Beca (officially Beca Group Limited) is one of the largest employee-owned professional services consultancy firms in the Asia-Pacific region. The company has more than 4,300 staff working across 25 offices around the globe, with headquarters located in Auckland, New Zealand.[1]
History
Beca was founded in 1920 by Arthur Gray on his return to New Zealand after World War I, where he purchased an engineering practice that would later become Gray and Watts, then Gray Watts & Beca. A merger with Wellington firm Hollings & Ferner in 1968 formed Beca, Carter, Hollings & Ferner, with the firm eventually known as Beca Group Ltd.[2]
The company's name reflects the contribution of George Beca, CBE, DFC, D.Eng (Hon) (1921–2001), who joined the partnership of Gray and Watts in the early 1950s and led the firm for many years.[3] Beca has had several name changes following amalgamations. Beca Steven existed from 1989 to 2001 after amalgamation of Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner with Steven Fitzmaurice & Partners.