Christie Group plc

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.christiegroup.com
Employees: 1,083
Employee growth: 8.5%

Christie Group is a holding company that operates through several subsidiaries to provide professional business services and stock and inventory systems and services primarily to European and North American companies. The various companies in Christie Group focus on three sectors: leisure, retail, and care. The leisure and retail sectors together account for about 85% of sales. Christie's services include surveying, finance, insurance, inventory control, business appraisal and valuation, and development of retail and hospitality software. The group operates from about 40 offices in Europe (where it gets most of its sales), Canada, and the Middle East. Christie Group was founded in 1935 as Christie + Co.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2011:
Sales: $84.5M
One year growth: 11.6%
Net income: ($0.2)M

Officers:
Chairman: Philip Gwyn
Chief Executive and Director: David Rugg
Finance Director and Director: Robert Zenker

Competitors:
Accenture
Hogg Robinson Group
Mouchel Management Consulting