Leonardo Framil leads Accenture’s US Financial Services Client Group and is a member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee.
Prior to his current role, Leo was chief executive officer of Accenture in Growth Markets, with management oversight for all of Accenture’s services in Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
Leo has more than 30 years of experience consulting major corporations and has worked extensively with the largest financial institutions and technology companies in Latin America. He also has extensive experience working with leading international corporations from Asia, Europe, and North America.
Before Leo was chief executive officer of Accenture in Growth Markets, he was Market Unit Lead for Latin America, where he made 11 regional acquisitions and increased the number of Accenture’s people by 75% and doubled the number of women. Under Leo’s leadership, Accenture has received recognition for innovation from Forbes, and was recognized as Executive of the Year by Brazil’s Valor Econômico. Leo was also awarded the Local Eminence in Innovation by Latin America’s Business Leader’s Forum, in addition to other recognitions from various industry entities.
Leo has served on the boards and councils of major business associations, including the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil and the Brazilian Association of Information Technology & Communication Technology Companies (Brasscom), as well as non-profit organizations such as the United Way Brazil, Instituto Ayrton Senna and Gerando Falcões.
Leo joined Accenture in 1992 and became a managing director in 2001. He has a postgraduate degree in telecommunications engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) and has attended various executive programs at the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC), Insead, IMD, Singularity University and University of Chicago.