IFOK and Cadmus Join Forces
Merger expands service offerings, adds technical and communications
expertise for clients
BENSHEIM, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Cadmus Group LLC (Cadmus), a leading consultancy in energy, climate,
all-hazard preparedness, the natural and built environments, sustainable
transportation, public health, and international development, announced
today that it has joined forces with IFOK, a sustainability-focused
market leader and international innovator for dialogue and collaboration
headquartered in Germany.
Unifying IFOK’s highly technical change processes, communications
strategy, and stakeholder engagement practices with Cadmus’ leading-edge
expertise creates a firm with a powerful, unique capacity to facilitate
societal and economic transformation.
Service to all IFOK clients will continue without change or
interruption. Henning Banthien will lead IFOK’s operations as a Managing
Director and serve as a Cadmus Senior Vice President. Hans-Peter Meister
will continue on as Senior Vice President for European Strategy for the
global firm. Meister is the founder and former CEO of IFOK and Meister
Consultants Group, which also joins Cadmus as part of this transaction.
“Bringing together Cadmus, IFOK, and MCG creates exciting opportunities
to enhance the services we provide in support of our clients’ missions,"
said Cadmus President and CEO Ian Kline. “Just as important, our new
colleagues share Cadmus’ guiding belief in the power of collaboration
between leading experts to achieve extraordinary results.”
The merger establishes Cadmus’ first permanent offices outside of North
America. IFOK has locations in Bensheim, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Munich
in addition to Cadmus’ 15 offices throughout the United States.
“In Cadmus, we have found an ideal partner to leverage our national and
international expertise and to create even more value for our clients
with our unique integrated approach to innovation and change
management,” said Meister. “Together, we expand our collective ability
to help governments, companies and civil society address today’s complex
challenges and transform for a sustainable future.”
About IFOK
IFOK is a European market leader for transforming business and societies
building on digital ecosystems and sustainability approaches. IFOK has
innovated the market with new tools and processes in stakeholder
dialogue, citizen participation, conflict mediation, joint fact-finding
and cross-sector collaboration. The company is highly valued as
strategic advisor for its clients and its strong implementation
orientation. IFOK is a leader for digital transformation, running the
central German platform for Industrial Internet, the biggest public
administration change process towards digital communication and open
government in North Rhine-Westphalia and leading German DAX companies
projects on the future of work. From the very beginning of IFOK it has
been a business focus to manage complex infrastructure and energy
projects as well as climate protection and adaptation efforts of
companies and public sector. In all projects it's IFOK's mission to give
strategic advice, develop broadly accepted solutions and implement them
together with our clients.
About Cadmus
Cadmus provides professional consulting services that help clients
achieve their goals and create social and economic value today and for
future generations. By applying exceptional technical expertise and a
highly collaborative approach, we deliver customized solutions that
address complex challenges facing the realms of energy, climate,
all-hazard preparedness, the natural and built environments, sustainable
transportation, public health, and international development. Cadmus’
more than 500 consultants serve government, commercial, and
nongovernmental organizations in the United States and abroad.
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