New CEO Punit Renjen is telling anyone who will listen—Deloitte is in 'a category of one' when it comes to solving clients' most complex problems.
In November, Punit Renjen was elected chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting, and thus made him accountable for the firm's $6.5 billion in consulting and advisory services revenue. Renjen, who was named one of Consulting magazine's Top 25 Consultants in 2007, has been with the firm for 23 years, most recently as the global and U.S. leader of the Strategy & Operations practice. He succeeds Doug Lattner, who served as CEO for the last six years and helped re-integrate Deloitte's consulting practices into the broader Deloitte professional services organization. From 2003 until 2008, Deloitte Consulting posted annual growth rates between 18 percent and 20 percent, but 2009 was a different story. What now? Renjen sat down with Joseph Kornik, Consulting's Editor-in-Chief, to discuss his new role, the firm, the marketplace and the profession's future.
Consulting: You took over the firm late last year in difficult times, what are your immediate plans and goals? What's your overall vision for Deloitte Consulting?
