Accenture has appointed Pierre Nanterme as chief executive officer with immediate effect.
The company announced in October that Nanterme would become CEO on 1 January 2011, succeeding William Green, who has been Accenture CEO since September 2004 and assumed the additional role of chairman in September 2006, will remain as chairman.
Nanterme was most recently group chief executive of Accenture’s Global Financial Services operating group, a position he has held since 2007.
During his 28 years with Accenture, Nanterme held various leadership positions across many dimensions of the company’s business.
Accenture CEO Pierre Nanterme said the company has great momentum in their business and their focus is on accelerating the execution of their growth agenda to make sure they are capturing the opportunities they see in the marketplace.
