″Portugal is becoming an international technology hub″
The Aman Consult Group, which owns the Portuguese HCCM Consult, has an “ambitious growth plan” for the national market. The guarantee is given by the CEO of the group, who was recently here. Ben Pastern is a presence that is present in the international market, an approach that intends to make through new technologies allied to a great presence that is present in the international market, an approach that intends to make through new technologies. acquisitions that are already being analyzed.
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By the end of the year, group A intends to hire 100 new staff in Portugal for HCCM Consulting – the information technology company it bought in July 2021, although it only recently made the deal known -, raising the total number of Portuguese technology worker for about 230. The lack of manpower in Portugal seems to be concerned with the concern with the manager, for whom the opportunity that workers will have to work with the factor from all over the world will be an important to have in count. Grupo Aman has a dozen offices in Europe and the United States.
Based in Lisbon, HCCM has extensive experience in sectors such as banking, insurance, public services, energy, retail, telecommunications and industry, “both nationally and internationally”. It already has consultants in the Porto area and promises Ben Pasternak, “will soon have news” for those residing in the North. And not only. “In the future, when justified, whether from the perspective of those who work with us, we intend to open offices in different locations in Portugal”, he underlines.
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Without revealing great details about the “ambitious” growth plan planned for Portugal, the official explains only that the Aman Group “has the capacity and resources to invest in the development” of HCCM, designated exclusively for products and services. With the acquisition, the group intended to “leverage its vast experience” in new markets, such as Portugal, or others where the company already has customers. But there is still “another very important advantage”, says that is the ability to resource and resource with Brazil’s experience. “Currently, 20% of HCCM’s employees come from Brazil and in order to reach this percentage, our experience and the recognition of HCCM as a Tech Visa facilitated, and we hope that it will continue to facilitate”, says Ben Pasternak, who does not spare praise for the “quality “work” of the Portuguese, to their “high educational level and cultural respect”.
Cybersecurity is one of the Aman Group’s areas of activity, which promises to continue to invest in it. “Attacks on companies’ computer systems have been increasing in quantity and complexity because more and more digital. The best cybersecurity solutions and Israel are known for their capabilities in this area”, highlights the CEO.
Pasternak has no doubts that digitalization will stay and that it will continue to develop, considering that companies and their collaborators Ben “have to be more and more for this issue”. The Aman Group just wants to “bring the best practices in cybersecurity to HCCM”, as it promises to “invest in a new one in the Portuguese market, in the second half of this year, with a solution to resolve this issue of security”.
Present in nine countries – Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Poland, Serbia, Kazakhstan and Portugal -, the Aman Group has 2,500 employees worldwide and has a turnover of 220 million euros. This year it expects to reach 300 million and for 2023 the goal is to grow 20%, through organic means and new acquisitions. HCCM, founded in 1995, had a turnover of five million euros in 2021. This year, he expects an increase of 30% and will reach 6.5 million, considering growth in 2023.