Accenture Chief Leadership Officer Adrian Lajtha to Retire
November 19 2015 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Chief Human Resources Officer Ellyn Shook and
Chief Strategy Officer Omar Abbosh to Assume Additional
Responsibilities
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that Adrian Lajtha, chief
leadership officer, will retire from the company in February 2016.
Ellyn Shook, who is currently chief human resources officer, will
assume additional responsibilities for leadership development and
succession planning; inclusion and diversity; and human capital
strategy, becoming the company’s chief leadership & human
resources officer on December 1, 2015. Omar Abbosh, chief strategy
officer, will assume additional responsibilities for Accenture’s
corporate citizenship initiatives upon Mr. Lajtha’s retirement in
February.
“I am delighted that Ellyn will take on an expanded role leading
several additional critical functions,” said chairman and CEO
Pierre Nanterme. “As a talent-led organization, we see tremendous
synergies in aligning all of our people-related initiatives under
her leadership to ensure that we continue to attract, develop and
retain the very best talent in our industry to serve our clients
and lead our business.
“In addition, an important part of our vision for market
leadership is our commitment to advancing sustainable economic
growth and competitiveness across the communities where we work and
live. We believe that our highly effective corporate citizenship
programs will benefit from Omar’s leadership as they become even
more central to Accenture’s strategy.
“At the same time, I want to recognize and thank Adrian for his
significant contributions to Accenture during his exceptional
36-year career with our company. In his role as chief leadership
officer since 2007, Adrian has been instrumental in establishing
many of the building blocks for Accenture’s future, including our
first-ever human capital strategy, our leadership development
program and our powerful corporate citizenship agenda built around
Skills to Succeed. He has led our succession planning and
inclusion and diversity agendas with purpose and impact. Adrian has
also served in key client leadership roles, including group chief
executive of our Financial Services operating group. Throughout his
career, Adrian has been a committed and passionate advocate for our
people and core values, and it has been my great pleasure to work
closely with him over the years. On behalf of our senior leadership
team and everyone at Accenture, I wish Adrian all the best in the
future.”
About Accenture
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providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than 358,000
people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives
innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us
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