The rapid ascent of Indian-origin professionals in Accenture's global management committee (GMC), which is responsible for making strategic decisions, highlights the breadth of experience in more modern technologies that the company's clients are benefiting from. From four Indian-origin leaders on the GMC roster in 2020, the number has more than doubled till date. There are other Indian leaders who are elevated in other business functions too.
Accenture’s COO Manish Sharma, also a part of the GMC, has been elevated as CEO of North America effective September 1. North America has generated $29 billion in revenue in the 2022 financial year.
Karthik Narain, Accenture’s lead – Accenture Cloud First, Data & AI, will become group chief executive – technology. Since the formation of Cloud First in 2020, cloud has become a top growth-driver and cloud-certified talent has nearly tripled under his leadership.
Senthil Ramani, the company's lead for data and artificial intelligence (AI), growing markets, will assume a newly created job as lead data and AI, reporting to Narain, to drive a single data and AI go to market and capability.
Mahesh Zurale, lead for Advanced Technology Centers in India, will become the global lead for these centres, expanding his current role as it brings all the technology centres around the world under a single leadership. Arjun Bedi, lead of Diamond Client Council, Accenture’s global strategic portfolio of clients, will continue for one more year as the lead of the Diamond Client Council extending his three-year term.