Julie Sweet, a former Cravath, Swaine & Moore partner turned in-house lawyer, has been named the new chief executive officer of global consulting and outsourcing company Accenture.
Sweet spent over 17 years at Cravath as a dealmaker and was the firm’s ninth-ever female partner.
She joined Accenture in 2010 as general counsel and chief compliance officer before becoming its chief executive for North America five years later. She led its business operations in the United States and Canada, which comprise the company’s largest market.
Accenture has around 480,000 employees working in 120 countries.
Sweet replaces Pierre Nanterme, who stepped down ...
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