Cirquent focuses on automotive: Klaus von der Osten-Sacken Head of Automotive Business Unit

Cirquent GmbH

Cirquent offers first-class consulting throughout the entire value added chain for banks, insurance companies, telecommunications and manufacturing companies. The services portfolio of the consulting company includes: industry-oriented strategy and process consulting; conceptual design; integration and implementation of individual solutions aimed to support business processes as well as the operation and maintenance of IT systems. Cirquent offers first-class competences in industry-specific processes, methods and technologies - in the areas of customer management, contact centres, finance transformation and application management. Cirquent's goal is to deliver solutions tailored to the individual requirements of customers, to achieve more efficient business processes, increased business success and reduced costs. The high quality of its consultancy and more than 35 years' experience has made Cirquent a valued partner of such leading companies as BMW Group, Deutsche Börse, Münchener Rück and T-Mobile Deutschland.

Based on its strong foundations and successful acquisition strategy, Cirquent, formerly the Softlab, has established itself as one of today's leading German consultancy companies, currently ranking in 7th position among Germany's leading IT consulting and systems integration companies (source: Lünendonk List 2008). Headquartered in Munich, Cirquent operates out of five locations in Germany, and also has offices in the UK, Austria and Switzerland. In 2008, with 1,750 employees, the company generated sales of €260 million. Effective from the end of September 2008, the IT group NTT Data, listed on the Tokyo stock exchange and a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) affiliate, acquired a 72.9 percent share of Cirquent. The BMW Group continues to hold a 25.1 share of Cirquent GmbH.