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| Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC) |
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Overview:
Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC) is an independent strategy consulting firm that was founded on two fundamental principles of client service:
Provide deep expertise that enhances clients’ perspectives, and
Deliver actionable advice that enables clients to create measurable, sustainable change in their organizations.
Our team is composed of seasoned professionals who take a highly pragmatic approach to client issues and deliver analysis that is solidly grounded by experience and know-how. We provide both strategic advice and the business services required to translate that advice into action.
EDC is recognized among the world’s pre-eminent experts in the payments industry. Additional areas of expertise include new financial services channels, technologies and markets, retail financial services, and e-business.
Established in 1978 in the United States, EDC has expanded to meet the needs of our increasingly global client base. Today we serve clients in more than 45 countries on six continents from offices in San Francisco, Atlanta, London, Singapore, Sydney, Frankfurt and Paris. |
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History:
In September, 1978, Jim Edgar, Peter Dunn, and Todd Conover left Touche Ross & Company and along with a few other individuals, founded Edgar, Dunn & Conover in San Francisco California. Their objective was to create a company that held to its values of:
Integrity and Trust – In all of the firm’s relationships
Superior Quality – In our work product, thinking and people
Unique Insights – So clients can benefit from our thinking
Positive Results – So that what we do matters
Specialization in Financial Services and Payments
The firm began as a general management consulting firm, but through early work done with an international card association and with several West Coast banks, the firm quickly developed a specialization in payments and financial services
After Todd Conover left the firm to become head of the US national banking system as Comptroller of the Currency, the firm was re-named Edgar, Dunn & Company
EDC was sold to ICF in 1990, but it was re-purchased by the original partners and re-formed in 1992. At the same time, the Atlanta office was opened
International Expansion
From 1992 - 2000 EDC continued to expand as clients asked for consulting support in Europe and Asia. The firm’s London and Sydney offices were opened in 1992 and 1996 respectively, and through these offices the firm emerged as a global provider of consulting services to the payments and financial services industry
Positioning for Future Growth
In August, 2000, the firm was acquired by AppNet to achieve scale through a broader set of consulting services, and very shortly thereafter, AppNet was acquired by Commerce One. After 14 months, the firm implemented an MBO to re-emerge as Edgar, Dunn & Company with a strong focus on financial services and payments
The firm acquired Co-Brand Dynamics, now PaymentDynamics, in the fall of 2003. PaymentDynamics gives the firm a unique insight into customer attitudes and behavior related to their payment decisions, along with a New York office
In December 2004, the firm’s Frankfurt office was opened to meet the needs of clients in Germany and Eastern Europe
In March 2008, the firm's Singapore office was opened to further meet the needs of clients in the Asia/Pacific region
Today, EDC serves clients in over 45 countries from its offices in Atlanta, Frankfurt, London, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney and Paris. |
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