Petter is the leader of the Global Strategy & Organization, Private Equity and Corporate Finance Practice in the Stockholm office of Arthur D. Little. He is affiliated to the TIME, Health Care and Public Sector practices. His professional focus is on strategy & organization and financial advice to private equity and industrial investors pre and post transactions (e.g. due diligence, valuation, strategy, change management, post merger integration) and governance issues faced by corporations, investors, governments and multi-lateral organizations. Petter holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Rotterdam School of Management.

Carlos Abad is Managing Partner of Arthur D. Little Madrid. He was Managing Director of Sogecable (Digital + and Canal +) and previously had worked as Management Consultant for 11 years. His areas of experience are Media, Financial Services, Telecom and Corporate Finance. Carlos is “licenciado” in Business Administration from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and he is Master in Business Administration from Columbia University (New York) where he was awarded with the Wall Street Journal Award.

Ignacio is the Managing Partner of the Benelux offices (Brussels and Amsterdam) of Arthur D. Little. He is affiliated to the TIME Practice and to the Strategy, Organization & Corporate Finance Practice. His professional focus is on strategy formulation for high tech companies and network industries (telecommunications, transport and utilities) in fast moving or uncertain environments. His other main areas of involvement are growth strategies, strategic marketing, transaction services and post merger integration. Ignacio holds an MSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and an EMIM (Hons) - European Master's in Management from ESCP Europe (the European School of Management) in Oxford, Madrid and Paris.

Thomas Kuruvilla is the Managing Partner of Arthur D. Little, Middle East. Thomas is also the Head of the Strategy and Organization practice in South East Asia and Middle East. Thomas has extensive consulting and operational experience in the Middle East, Europe and South East Asia in the areas of strategy development and implementation, due diligence, merger and acquisitions, and performance management. He has also worked extensively in the areas of turnaround and performance management in various industries.

Karim Taga is Managing Partner Austria. He specialises in telecommunications and is the global practice leader of the TIME (Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media and Electronics) practice. Karim received a Master of Science Degree in 1989 from the Ecole Supérieure de l'Energie et des Matériaux, Orléans France with a master thesis accomplishment at the University of California Berkeley. While a research assistant at the Vienna University of Technology he developed an infrared fiber optical sensor. He received his Ph.D. in 1992 followed by an MBA in International Business from the Webster University St Louis Mi in 1993. Karim speaks French, Arabic, English and German.

Mario is Managing Director in Arthur D. Little's office in Italy and has extensive experience in management consulting. His primary focus area is expertise in Strategy and Organization and he has worked with most Italian Companies. Mario is a graduate of Politecnico of Milan, where he obtained a degree in Engineering.