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Accenture plc Company Profile Publication Date: 30 Jun 2011 www.datamonitor.com Europe, Middle East & Africa Americas Asia Pacific 119 Farringdon Road 245 5th Avenue Level 46 London 4th Floor 2 Park Street EC1R 3DA New York, NY 10016 Sydney, NSW 2000 United Kingdom USA Australia t: +44 20 7551 9000 t: +1 212 686 7400 t: +61 2 8705 6900 f: +44 20 7551 9090 f: +1 212 686 2626 f: +61 2 8088 7405 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Accenture plc ABOUT DATAMONITOR Datamonitor is a leading business information company specializing in industry analysis. Through its proprietary databases and wealth of expertise, Datamonitor provides clients with unbiased expert analysis and in depth forecasts for six industry sectors: Healthcare, Technology, Automotive, Energy, Consumer Markets, and Financial Services. The company also advises clients on the impact that new technology and eCommerce will have on their businesses. 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Accenture plc Page 2 © Datamonitor Accenture plc TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................4 Key Facts...............................................................................................................4 Business Description...........................................................................................5 History.................................................................................................................10 Key Employees...................................................................................................18 Key Employee Biographies................................................................................20 Major Products and Services............................................................................29 Revenue Analysis...............................................................................................31 SWOT Analysis...................................................................................................33 Top Competitors.................................................................................................41 Company View.....................................................................................................42 Locations and Subsidiaries...............................................................................45 Accenture plc Page 3 © Datamonitor Accenture plc Company Overview COMPANY OVERVIEW Accenture (or “the company”) is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company has experience, capabilities across most of the industries and business functions. Its business is structured around five operating groups, which together comprise 19 industry groups. Accenture provides services to its customers through a global delivery network of over 50 centers. It mainly operates in Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and employs 204,000 people. The company recorded revenues of $21,550.6 million during the financial year ended August 2010 (FY2010), a decrease of 0.1% over 2009. The operating profit of the company was $2,914.8 million in FY2010, an increase of 10.2% over 2009. Its net profit was $1,780.7 million in FY2010, an increase of 12% over 2009. KEY FACTS Head Office Accenture plc 1 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 IRL Phone 353 1 646 2000 Fax 353 1 646 2020 Web Address http://www.accenture.com Revenue / turnover 21,550.6 (USD Mn) Financial Year End August Employees 204,000 New York Ticker ACN Accenture plc Page 4 © Datamonitor Accenture plc Business Description BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Accenture (or “the company”) is one of the leading providers of management consulting, technology services and outsourcing services in the world. The company provides services to its customers through a global delivery network of over 50 centers. It has offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 53 countries. The company's business is structured around five operating groups, which together comprise 19 industry groups. For financial reporting purposes, the company's operating groups are considered as reportable segments.The five operating groups of the company include products, communications and high tech, financial services, resources, and health and public service. The products operating group comprises air freight and travel services; automotive; consumer goods and services; industrial equipment; infrastructure and transportation services; life sciences; and retail industry groups. The air freight and travel services industry group serves airlines, freight and logistics companies across all modes of transport, and travel services companies, including hotels, tour operators, rental car companies and cruise operators. Accenture helps its clients in developing and implementing networks, integrating supply chains, developing procurement strategies, and building improved customer-relationship-management (CRM) capabilities. The company also offers industry-specific solutions, such as Navitaire for the airline industry and a proprietary shipment-management solution for the freight and logistics industry. The automotive industry group works with auto manufacturers, dealers, retailers and service providers. It enables clients to develop and implement solutions focused on product development and commercialization, customer service and retention, channel strategy and management, branding, buyer-driven business models, cost reduction, CRM and integrated supplier partnerships. The consumer goods and services industry group provides services to food and beverage, alcoholic beverage, household goods and personal care, tobacco and fashion/apparel manufacturers and agribusiness and consumer health companies around the world. Its service offerings address clients’ large-scale enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategy and implementation, sales and marketing transformation, working-capital productivity improvement and supply chain collaboration. The group also helps clients in building operating models that facilitate processes focused on improved outcomes for users, employees, customers and suppliers. The industrial equipment industry group serves the industrial and electrical equipment, automotive supplier, consumer durable and heavy equipment industries. It enables the clients to increase operating and supply chain efficiencies by improving processes and leveraging technology. The group also helps clients in generating value from strategic mergers and acquisitions. In addition, the industrial equipment industry group develops and deploys solutions in the areas of cloud computing, Accenture plc Page 5 © Datamonitor Accenture plc Business Description channel management, collaborative product design, remote field maintenance, enterprise application integration and outsourcing. The infrastructure and transportation services industry group offers service to companies in the construction, infrastructure-management (ports, airports, seaports and road-tolling facilities) and mass-transportation industries. It offers solutions to improve clients’ information technology (IT) and CRM, network efficiency, supply chain integration, develop procurement and electronic business marketplace strategies, and in managing maintenance, repair and overhaul processes and expenses. The group also provides transport-infrastructure (railroad, airport, and seaport) and urban-infrastructure services, including project management, fare management and transport operations services. The life sciences industry group works with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical products and other companies across the life-sciences value chain and provides services, including large-scale business and technology transformation, targeted business performance improvement, and post-merger integration.