– USA, NY – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the appointment of Alan Jope to its Board as an Independent Director, effective immediately, bringing the Board to 10 members, of whom nine are external and independent.
“Alan is a dynamic leader with vast expertise in the consumer goods industry and deep experience driving change through sustainable business at a global scale. He will bring valuable perspective and insight to our board and our company as we continue to execute our strategy and create 360° value for all our stakeholders,” said Chair and CEO, Julie Sweet.
Alan Jope has also joined the Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee.
About Alan Jope
Alan Jope is CEO of Unilever (LSE: ULVR), and is responsible for leading one of the world’s largest consumer goods businesses, with a presence in over 190 countries, serving an estimated 3.4 billion people every day. He joined Unilever in the UK in 1985. Before being appointed as CEO, Mr. Jope served as President of the Beauty & Personal Care Division. He also worked in leadership roles in North America for 14 years and Asia for 13 years.
Mr. Jope holds a BA Hons in Commerce from Edinburgh University and graduated from Harvard Business School’s General Management Program in 2001. Recently, he was appointed Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments, and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation-led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with solid ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capability. We can uniquely deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions, and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners, and communities.
Source: www.accenture.com.
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