It also plays a critical role to help organisations remain relevant and prosperous in an economy being redefined by the exponentials of smart technology, robotics, near artificial intelligence and 3-D printing.

“Digital innovation is changing the world into a more complex, uncertain place, and that change is only going to accelerate in the future. Deloitte Digital seeks to be the premier consulting organisation in Africa, with the capability to draw upon the full breadth and depth of Deloitte Consulting’s network of services and expertise to fully understand client needs, and create client-defined value that helps them thrive in the midst of this change,” says Adão.

Most recently, Adão was the leader and founding director of the newly created, Monitor Deloitte in Africa, a premier consulting practice which provides an integrated Innovation, Strategy, Analytics and Economic Policy Development offering to assist organisations address their toughest challenges.

Adão is a corporate entrepreneur with extensive experience in building shareholder value. He works with clients in identifying high value, innovative opportunities, and rapidly developing these into commercialised businesses. He brings strategy, innovation and thinking capabilities into Deloitte Digital. His experience will strengthen Deloitte Digital’s capability as it guides organisations to understand and embrace the emerging exponential and disruptive technologies they face, helping them move beyond potential disruption towards creating new opportunities for relevance, growth and expansion.

Deloitte Digital also draws from the knowledge and expertise of the global business. For the fifth consecutive year, Gartner has ranked the Deloitte member firms (Deloitte) as the number one global consulting organisation based on 2014 market share revenue in their report Market Share Analysis: Consulting Services Worldwide, 2014. Gartner defines Consulting as Business and IT Consulting and includes revenue from Deloitte Consulting practices and advisory businesses globally.

About Deloitte Digital Africa

From strategy to delivery, Deloitte Digital Africa, a unit of Deloitte Consulting LLP, operates at the intersection of strategic and innovative thinking, emerging and exponential technologies and creative design, to help organisations remain relevant in an environment that is being rapidly changed by digital innovation. The compnay work with a wide range of iconic local and global organisations, helping them understand and profit from the opportunities presented by the future of business. They approach our work with great energy and passion as they align our clients’ business aspirations to the goals of the end user.

For more information, please visit the Deliotte Digital website. Alternatively, connect with them on Twitter.