Tuesday, June 21, 2011

How Accenture's new CEO Pierre Nanterme wants to make the company truly global

Incorporated in Ireland, listed in the USA, Accenture is a truly global company. It has 220,000 employees spread across the world, of which 70,000 are Indian, as befits a consulting firm that's built its business on the twin planks of outsourcing and technology. This year, the firm added a cherry atop its globalization cake with the appointment of the Paris-based Pierre Nanterme as its CEO. Nanterme is as French as can be - he's the recipient of the Ordre National de la L?gion D'honneur, the French equivalent of a knighthood - but he sees himself as quintessentially Accenture.