ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Australia has signed an agreement to acquire the business of Adelaide-headquartered SAP Asset, Work and Project specialist firm Think180. The deal will add Think180’s team of over 30 people to ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø’s existing SAP team, expanding the firm’s deep capabilities in work execution, asset management, regulatory compliance, analytics, managed services and migrations and integrations.
Announcing the acquisition today, ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Australia CEO, Andrew Yates, commented: “SAP is a world leader in business technology and ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø is investing heavily in growing our offerings in this space. By combining ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø’s capabilities alongsideThink180’s, we are creating one of the leading SAP Intelligent and Enterprise Asset Management specialist teams in Australia. This acquisition underlines the firm’s commitment to technology transformation capability and merging expert capabilities with a ‘whole of businessâ€� mindset to support our clients.â€�
Founded in 2007, Think180 works with energy, mining, and construction clients across Australia. The Think180 team has extensive experience in transforming business processes and helping large organisations use SAP technology to drive new insights, new thinking and improving investment in asset management.
Think180 CEO John Schultz said: “Having built a long history delivering SAP solutions that transform business processes, realise more from existing SAP investments, and utilise the latest technologies â€� joining ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø represents a unique opportunity for us to ‘level upâ€� and expand our reach and impact. ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø shares our ambition to create a world-leading SAP solutions business right here in Australia. By merging our teams and linking in with the depth and breadth of business, technology and compliance expertise within ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø â€� we are taking a massive step on this journey.â€�
From left to right: Rowan Roberts ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø MC Partner & SA Geographic Lead, Stephen Silver Think180 Co-founder & Business Development Director, Pauline Doherty ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Partner & National SAP Practice Leader, Peter Butler Think180 Co-founder & Finance Director, and John Schultz Think180 Co-founder Director & CEO
Think180 co-founders John Schultz and Stephen Silver will join ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø as Partners, with their co-founder Peter Butler to join as a Principal Director. They will bring with them teams located across Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, and will become part of ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø’s existing SAP technology team, headed by Partner, Pauline Doherty.
Pauline Doherty added: “The acquisition of Think180 reflects ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø’s commitment to providing industry leading SAP services to meet the needs of the Australian market. Think180 has already established itself as a leading player in the assets and works space. We are excited to add their expertise to our existing team and further enhance ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø’s unique, business-oriented approach to SAP implementations.â€�
The Think180 business will become part of ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø later this year, subject to successful completion of the acquisition. Commercial terms were not disclosed.
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