Leading Romanian clients towards AI-driven procurement solutions

Bucharest/Prague, July 2 - BearingPoint, the management and technology consultancy, announces the promotion of Jonathan Fernande to Partner. The appointment reflects the firm’s long-term investment in the Central and Eastern European market and the region’s importance for enabling BearingPoint’s global 2030 strategy.

Jonathan Fernande joined BearingPoint in 2017, bringing a unique combination of procurement technology know-how and operational supply chain experience. Based in Prague, he led complex global and local projects on procurement digitalization and optimization. In Romania, he supported several retail and energy clients building resilient, future-ready supply chains.

Katharina Bota, BearingPoint Leader for Romania, Czech Republic, Portugal, and India

Jonathan’s promotion is an important moment for our business – for our nearshore delivery team as well as our sourcing and procurement capabilities across the entire firm. It recognizes Jonathan’s deep expertise and drive for innovation. As a Partner, he represents the next wave of leadership: ambitious, tenacious, client-centric and forward thinking, with a fresh vision and a talent to build strong, confident teams.

Katharina Bota, BearingPoint Leader for Romania, Czech Republic, Portugal, and India

Jonathan Fernande, Partner at BearingPoint

My ambition is to help clients experience what the procurement of the future looks like using digital platforms, automation, and AI-driven insights. For years, I have worked with organizations in Romania, the Czech Republic, and Europe to rethink how they operate and better align their operations.

Jonathan Fernande, Partner at BearingPoint

BearingPoint Romania and Czech Republic are part of BearingPoint’s global organization. The team helps clients improve their performance in both business and enterprise transformation projects.

About BearingPoint

BearingPoint is an independent management and technology consultancy with European roots and a global reach. We help businesses transform by combining deep industry expertise with strong capabilities in strategy, operations, and technology. Dedicated SAP and Microsoft transformation units, a strong focus on AI, and outcome-based products enable us to provide tailored, innovative solutions that create measurable and sustainable value.

In addition to our core consulting operations, we run two joint ventures. Arcwide, our joint venture with IFS, specializes in business transformation enabled by IFS technology. BearingPoint North America, our joint venture with ABeam Consulting, focuses on consulting excellence and business transformation built on SAP.

BearingPoint works with many of the world’s leading companies and public-sector organizations. Together with its strategic alliance partner ABeam Consulting, the firm brings together more than 15,000 professionals and serves clients in over 70 countries, delivering seamless business transformation, strengthening performance, and driving sustainable impact.

BearingPoint is recognized among TIME World’s Best Companies and Forbes World’s Best Employers. The firm is also a certified B Corporation, committed to responsible business and creating long-term value for organizations, people, and society.

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