PA Consulting Group (formerly Personnel Administration) is a professional services firm that works with public, private and third-sector organisations.

It was founded in 1943 by Ernest E. Butten, Tom H. Kirkham and Dr David Seymour, who used a new approach to people management to increase productivity in munitions factories during World War 2.

PA was founded in 1943 as Personnel Administration by Ernest E. Butten, Tom H. Kirkham and Dr David Seymour.

Butten and his colleagues formed Personnel Administration Limited to provide advice to industry as to how to improve the productivity of their workers.

[27] Also in March 2014, Health Select Committee member Sarah Wollaston MP questioned PA Consulting's uploading of a pseudonymised extract of Hospital Episode Statistics to Google BigQuery.

Alexander made the move from environmental and sustainability consultancy ERM, where he took the company through two rounds of private equity funding.

[40] Rina Ladva joined the firm as head of alliances, platforms and products, making the move from Microsoft.

[45] Innovations developed at the centre over the past 50 years include: the original brushless servo motor; medical injectors that mean the patient does not need to see the needle; a self-monitoring device for people with diabetes that measures blood glucose levels; micrometers; and 4G wireless test equipment.

[8] During the Iraq War, PA developed the "Panama System" to protect UK troops from improvised explosive devices, winning the Management Consultancies Association's top prize for innovation.

[32][46] More recently, the Centre designed a prototype electric vehicle charging point that aims to be “as recognisable as the red post box or black cab” with the Royal College of Art for the UK Government;[47] developed the manufacturing equipment needed to mass produce edible water bottles for Notpla;[48] and helped build the world’s biggest battery in California with Vistra Energy.

[54] Other recent ventures include: Exacsys, which develops solutions to improve Point of Care (PoC) diagnostic systems.

The ProcServe Trading Network covers more than 17,000 organisations and is used by central government, and the National Police Procurement Hub, as well as commercial sector customers including Orange and Xerox.

[55] Argenti, a business that innovates telecare technology in partnership with local councils in the UK to improve adult social care.