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New York, NY-based Adrian Lajtha as Chief Leadership Officer
About the Company
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, 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 approximately 394,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives.
About the Person
Adrian Lajtha, who has been Chief Leadership Officer since September 2007, will retire from Accenture in February 2016 and is currently transitioning out of his role. As Chief Leadership Officer, Mr. Lajtha has had primary responsibility for Accenture`s global Inclusion & Diversity initiatives, its Human Capital Strategy, its Leadership Development programs, its Succession Planning and its Corporate Citizenship initiatives, including Skills to Succeed. Mr. Lajtha is a member of Accenture`s Global Management Committee. Previously, Mr. Lajtha was group chief executive of Accenture`s Financial Services operating group, which serves clients in the banking, capital markets and insurance industries. From 2000 to May 2005, he was managing director of Accenture`s Financial Services business in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He led Accenture`s Resources operating group in the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa from 1999 to 2000 and the company`s Strategy unit in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region from 1993 to 1999. Mr. Lajtha has worked with most of the large financial institutions in the United Kingdom, as well as a number of major retail financial services organizations in the United States, continental Europe and Australia. He has specialized in customer relationship management, large complex strategic change management and the emergence of new business models in the financial services industry. Mr. Lajtha joined Accenture in 1979 and became a partner in 1990. He served on Accenture`s Board of Partners prior to Accenture`s incorporation in 2001. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a former member of the Council of the Institute of Financial Services in the United Kingdom. Mr. Lajtha holds a degree in Classics from Oxford University.
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