Second Anaplan-focused acquisition in 2025 consolidates top Anaplan talent and accelerates Argano’s market-shaping growth strategy
Argano, the world’s first and largest digital services consultancy focused exclusively on enabling high performance across its clients’ business operations, today announced that it has acquired Twelve Consulting Group (“Twelve”), a premier Anaplan Gold Partner with deep expertise in enterprise performance consulting solutions. This represents Argano’s second acquisition of an Anaplan partner this year, as well as its fifth acquisition in 2025 overall.
The addition of Twelve builds on Argano’s earlier acquisition of Anavate and brings together two leading Anaplan consultancies. This strategic combination creates one of the largest Anaplan delivery forces in the market, offering unmatched cross-industry expertise and delivery at scale. By consolidating boutique excellence into a unified platform, Argano is reshaping the Anaplan partner landscape and positioning itself as the dominant player in connected enterprise planning solutions.
Twelve specializes in solving unique challenges for Life Sciences & CPG companies, including Finance, Sales Performance Management, Revenue Growth Management, Supply Chain Management & Pharma Gross to Net. The acquisition of Twelve broadens Argano’s Anaplan coverage for these industries and is the latest step in Argano’s ongoing effort to deepen its technology and AI capabilities. The transaction also creates new cross-sell opportunities with Argano’s Performance Consulting and Data Integration Services, positioning the firm for continued growth. Twelve’s leadership includes some of Anaplan’s earliest employees, and its highly experienced team has built a reputation for driving impactful planning solutions tailored to complex business environments.
“This acquisition is a powerful step in Argano’s strategy of building a unified, best-in-class portfolio of technology services to modernize and optimize enterprise performance,” said Chip Register, CEO of Argano. “Alongside Anavate, we are combining the strengths of two standout Anaplan partners to form an elite, cross-industry delivery force. This combination allows Argano to meet client needs with greater precision, deeper expertise, and more consistent results. Jill, Josh and the Twelve team share our commitment to innovation and client success.”
“We’re proud of the organization we’ve built together, the career opportunities that have been unlocked through our growth, and the meaningful client relationships we’ve forged along the way. We see joining Argano as an opportunity to continue creating value for our clients, our team, and our partners,” said Jill King, Founder and Chief Financial Officer of Twelve Consulting Group.
“Joining Argano creates a powerful platform for growth, both for our team and our clients. We’re excited to bring our Anaplan experience and industry specialization to a broader stage and help shape the future of enterprise performance management,” added Chief Executive Officer of Twelve, Josh King.
“Twelve and Anavate are long-time partners in the Anaplan ecosystem, and we are pleased that they are unifying under Argano to create comprehensive offerings that will deliver an outsized return on Anaplan investment,” said Kuntal Vahalia, Senior Vice President, Global Channels & Alliances at Anaplan. “We continue to focus on driving innovation that helps our clients outpredict, outplan and outperform their competition. We look forward to continuing our work with the expanded Argano team.”
Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor to Argano, and Ernst & Young LLP served as financial diligence advisor to Argano. Wipfli served as financial advisor and Messerli Kramer as legal advisor to Twelve Consulting Group in the transaction.
About Argano
Argano is the world’s first and largest digital services consultancy focused exclusively on enabling high performance across our clients’ business operations, at scale and around the globe. Forged from world-class specialist consultancies with decades of enterprise technology, data, cloud, AI and operations expertise, Argano supports the full transformation agenda through strategy, design, execution, and ongoing managed services. We modernize and optimize core functions across customer engagement and service, revenue management, finance and planning, supply chain, and workforce optimization.
Our promise to clients is maximizing their growth, profitability, commercial agility, intelligence and customer satisfaction, guaranteed. Learn more at argano.com.
About Twelve Consulting Group
Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Twelve Consulting Group is a leading Anaplan consultancy and trusted partner to organizations seeking to transform their enterprise performance management capabilities. As an Anaplan Gold Partner and accredited Solution Advisory and Delivery Partner, Twelve has completed over 800 projects in the past 11+ years. Twelve provides tailored implementation, training, and strategic consulting services with a strong focus on the Life Sciences and CPG industries. Twelve is recognized for its deep domain expertise, exceptional delivery quality, and a scalable approach to talent development that enables rapid client impact. With a commitment to innovation, excellence, and long-term client success, Twelve helps businesses unlock the full potential of connected planning.
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