Accenture Research Blog

Shruti Shalini

Thought Leadership Senior Principal – Accenture Research

Shruti joined Accenture in 2010 and now drives research and thought leadership on metaverse to support the Metaverse Continuum business group. Her research also focuses on immersive experiences driven by Extended Reality technologies.

Francis Hintermann

Executive Director – Accenture Research

Francis is the Global Managing Director of Accenture Research, a team of 300 researchers based in 20 countries around the world. He inspires and guides the team to develop provocative thought leadership which identifies and anticipates game-changing business, market and technology trends.

Dan Elron

Managing Director – Strategy, Technology and Innovation

Dan helps lead the development of Accenture's strategy, particularly as it relates to technology, driving multiple initiatives to expand Accenture's Innovation capabilities.

Edward Blomquist

Thought Leadership Research Sr Principal

Ed joined Accenture in 2008 and now leads our global Security Research practice. His research focuses now on Cybersecurity, Digital Identity and Emerging Technology.

Armen Ovanessoff

Principal Director – Accenture Research

Armen Ovanessoff is a principal director at Accenture Research where his focus is on macro-economic and business trends. Armen's research insights are regularly featured in economics and business publications.

Dr. Vedrana Savic

Managing Director – Accenture Research

Vedrana Savic is currently the managing director of thought leadership at Accenture Research. Her latest research at Accenture focuses on value creation in the digital age, industry disruption, organisational change, investment in and mastery of scalable innovation.

H. James (Jim) Wilson

Global Managing Director – Thought Leadership & Technology Research

H. James Wilson leads research programs on the impact of technology on work, innovation, and business performance. He is the co-author of Human + Machine (HBR Press 2018) and Radically Human (HBR Press 2022) with Paul Daugherty, Accenture's Group Chief Executive - Technology & Chief Innovation Officer.

Matthew Robinson

Managing Director – Accenture Research

Matthew leads Accenture's sustainability research.

Raghav Narsalay

Accenture Research Lead for the Metaverse Continuum Business Group

Raghav Narsalay, a Managing Director at Accenture Research, is the Accenture Research Lead, Metaverse Continuum Business Group of Accenture. The team led by Raghav specializes in building primary data driven actionable insights on business strategies and organizational roadmaps companies must adopt in their metaverse journeys.

Ivy Lee

Associate Manager – Accenture Research

Ivy is an associate manager at Accenture Research. Her work focuses on disruptive innovation and business strategy; with her current focus being on customer experience and marketing strategy.

Dr. Tchicaya Robertson

Senior Principal — Talent & Organization, Talent Research, Global

Tchicaya drives thought leadership on Talent, Skilling and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to support the Talent & Organization practice. She focuses specifically on both the employee experience and the customer experience and the interlock between the two.

Dominic King

Research Lead – UK & Ireland

Dominic joined Accenture Research in 2015 and now leads the UK & Ireland team. His research focuses on Sustainable Leadership and Organizations.

Babak Moussavi

Senior Principal – Accenture Research

Babak Moussavi joined Accenture in 2014. His current focus is net zero.

Mamta Kapur

Europe Research Lead – Talent and Organisation

Mamta is a research fellow with Accenture Research. Her current research focus includes Organisational culture and leadership.