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Slalom: Leadership Change
Slalom appointed Dan Garrison as Chief AI Officer to lead enterprise AI strategy and help customers achieve measurable business outcomes from AI initiatives.
Source: Pulse2 — funding news
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Slalom's move reshapes the layer beneath it in Consulting as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
Market context: MitchelLake's Talent Market Index sits at 100.4 (Neutral), down 1.1 on the prior month; EMEA hiring signal is running steady (0pts).
Slalom: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 4 tracked across 94 days.
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More signals across Consulting
Leadership Change · EMEA
Temenos →Temenos appointed Cormac Flanagan as Chief Product Officer and Tony Coleman as Chief Technology Officer (rejoining after prior tenure). Daniel Schmucki joined as Chief Financial Officer. Changes effective 3 August 2026, following Barb Morgan's departure as Chief Product and Technology Officer.
Leadership Change · EMEA
Sopra Steria →Laura Chaubard appointed to lead Defense, Security & Space vertical at Sopra Steria. Chaubard is a Polytechnic graduate, general armaments engineer, and former director-general of École Polytechnique.
Leadership Change · EMEA
Supercell →Jaakko Harlas, head of investments at Supercell, departed after 12+ years. He cited family time as reason and stated no immediate plans to join another company.
Leadership Change · EMEA
Tech Mahindra →Arshul Asnani is President and Head of Europe Business at Tech Mahindra, having returned to London after nearly 20 years in Silicon Valley. He brings global technology leadership experience across telecom, high-tech, and enterprise transformation.
Leadership Change · EMEA
LHH →Melanie Siewert, CMO at LHH, joins the Exceptional Women Alliance, indicating leadership engagement in industry networks
Ma Activity · EMEA
S&P Global →S&P Global acquiring majority stake in Agusto & Co., Africa's leading credit rating and financial intelligence firm
Where this lands in our work
- Board Search & Advisory →
Incoming executives reshape governance needs within two quarters.
- Private Equity →
Listed and PE-backed boards renew leadership against a value-creation clock.
- AI Leadership →
AI capability is being built into executive stacks, not bolted on beneath them.
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