BTS Group

Short description: BTS group

Type| Public (Aktiebolag)

Traded as

| Nasdaq Stockholm: BTS B
Industry| Professional Services
Founded| 1986 as Business Training Systems AB
Founder| Henrik Ekelund
Headquarters| Stockholm, Sweden

Number of locations

| 34

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

| Henrik Ekelund
(Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Stefan Brown
(CFO and Vice President)
Services| Consulting
Website| Official website

BTS Group AB (BTS) is a strategic consulting firm founded in 1986.[1] The company serves banking, biotech and pharmaceutical, consumer products, insurance, manufacturing, oil and gas, professional services, retail, technology, and telecommunications sectors.[2]

Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the firm has over 600 employees across 34 global offices. The company's client base is spread across 53 countries and includes 60 of the U.S. Fortune 100 and over 30 of the Global Fortune 100.[3] BTS customers include companies such as Accenture, Aetna, Unilever, AT&T, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Ericsson, Google, GSK, Telstra, HSBC, Hewlett-Packard, Mondelez, Salesforce, Sodexo, Toyota, and others.[4]

BTS is a public company listed on the NASDAQ-OMX Stockholm trading under the symbol BTS B.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Organizational History
* 2 Sponsorship
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Organizational History

BTS Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Henrik Ekelund

BTS was founded in 1986 by Henrik Ekelund, former President and Chief Executive Officer, with the support of three investors from one of Scandinavia’s prominent strategic consulting firms. The initials originally stood for Business Training Systems.[6][7]

In February 2005, BTS acquired Strategic Management Group, Inc. (SMG). In September 2006, BTS acquired The Real Learning Company (RLC) and Advantage Performance Group, Inc. (APG).[8]

In July 2013, BTS acquired Wizer A/S to expand the firm's digital capabilities.[9]

In October 2014, BTS acquired Fenestra Inc., a global provider of assessment and leadership development services.[10]

In March 2015, BTS acquired AVO Vision, a South African-based company focused on corporate learning and development as well as community-worksite education.[11]

In 2016, BTS Group acquired Cesim Italia Srl and Design Innovation Srl based in Milan, Italy to strengthen its Southern European position.[12]

In September 2015, BTS launched a new brand, logo, tagline ("Strategy made personal") and website, designed in partnership with UK-based Saffron Brand.[13][third-party source needed]

## Sponsorship

Since 2010, BTS USA has partnered with Rainforest Trust on sustainability campaigns to preserve threatened rainforests. In 2015, BTS sponsored the second round of the Rainforest Trust #SkiptoSave campaign supporting Rainforest Trust's 2020 Initiative designed to protect 20 million acres of rainforest by 2020.[14]

In partnership with the Sparkassesntiftung fur international Kooperation (Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation), BTS has created a business simulation program to teach business and financial acumen in developing nations.[15] As of June 2015, such programs had been held for more than 10,000 participants in 12 countries.[citation needed]

## References

1. ↑ "BTS Group Ab-B Shares (BTSB:Stockholm)". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=BTSB:SS. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
2. ↑ "BTS Group Ab-B Shares (BTSB:Stockholm)". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=BTSB:SS. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
3. ↑ "BTS B, BTS GROUP B, (SE0000805426)". NASDAQ OMX (Nordic). http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/aktier/microsite?Instrument=SSE13288&name=BTS Group B. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
4. ↑ "BTS Group AB (BTSb.ST)". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=BTSb.ST. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
5. ↑ "NASDAQ OMX (Nordic)". NASDAQ. http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/shares/microsite?Instrument=SSE13288. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
6. ↑ "Hög tid att utse". BTS Group. http://www.bts.com/docs/press/ekelund-degans-industri-article.pdf?sfvrsn=2.
7. ↑ "About BTS". https://www.bts.com/about-bts. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
8. ↑ "BTS Group AB Has Completed the Acquisition of The Advantage Performance Group and The Real Learning Company". Financial Content. http://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/news/read?GUID=243657.
9. ↑ "BTS Group AB (BTSb.ST)". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=BTSb.ST.
10. ↑ "BTS Group AB acquires all the businesses of Fenestra, Inc.". 17 October 2014. http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/10/17/674012/0/en/BTS-Group-AB-acquires-all-the-businesses-of-Fenestra-Inc.html. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
11. ↑ "BTS has Acquired a Leading South African Learning & Development Company". 26 March 2015. http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/03/26/718930/0/en/BTS-has-Acquired-a-Leading-South-African-Learning-Development-Company.html. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
12. ↑ "BTS buys two Italian companies". https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/BTSb.ST/key-developments/article/3400925. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
13. ↑ "Strategy made personal". http://www.bts.com/news-insights/strategy-execution-blog/strategy-execution/2015/09/15/bts-brand-has-evolved. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
14. ↑ "Consulting Firm Teams with Rainforest Trust to Save Tropical Forest". Rainforest Trust. https://www.rainforesttrust.org/news/bts-usa-saves-colombian-rainforest/.
15. ↑ "Annual Report 2009". Finanzgruppe Sparkassenstiftung fur international Kooperation. http://www.sparkassenstiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/Jahresberichte/JB_2009_E.pdf/. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

## External links

* Wall Street Journal Article
* Reuters Page

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