Cybersecurity Executive Rick Driggers Joins Accenture Federal Services

ARLINGTON, Va.; July 14, 2021 – Accenture Federal Services, (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has hired cybersecurity expert and former CISA executive, Rick Driggers. Driggers brings more than 30 years of federal government and military experience to AFS and will play a key role in developing cybersecurity solutions designed to protect our nation’s critical infrastructure.
July 14, 2021

Accenture Names Nicole van Det Country Managing Director for The Netherlands

AMSTERDAM; June 14, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named Nicole van Det Country Managing Director for The Netherlands, effective July 1. She succeeds Irine Gaasbeek who was named Accenture Technology Lead for France and Benelux.
 
June 14, 2021

Accenture Names CEO Julie Sweet to Additional Position of Chair of the Board, Effective Sept. 1, 2021

NEW YORK; June 2, 2021 – The board of directors of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named CEO Julie Sweet to the additional position of chair of the board, effective Sept. 1, 2021. She succeeds David Rowland, who will step down as executive chairman and from the board on that date. Sweet, 53, succeeded Rowland as CEO on Sept. 1, 2019, when she also joined the Accenture board of directors.


 
June 02, 2021

Accenture Appoints Jill Kramer as Chief Marketing & Communications Officer as of June 1, 2021

NEW YORK; May 4, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced that Amy Fuller, chief marketing & communications officer, will retire from the company at the end of the fiscal year, Aug. 31, 2021. Jill Kramer, currently global head of brand, will succeed Fuller effective June 1, 2021, and will become a member of the company’s Global Management Committee.
May 04, 2021

Accenture Appoints Nadya Abdulla Kamali as Country Managing Director for UAE

ABU DHABI; Mar. 10, 2021 ‒ Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed Nadya Abdulla Kamali as country managing director for the UAE. Based in Dubai, she is responsible for leading operations across the country and driving Accenture’s Health and Public Service industries, two strategic sectors in the region.
March 10, 2021

Christie Smith Joins Accenture to Lead the CEO Transformational Change Journey Agenda

NEW YORK; Dec. 15, 2020 Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed industry veteran Christie Smith as a senior managing director to lead Accenture’s CEO Transformational Change Journey agenda, effective immediately.
December 15, 2020

Accenture Nominates Beth E. Mooney, Former Chairman and CEO of KeyCorp, to Join its Board of Directors

NEW YORK; Dec. 3, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Beth E. Mooney for election to the Board at Accenture’s annual general meeting of shareholders on Feb. 3, 2021. Ms. Mooney, 65, was chairman and CEO of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), one of the 20 largest U.S. banks, based on assets, for nine years prior to her retirement in May 2020. She will be listed as a director nominee in Accenture’s 2020 proxy statement, which is scheduled to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission next week.
December 03, 2020

Accenture Brings on Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Tom Lounibos to Lead Accenture Ventures

NEW YORK; March 5, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur Tom Lounibos to lead Accenture Ventures as its new Managing Director.
March 05, 2020

Accenture Appoints Marco Huwiler as Country Lead for Switzerland

Zurich; Jan. 13, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named Marco Huwiler country managing director for Switzerland. In this role, Huwiler leads Accenture’s growing business in Switzerland, which supports over 100 clients, applying new digital technologies to drive innovation and transform their organizations.
January 13, 2020

Accenture Names 787 New Managing Directors and Senior Managing Directors

NEW YORK; Dec. 2, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named 787 people to managing director and senior managing director, including a record number of women.
December 02, 2019