Accenture Names CEO Pierre Nanterme to Additional Position of Chairman, Effective Feb. 1, 2013

The board of directors of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named CEO Pierre Nantermeto the additional position of chairman of the board, effective Feb. 1,2013. He succeeds William D. Green, who will step down as chairman and fromthe board on that date. Mr. Nanterme, 53, succeeded Mr. Green as CEO on Jan.1, 2011, and has been a member of the Accenture board of directors sinceOctober 2010.“The appointment of Pierre Nanterme as chairman reflects his tremendousknowledge of Accenture's business and global organization, and the high regardin which he is held by the board of directors,” said Sir Mark Moody-Stuart,lead director of the Accenture board. “He has proven himself to be anoutstanding leader.“At the same time, we recognize the significant contributions that Bill Greenhas made to Accenture during his 34-year career with the company, includingsix years as CEO, and we thank him for the excellent stewardship he hasprovided as chairman. Throughout his career, Bill has contributed to and thenled a great organization. An important part of this contribution has been tobuild succession and in-depth leadership talent at Accenture.”Mr. Green, 59, joined Accenture in 1977. He has served as chairman of theboard since 2006 and was chief executive officer from Sept. 1, 2004 until Jan.1, 2011. During his tenure as CEO, Mr. Green led Accenture to record growthand profits, nearly doubled the company's global workforce, expandedAccenture's global footprint and successfully navigated the company through achallenging economic environment. Under his leadership, the company launchedits highly successful Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship initiative.