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Cambridge, UK, February 16, 2023 – Cambridge Consultants, a world-leading product development and technology consultancy, part of Capgemini Invent, has today announced Monty Barlow as its new CEO. Previously the Chief Technology Officer, Barlow succeeds Eric Wilkinson who will be retiring after 31 years with the company.
Barlow will be leading the global team of engineers, scientists, designers, and consultants that deliver over 500 scientific, engineering and design projects each year and help some of the world’s biggest brands and most ambitious start-ups to realise their technology-based aspirations.
On his appointment, Monty Barlow commented “I am energised by the opportunity to lead Cambridge Consultants into the next phase of its growth within Capgemini. I would like to thank Eric Wilkinson for his contribution over the past 31 years, and for his inspiring leadership. Cambridge Consultants is now embarking on a new chapter, leveraging its position within the Capgemini Group to help our clients achieve significant positive societal impact.”
Barlow has been with Cambridge Consultants for 23 years and has been responsible for incubating new strategic technology groups to extend Cambridge Consultants’ expertise in bleeding edge technologies such as synthetic biology, machine psychology and quantum computation. Cambridge Consultants has more than 20,000 sqm of state-of-the-art R&D facilities, with over 100 fully equipped labs, design offices and workshops.
Eric Wilkinson, who held the CEO role since 2017, said, “I want to thank everyone at Cambridge Consultants for their support and dedication; we have achieved a great deal together. The next decade will see huge opportunities for companies brave enough to challenge the technology status quo to radically improve their future, and the future of our society. Monty is perfectly placed to take the company on this new and exciting journey.”
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About Cambridge Consultants
As the deep tech powerhouse of Capgemini, Cambridge Consultants (CC), is a global team of 800 bright, talented people. We are united by the ambition to turn brilliant ideas into technologies, products and services that have never been seen before. And which will transform business, society and the planet. Deep tech is a mindset; a bold strategy that harnesses radical science and engineering to achieve things no-one else can. It enables our clients to gain unassailable commercial advantage from defendable technology that they own. We are trusted by some of the world’s biggest brands and most ambitious start-ups to realise their critical technology-based aspirations – and we’ve been doing it for 60 years. Cambridge Consultants is part of Capgemini Invent.
About Capgemini
Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion
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