Tokyo-based ABeam Consulting got its start as the Japanese arm of Deloitte Consulting, until its separation in 2003. ABeam's global expansion was driven initially by its Japanese clients with large, global rollouts of business improvement initiatives. Less than five years later, ABeam has more than doubled in size, now boasting 3,500 professionals serving more than 700 clients throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe. More than 70 percent of the firm's new business comes from existing clients.