098ff width="706px" cellpadding=0 > <tr style="background-color:#0098ff;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;color:white"> <td colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold"><font face="Verdana">Top-Consultant.com's &nbsp; Management Consultants' Weekly Newsletter&nbsp;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;" width="455px"> <div id="pane1" style="width:455px;padding:5px;border-right:solid 1px #0098ff"> <!--- date --> <div id="date1" style="font-size:8pt;color:#000080;font-weight:bold;padding:5px"> Thursday, 17th May 2012 </div> <!--- advert1 --> <div id="advert1" style="background-color:#b7dbff;padding:5px;margin-top:5px"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/uk/career/appointments.asp?sel_firm=67824&utm_source=UK%2Bnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UKnewsletter170512">Oliver Wyman  Finance and Financial Services specialists</a></div> <div><br>To support its ongoing growth, Oliver Wyman is seeking extraordinary individuals with deep expertise to join it s Finance and Risk, Corporate Finance & Advisory, Retail & Business Banking and Insurance practices. 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We are continuing to grow in response to client demand and have exceptional opportunities for those based in the South East, South West, London and in the North of England.</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=473&utm_source=UK%2Bnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UKnewsletter170512">Cognizant Strategic Services</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Demand for our consulting services continues to grow at a significant pace resulting in exciting career opportunities for new recruits to join our business.</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=299&utm_source=UK%2Bnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UKnewsletter170512">Business Transformation Consulting Opportunities at Moorhouse</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">We ve won the APM Project Management Company of the Year Award  AGAIN! 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