The Oliver Wyman Group is a part of Marsh and McLennan consisting of Lippincott, NERA Economic Consulting and Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm headquartered in New York City, that specializes in strategy, operations, risk management, organizational transformation, and leadership development.
History
The Oliver Wyman Group was created on May 9th, 2007 when the consulting firms Mercer Oliver Wyman, Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta Consulting, joined together to become one unified consulting firm under the name Oliver Wyman. Oliver Wyman Group also includes NERA Economic Consulting and Lippincott (formally Lippincott Mercer).
The companies of the Oliver Wyman Group trace back over 35 years when in 1970 Temple, Barker and Sloane, Inc was founded in Boston. Temple Barker and Sloane were acquired by Marsh & McLennan Companies in 1990, a diversified professional services firm. In 1992, Strategic Planning Associates and Temple, Barker and Sloane are merged into the Mercer name as Mercer Management Consulting. Soon after, Mercer went on an expansion spree, rapidly expanding into Germany, the UK, France and many other countries. This was done mainly through acquisitions as Marsh & McLennan provided a vast source of funds.
In 2000, Delta Consulting Group was acquired by Marsh and McLennan and added to the Mercer Specialty Consulting Group as Mercer Delta.
In 2003, Oliver Wyman & Co, originally formed in 1984 in New York was acquired by Marsh & McLennan and renamed as Mercer Oliver Wyman as part of the Mercer Specialty Consulting Group.
In 2007, Mercer Oliver Wyman, Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta are re-branded as one company known as Oliver Wyman.
Competitors
Oliver Wyman's major competitors include McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Booz Allen Hamilton and Bain & Company.
Notable Mentions
*Mercer Management Consulting was ranked 6th most prestigious consulting firm by the Vault in 2006 and 2007.
*NERA Economic Consulting was considered the best Economic Consulting company in 2007 according to the Vault.
*Mercer Oliver Wyman was ranked as the 7th most prestigious consulting firm by Vault in both 2006 and 2007.
*Mercer Oliver Wyman was ranked 3rd in financial consulting and 1st in compensation for the consulting industry in 2007.
*Consulting Magazine has ranked Mercer Oliver Wyman and Mercer Management Consulting one of the top 10 consulting firms to work for in both of the last two years.
*Peter Walsh was counted as one of Consulting Magazines Top 25 Consultants in 2006.
*John Drzik was counted as one of Consulting Magazines Top 25 Consultants in 2005.
Publications
*The Upside: The 7 Strategies for Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs, Adrian Slywotzky
*State of Financial Services Industry Report 2007
*The Art of Profitability, Adrian Slywotzky
*How to Grow When Markets Don’t, Adrian Slywotzky and Richard Wise
*Mercer Management Journal, Monthly
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History
The Oliver Wyman Group was created on May 9th, 2007 when the consulting firms Mercer Oliver Wyman, Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta Consulting, joined together to become one unified consulting firm under the name Oliver Wyman. Oliver Wyman Group also includes NERA Economic Consulting and Lippincott (formally Lippincott Mercer).
The companies of the Oliver Wyman Group trace back over 35 years when in 1970 Temple, Barker and Sloane, Inc was founded in Boston. Temple Barker and Sloane were acquired by Marsh & McLennan Companies in 1990, a diversified professional services firm. In 1992, Strategic Planning Associates and Temple, Barker and Sloane are merged into the Mercer name as Mercer Management Consulting. Soon after, Mercer went on an expansion spree, rapidly expanding into Germany, the UK, France and many other countries. This was done mainly through acquisitions as Marsh & McLennan provided a vast source of funds.
In 2000, Delta Consulting Group was acquired by Marsh and McLennan and added to the Mercer Specialty Consulting Group as Mercer Delta.
In 2003, Oliver Wyman & Co, originally formed in 1984 in New York was acquired by Marsh & McLennan and renamed as Mercer Oliver Wyman as part of the Mercer Specialty Consulting Group.
In 2007, Mercer Oliver Wyman, Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta are re-branded as one company known as Oliver Wyman.
Competitors
Oliver Wyman's major competitors include McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Booz Allen Hamilton and Bain & Company.
Notable Mentions
*Mercer Management Consulting was ranked 6th most prestigious consulting firm by the Vault in 2006 and 2007.
*NERA Economic Consulting was considered the best Economic Consulting company in 2007 according to the Vault.
*Mercer Oliver Wyman was ranked as the 7th most prestigious consulting firm by Vault in both 2006 and 2007.
*Mercer Oliver Wyman was ranked 3rd in financial consulting and 1st in compensation for the consulting industry in 2007.
*Consulting Magazine has ranked Mercer Oliver Wyman and Mercer Management Consulting one of the top 10 consulting firms to work for in both of the last two years.
*Peter Walsh was counted as one of Consulting Magazines Top 25 Consultants in 2006.
*John Drzik was counted as one of Consulting Magazines Top 25 Consultants in 2005.
Publications
*The Upside: The 7 Strategies for Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs, Adrian Slywotzky
*State of Financial Services Industry Report 2007
*The Art of Profitability, Adrian Slywotzky
*How to Grow When Markets Don’t, Adrian Slywotzky and Richard Wise
*Mercer Management Journal, Monthly
Offices
Atlanta
Barcelona
Beijing
Boston
Calgary
Chicago
Columbus
Dallas
Dubai
Düsseldorf
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Hong Kong
Houston
Istanbul
Leatherhead
Lisbon
London
Los Angeles
Madrid
Melville
Mexico City
Milan
Milwaukee
Montreal
Munich
New York City
Paris
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Portland
Princeton
San Francisco
São Paulo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Toronto
Washington D.C
Zurich
Advent Film Group (AFG) is a film production and distribution company founded in 2007 by George Escobar. Christian News wire explains, "Advent is gaining a reputation for producing movies that protects a student's Christian walk, promotes a Biblical worldview, and provides a professional path for students." Being a new company, AFG is currently reviewing offers of distribution, investments, and is presenting AFG's unique film perspective to businesses and groups, most recently to Christians at AOL's headquarters in VA. In the next three years, AFG plans to produce five films touching on themes with a biblical worldview important to family audiences. Participants will eventually direct future films on the AFG production slate.
Mission
Advent Film Group's mission is to "train a new generation of highly qualified filmmakers who are soundly Christian. This is not a film school or a film workshop. AFG is about making professional movies that will influence the hearts and minds of our audience concerning the tough moral and social issues of our day."
In Development
Title: Pilgrim’s Progress Musical
Source: Allegory by John Bunyan
Value: The Christian Walk
Format: 3D Animation
Location: VA, Manila, India
Shoot Date: (in development)
Title: The Cat of Bubastes
Source: Novel by G.A. Henty
Value: Being Equipped by God
Location: TBD
Shoot Date: (in development)
Title: Be Thou My Vision
Source: Life of Tim Chambers
Value: God’s Sovereignty
Location: VA, MD, ILL, NYC
Shoot Date: Multiple dates ‘08
Title: Parental Rights & Abortion
A Constitutional Crisis
Source: Companion to the Movie
Call to Action: Passage of Parental Rights Amendment; Overturn Roe v. Wade
Location: TBD
Shoot Date: Multiple dates ‘08
In Production
Title: “Come What May”
Source: PHC Moot Court story
Value: Principle vs. Compromise
Location: Virginia, DC
Status: Principal photography completed; in post-production
Preview Edition: Christmas 2007
Official Release: Spring 2008
Title: Soli Deo Gloria NEW EDITION
Plan: DVD, online downloads
Release: Fall 2007
Other Projects
1. In October 2007, Advent Film Group announced cooperation with the San Antonio Christian Film Festival to provide jumpstarts to the careers of aspiring screenwriters. Most notable treatments in the competition will be reviewed and recruited for the possibility of being developed into an AFG feature film to be produced from early 2008 through early 2009.
2. AFG is preparing to run training seminars for successful filmaking.
Mission
Advent Film Group's mission is to "train a new generation of highly qualified filmmakers who are soundly Christian. This is not a film school or a film workshop. AFG is about making professional movies that will influence the hearts and minds of our audience concerning the tough moral and social issues of our day."
In Development
Title: Pilgrim’s Progress Musical
Source: Allegory by John Bunyan
Value: The Christian Walk
Format: 3D Animation
Location: VA, Manila, India
Shoot Date: (in development)
Title: The Cat of Bubastes
Source: Novel by G.A. Henty
Value: Being Equipped by God
Location: TBD
Shoot Date: (in development)
Title: Be Thou My Vision
Source: Life of Tim Chambers
Value: God’s Sovereignty
Location: VA, MD, ILL, NYC
Shoot Date: Multiple dates ‘08
Title: Parental Rights & Abortion
A Constitutional Crisis
Source: Companion to the Movie
Call to Action: Passage of Parental Rights Amendment; Overturn Roe v. Wade
Location: TBD
Shoot Date: Multiple dates ‘08
In Production
Title: “Come What May”
Source: PHC Moot Court story
Value: Principle vs. Compromise
Location: Virginia, DC
Status: Principal photography completed; in post-production
Preview Edition: Christmas 2007
Official Release: Spring 2008
Title: Soli Deo Gloria NEW EDITION
Plan: DVD, online downloads
Release: Fall 2007
Other Projects
1. In October 2007, Advent Film Group announced cooperation with the San Antonio Christian Film Festival to provide jumpstarts to the careers of aspiring screenwriters. Most notable treatments in the competition will be reviewed and recruited for the possibility of being developed into an AFG feature film to be produced from early 2008 through early 2009.
2. AFG is preparing to run training seminars for successful filmaking.
THE ORIGIN-
(Authors note: This article is intended for informational purposes about the characters, story and projects around the history of, the current projects of, and the characters in "Buck Moon" past, presnt, and future.)
"Buck Moon", from a horror comedy story of the same name, is a character created by actor/comedian/director Jack Matych. The story is of a bounty hunter (Buck) and his clumsy sidekick Oswald.
"It started as a short story," says Matych, "Just this stupid little thing about a guy who wears sunglasses and shoots everything up. And I decided to write a short film script from titled 'The adventures of Buck Moon, Monster Hunter'."
After taking this short film script to his good friend and musician Luke Sayers of the band, The Dead Alives, whose opinion on horror films he appreciates, he didn't like it. So Jack re-wrote the script. This process continued a few times until he had finally set the script on a shelf.
A few months later, Sayers asked to see the script again and after reading it, had made a single suggestion which had motivated Matych to write the first draft of the feature length script.
THE MOVIE-
After enlisting the help of Grand Rapids writer, Justin Dickinson to help write the screenplay, Matych attemtped to find a way to make this feature length film. In 2005 from the sales of t-shirt he was able to make a short film based off of it called, "Buck Moon: Got your back".
GOT YOUR BACK-
"Got your back" takes place after the events in the feature length story and finds Buck and Oswald tracking down a werewolf-type creature. The opening line, "It wasn't even a full moon..." obviously leads us to understand that this creature is obviously not a werewolf.
Jack Matych plays Buck Moon, the gruff, chain smoking antihero-hero along with Jason Eller (of the band AFTERNINE) as Oswald, his jittery, clumsy sidekick.
The double part of the doctor and the creature was played by John Long (stage name), a good friend of Matych and fellow performer from many stage shows in the past.
UNLEASHING TO THE PUBLIC-
"Got your back" was offered as a home burned DVD for sale. Few copies were sold. After many requests to offer the short film online so people could watch it instead, Matych recorded a commentary with his cousin and production manager, Kacy Thatcher for the short film and released that in May 2007 in two parts online...
...Few got the joke.
-BUCK MOON: THE COMIC BOOK
In August of 2007, Matych was approached by Jeff Barnes and Royce VanLoon of Dark Matter Comics to make a comic book version of Buck Moon which they intend as their launch title.
A preview issue (Issue #0) is planned for a December 2007 release. The story will be a precursor to what would have been the feature length "Buck Moon", followed by the next five issues which will be the full story that has been in the works since 2001.
THE FUTURE OF BUCK MOON-
Matych and Co. are planning a number of projects in the future including a new short film, and ultimately getting the feature length film made...someday.
Buck Moon and all characters are copyright 2004-2007 by Jack Matych.
(Authors note: This article is intended for informational purposes about the characters, story and projects around the history of, the current projects of, and the characters in "Buck Moon" past, presnt, and future.)
"Buck Moon", from a horror comedy story of the same name, is a character created by actor/comedian/director Jack Matych. The story is of a bounty hunter (Buck) and his clumsy sidekick Oswald.
"It started as a short story," says Matych, "Just this stupid little thing about a guy who wears sunglasses and shoots everything up. And I decided to write a short film script from titled 'The adventures of Buck Moon, Monster Hunter'."
After taking this short film script to his good friend and musician Luke Sayers of the band, The Dead Alives, whose opinion on horror films he appreciates, he didn't like it. So Jack re-wrote the script. This process continued a few times until he had finally set the script on a shelf.
A few months later, Sayers asked to see the script again and after reading it, had made a single suggestion which had motivated Matych to write the first draft of the feature length script.
THE MOVIE-
After enlisting the help of Grand Rapids writer, Justin Dickinson to help write the screenplay, Matych attemtped to find a way to make this feature length film. In 2005 from the sales of t-shirt he was able to make a short film based off of it called, "Buck Moon: Got your back".
GOT YOUR BACK-
"Got your back" takes place after the events in the feature length story and finds Buck and Oswald tracking down a werewolf-type creature. The opening line, "It wasn't even a full moon..." obviously leads us to understand that this creature is obviously not a werewolf.
Jack Matych plays Buck Moon, the gruff, chain smoking antihero-hero along with Jason Eller (of the band AFTERNINE) as Oswald, his jittery, clumsy sidekick.
The double part of the doctor and the creature was played by John Long (stage name), a good friend of Matych and fellow performer from many stage shows in the past.
UNLEASHING TO THE PUBLIC-
"Got your back" was offered as a home burned DVD for sale. Few copies were sold. After many requests to offer the short film online so people could watch it instead, Matych recorded a commentary with his cousin and production manager, Kacy Thatcher for the short film and released that in May 2007 in two parts online...
...Few got the joke.
-BUCK MOON: THE COMIC BOOK
In August of 2007, Matych was approached by Jeff Barnes and Royce VanLoon of Dark Matter Comics to make a comic book version of Buck Moon which they intend as their launch title.
A preview issue (Issue #0) is planned for a December 2007 release. The story will be a precursor to what would have been the feature length "Buck Moon", followed by the next five issues which will be the full story that has been in the works since 2001.
THE FUTURE OF BUCK MOON-
Matych and Co. are planning a number of projects in the future including a new short film, and ultimately getting the feature length film made...someday.
Buck Moon and all characters are copyright 2004-2007 by Jack Matych.
Matthew Thomas Pakes (nicknamed Pakesy), is a student at Glamorgan University in Wales.
Early Life
Matthew was born on the 31st of January 1989. He was born at St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight. He attended various schools across the Island until finishing school at Medina High School, Newport.
Matthew received three A-levels in Physics, Maths and English Literature and Language.
Matthew is now attending Glamorgan University in Wales. He is studying Aerospace Engineering and is staying on campus in Pontypridd.
Gipsy Moth
Matthew was a crew member on the Gipsy Moth IV from the 25th of September to the 10th of October. He boarded the vessel in Plymouth and left in Gibraltar. Just before the voyage Matthew was said to be "in awe of The Bay of Biscay, but i'm looking forward to overcoming any challenges that come my way during the voyage.". During the voyage Matthew featured in many video clips often showing signs of seasickness, most notably on the 29th of September in a clip named [http://www.gipsymoth.org/gmtv.asp# "Matt's Diary"].
Sporting Life
Matthew is also an active member of . Being a young wicketkeeper for the first XI. In the 2006 cricket season he played 29 times, batting 25 of those and scoring an average of 4.27 runs. Matthew holds the Wootton CC record for the highest number of "ducks" in a season (9). He also averaged 0.6 catches, 0.3 stumpings and 0.4 run-outs per game as wicketkeeper. While his wicketkeeping technique is known to be slightly unorthodox, it has also proved to be successful, as proven by the relatively high rate of dismissals for a wicketkeeper at this level of cricket.
Matthew was awarded indoor cricketer of the year for the 2005/06 season . Following this he was elected indoor, and weekend (outdoor) vice captain for the second year running. Under his vice-captaincy, Wootton performed well coming a respectable 3rd place in the league and 2nd in the cup..
Early Life
Matthew was born on the 31st of January 1989. He was born at St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight. He attended various schools across the Island until finishing school at Medina High School, Newport.
Matthew received three A-levels in Physics, Maths and English Literature and Language.
Matthew is now attending Glamorgan University in Wales. He is studying Aerospace Engineering and is staying on campus in Pontypridd.
Gipsy Moth
Matthew was a crew member on the Gipsy Moth IV from the 25th of September to the 10th of October. He boarded the vessel in Plymouth and left in Gibraltar. Just before the voyage Matthew was said to be "in awe of The Bay of Biscay, but i'm looking forward to overcoming any challenges that come my way during the voyage.". During the voyage Matthew featured in many video clips often showing signs of seasickness, most notably on the 29th of September in a clip named [http://www.gipsymoth.org/gmtv.asp# "Matt's Diary"].
Sporting Life
Matthew is also an active member of . Being a young wicketkeeper for the first XI. In the 2006 cricket season he played 29 times, batting 25 of those and scoring an average of 4.27 runs. Matthew holds the Wootton CC record for the highest number of "ducks" in a season (9). He also averaged 0.6 catches, 0.3 stumpings and 0.4 run-outs per game as wicketkeeper. While his wicketkeeping technique is known to be slightly unorthodox, it has also proved to be successful, as proven by the relatively high rate of dismissals for a wicketkeeper at this level of cricket.
Matthew was awarded indoor cricketer of the year for the 2005/06 season . Following this he was elected indoor, and weekend (outdoor) vice captain for the second year running. Under his vice-captaincy, Wootton performed well coming a respectable 3rd place in the league and 2nd in the cup..