Accenture Announces Leadership Appointments

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has announced the following leadership appointments, effective Sept. 1, 2023:

• Manish Sharma, Accenture's Chief Operating Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer – North America. Sharma succeeds Jimmy Etheredge, who is retiring after an outstanding nearly-38-year career with Accenture. Etheredge will step down as of Aug. 31 and become an advisor for a transition period.
• John Walsh, Accenture's Chief Strategic Accounts & Global Sales Officer, will become Accenture's Chief Operating Officer.
• Steve Ferneyhough, Accenture's Lead – Sales, Europe, will become Chief Strategic Accounts & Global Sales Officer.
• Paul Daugherty, Accenture's Group Chief Executive – Technology & Chief Technology Officer, will become Chief Technology & Innovation Officer.
• Karthik Narain, Accenture's Lead – Accenture Cloud First, Data & AI, will become Group Chief Executive – Technology.

In their new roles, Sharma, Walsh, Ferneyhough, Daugherty and Narain will serve as members of Accenture's Global Management Committee.

As Chief Executive Officer – North America, Sharma will be responsible for Accenture's largest geographic market, which generated $29 billion in revenues in FY22, and will be responsible for delivering on the promise of technology and human ingenuity for Accenture's clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.

Sharma, who joined Accenture in 1995 in its strategy practice, currently serves as the company's Chief Operating Officer, and before that, was Group Chief Executive – Operations, for which North America was the largest market. He has a proven track record of creating business value for global clients, enabled by tech, data and AI, and has personally engaged with some of the company's largest clients, including many in North America.