2008 - 2009/2010 | Macht, Harvey & Parrish, initially consulting for their own accounts to multi-national clients in international policy, telecommunications, and transnational issues start working together on key projects as MHP - Washington Foreign Consultants. MHP, grows a key-stone book of sub-contract work for major international consultancies that require specialist support in both high-risk territories and highly specialised emerging markets.

Established in Washington DC in 2010, the founders enter a private equity and reverse closed listing for the acquisition of MHP's book - with Pearsons IPE, Bracebridge Equity Partners and NEXTT Research Group to form Pearsons Partners LSC.

Pearsons Partners LSC continues MHP's successful practice of acting as an expertise and resourcing sub-contract partner to top tier international consulting brands - on briefs otherwise outside of their typical scope of work, clientele or the traditional good-will of their brands. In addition to which the firm starts taking on more conventional management consulting clients & begins a number of business development projects for operators, providers and key stake-holders in Africa, the Persian Gulf, The Middle East and Europe.

2011 | Partner locates to South Africa and the firm opens a small practice working out of the NEXTT Pretoria offices. The practice serves a handful of regional telco and conglomerate clients and drives a new group-wide strategy to service start-ups and emerging technologies.

Develops core competency in Expatriate & Ethnic Niche Markets

2011/2012 | Pearsons Partners begins horizontal integration from its resourcing competencies, developing a number of key telecommunications and ICT assets including licensed fixed and mobile wholesale operations in South Africa, Germany and Canada.

Launches a wholesale international termination business servicing South Africa, sub-continental Asia and Canada.

2013 | Pearsons consolidates distribution assets and agreements reaching back to 2009, and begins listing new OEMs. Pearsons formally becomes a technology partner and CPE distribution support partner for a range of telecommunications software and hardware OEMs. The new competency meets key clients needs including SaaS and the import and distribution of a range of Customer Premise Equipment and Mobile hardware solutions.

// Delivered through key brand verticals // SaaS offering includes OSS/BSS/OCS solutions.

2014 | Pearsons Partners begins catering to the legal consulting and regulatory needs of existing clients - with a specialisation in telecommunications and competition practice. One of the first practices to handle commercial contract work in the developing mobile wholesale / MVNO/E segment in Africa.