John Walsh is chief executive officer of the Americas, Accenture’s largest geographic market, encompassing the United States, Canada and Latin America and a member of Accenture’s Executive Committee. John has more than 30 years of experience providing strategic consulting, operations management, IT and BPO services to the world’s leading companies.
Prior to becoming CEO of the Americas, John served as chief operating officer and, before that, chief sales officer, where he built a world-class global sales organization that accelerated growth across the business. Earlier, as group chief executive of Communications, Media & Technology, he drove strong sales and revenue performance while serving as a trusted advisor to leading companies across the technology, media, telecommunications, aerospace, and defense industries.
John serves on the board of IFS, an innovative cloud-based enterprise software provider. He has also served as a director on other boards including Vlocity, a cloud unicorn acquired by Salesforce for $1.3 billion in February 2020; Adchemy, acquired by Walmart in 2014; and the Churchill Club, one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent non-profit organizations.
John graduated from the Accenture executive management program at the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland and completed his undergraduate studies at Iowa State University.
