Rick Simmonds

Rick is an established industry leader with a successful track record in outsourcing consulting and in building BPO businesses for major players, stretching over 20 years. Rick has advised a range of clients in financial services and in other sectors on sourcing strategies and on major BPO and ITO deals.

Prior to founding Alsbridge, Rick was a partner at Ernst & Young, and helped set up E&Y’s Business Process Outsourcing business. After the acquisition of E&Y consulting by Capgemini, he became a key member of the Capgemini Ernst & Young major deals team. Rick began his consulting career at Arthur Andersen Management Consultants (which became Accenture), where he was a member of the original outsourcing team in the late eighties.