Accenture announced that Arundhati Chakraborty has been appointed Group Chief Executive of Accenture Operations, effective as of September 1. Arundhati Chakraborty previously held Global Lead – Delivery and Transformation, Operations at Accenture.
Chakraborty takes over from Yusuf Tayob, who has been named as the global Communications, Media & Technology (CMT) industry practices chair at Accenture replacing Yusuf Tayob.
Chakraborty and Tayob both remain to be on the Accenture Global Management Committee.
As clients look to reinvent their operations using tech, data and AI, Chakraborty brings an outstanding track record delivering complex transformations, particularly in her current role leading over 185,000 Accenture people across more than 125 Intelligent Operations Centers, focusing on compressed transformation through analytics, artificial intelligence and automation.
With 30 years of industry experience, her ability to shape and implement talent strategy across diverse teams will help Accenture create ever greater value for clients around the world. Arundhati will be responsible for growing the company’s $10B Operations business and bringing even greater innovation to Accenture’s clients, tapping vast opportunities created with generative AI and automation.
Yusuf Tayob brings to his new role a unique blend of cross-service skills and industry expertise based on his 20 years of CMT experience. Tayob has held many leadership positions at Accenture, including leading the North America CMT consulting practice and the Salesforce business group in Accenture Technology.
“With incredibly deep expertise partnering with clients to drive large-scale transformations in their operations, Arundhati is uniquely positioned to lead this critical part of our business. Arundhati’s commitment to developing talent and new services based on gen AI and automation make her the ideal leader for our Operations business,” said Julie Sweet chair and CEO of Accenture.
Sweet added, “With his deep industry expertise, commitment to innovation and passion for developing people, Yusuf possesses exceptional qualities to lead our priority industry practices within CMT. I am confident that under his leadership, Accenture will continue to deliver even more value to our clients.”
