CGI

What they do

CGI provides IT and business consulting services to organisations across banking, government, health, manufacturing, retail, and energy and utilities. Their work spans the full delivery lifecycle: helping clients define strategy, integrate systems, run managed IT operations, and apply proprietary software to specific business problems.

The firm describes its model as "informed globally and delivered locally". With 400 metro market locations worldwide and 33 dedicated delivery centres, they aim to keep consultants close to clients rather than managing accounts from a distance. That proximity model is central to how they position themselves against larger, more centralised competitors.

On the services side, CGI groups its work into four broad areas. Business consulting covers strategy, target operating models and what they call AI-to-ROI roadmaps. Systems integration handles the planning and implementation of IT modernisation programmes. Managed IT services takes on ongoing operational responsibility for client technology. And their intellectual property portfolio — more than 120 business solutions and 80 digital enablers — provides configurable software that sits across all three service lines.

AI is now embedded throughout their service descriptions. Their 2026 Voice of Our Clients research, drawn from conversations with more than 1,800 business and technology executives, found that organisations are moving from transformation ambition toward measurable outcomes. CGI's response has been to position AI as infrastructure rather than a project: embedded into managed services, integrated into ERP platforms like CGI Advantage, and applied to cybersecurity operations.

Named solutions include CGI Credit Studio, CGI PulseAI, CGI Trade360, CGI OpenGrid360, CGI All Payments and CGI Retail Suite. Their Insula platform is currently supporting AI-driven Earth observation as part of the European Space Agency's Φsat-2 mission. CGI Advantage, their ERP platform for state and local government, recently earned Solutions Partner with certified software designation within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program.

The firm is listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: GIB.A) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: GIB).

Where they sit in Leeds

CGI has a long-established presence in Leeds as part of their UK operations. The Sunday Times named them one of the Best Places to Work in the UK in 2025, which reflects a broader effort to position the firm as an employer of choice for consultants, engineers and data professionals.

In the UK, roles they actively recruit for include software developers, software engineers, business and data analysts, project managers, cloud and technical architects, and data engineers and data scientists. Their ownership culture — where employees are invited to become company shareholders from day one — is a consistent feature of how they recruit and retain staff.

With 94,000 consultants globally and a 50-year operating history, CGI is not a startup or a boutique. For Leeds-based clients in financial services, public sector or manufacturing, they represent one of the larger delivery options available locally, backed by a global capability network that smaller regional firms cannot match.

What they offer

• Business consulting — strategy definition, target operating models and AI-to-ROI roadmaps across 21 industry sectors.
• Managed IT services — ongoing operational management of client technology, with AI embedded into service delivery.
• Systems integration — planning, implementation and management of IT modernisation and transformation programmes.
• Proprietary software solutions — 120+ configurable business solutions including CGI Advantage (government ERP), CGI Credit Studio, CGI Trade360, CGI All Payments and CGI Retail Suite.
• Cybersecurity services — governance, threat remediation and security operations, with a focus on AI-accelerated threat response.