“We are very pleased to have the Nextmove team join Huron,” said Gary E. Holdren, chairman and
chief executive officer, Huron Consulting Group. “The acquisition expands our Middle East
footprint, where our expertise in helping higher education institutions and academic health centers
has already helped us gain recognition. Combining the professionals from Huron and Nextmove
will allow us to quickly establish a scalable presence for our higher education and healthcare
services in the strategically important Gulf region.”

Nextmove (www.nxtmove.com) was founded in 2003 by Maher Kaddoura, who was a regional
managing partner of Accenture prior to forming the firm. Nextmove has approximately 35
professionals with offices in Amman, Jordan and Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The company
has highly experienced personnel who have worked in a variety of industries focusing primarily on
enabling their clients to operate more effectively in a rapidly expanding marketplace. In conjunction
with the acquisition, Huron also opened an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Financial
terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

“My colleagues and I are very excited about the opportunity to join forces with Huron,” said Maher
Kaddoura, managing partner of Nextmove. “Huron has excellent people with expertise and
capabilities that are in high demand in this region, and we look forward to working together to
provide quality solutions to our Middle East clients.”

Huron’s Health and Education Consulting practice has been working with U.S.-based universities
and hospitals interested in pursuing global strategies and has been advising health and education
institutions in the Middle East that are growing to meet the increasing demands of the developing
economies. Huron has ongoing or recently completed projects in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia
and Oman. The acquisition of Nextmove provides a partner in the Gulf region to continue to
expand Huron’s services to a rapidly growing client base. Learn more about Huron’s Middle East
business at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/MiddleEast.

“The Gulf region is experiencing rapid demands for improved health and education. The addition of
Nextmove adds experienced personnel within the region to help us expand our health and
education consulting services in the Middle East and to broaden the number of industries that we
can serve with local talent,” said James H. Roth, vice president of Huron’s Health and Education
Consulting practice.

About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients effectively address complex challenges that arise in
litigation, disputes, investigations, regulatory compliance, procurement, financial distress and other
sources of significant conflict or change. The Company also helps clients deliver superior customer
and capital market performance through integrated strategic, operational and organizational
change. Huron provides services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed
organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses, leading academic
institutions, healthcare organizations and the law firms that represent these various organizations.
Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.

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