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This new partnership unites Anders Gratte and Zoran Covic.

Skillspark becomes part of emagine

emagine acquires Skillspark and expands service offering within nearshoring solutions and remote consultancy services

Copenhagen, 17 May 2023

Today we announce the acquisition of the consultancy firm Skillspark. As Skillspark becomes part of emagine, we further strengthen our business model and take an important step towards creating a leading European consultancy firm within business and IT.

This new partnership unites Anders Gratte and Zoran Covic, both Swedish business leaders who are recognized as pioneers in the development of flexible freelance-based IT consultancy services in the Nordics.

"I am excited to have the opportunity to work closely with Zoran. His professional qualities speak for themselves, and we look forward to leveraging his expertise for customers and partners on an ever-increasing scale in both Sweden and the other markets we serve. We share an ambition to challenge the traditional dynamics of the consultancy market, and we both believe that a key component to succeeding in that is developing flexible and scalable services that benefit from IT talent from around the world," says Anders Gratte, CEO of emagine.


 

We share an ambition to challenge the traditional dynamics of the consultancy market, and we both believe that a key component to succeeding in that is developing flexible and scalable services that benefit from IT talent from around the world"

Anders Gratte, CEO, emagine

 


Zoran Covic, CEO of Skillspark, previously led the Swedish publicly listed Ework Group from 2013 to 2021, during which time the company's revenue soared from 333 million euros to 1.2 billion euros. In 2021, Zoran Covic established Skillspark, which now has six offices in five countries and an extensive international network of freelance consultants.

"We are delighted to become part of emagine. Together, we have a vision of unlocking IT competencies across national borders and always providing the best specialists. For modern companies today, accessing the best specialists is paramount. Physical location is no longer a factor. And that is exactly why we have created and built our business based on nearshore and remote consultancy services. emagine has great ambitions in this area, and I see exciting prospects in our new collaboration," says Zoran Covic, founder and CEO of Skillspark.

"emagine’s European expansion has a strategic aim to deliver high-quality services to an increasingly international customer base. Skillspark enhances our international reach and fits perfectly as an addition to our service offering within nearshoring and remote consultancy services," says Anders Gratte.


 

 Physical location is no longer a factor. And that is exactly why we have created and built our business based on nearshore and remote consultancy services.

Zoran Covic, CEO, Skillspark

 


About Skillspark
Skillspark offers tailored nearshore and remote IT consultancy services in a flexible setup that allows customers to scale as needed. In just a few years, Skillspark has built an international client portfolio and has grown to have 20 employees spread across six offices in five countries - Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Dubai - as well as an extensive international network of freelance consultants.

Read more here: https://www.skillspark.com/

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