18 Facts About Pierre Nanterme

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Pierre Nanterme was the chairman and chief executive officer of Accenture, a global management consulting and professional services firm.

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Pierre Nanterme attended the ESSEC Business School in Paris and received a master's in management degree in 1981.

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In 1983, Nanterme began his career at the consulting firm Accenture.

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Pierre Nanterme became a partner at the firm in 1993.

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Between 1993 and 2005, Pierre Nanterme held a number of positions in the firm's financial services practice, including managing director for Europe, Africa, and Latin America, as well as global managing director of the insurance industry group.

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In November 2005, Pierre Nanterme was appointed the national managing director for Accenture in France.

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In 2007, Pierre Nanterme was appointed group chief executive of Accenture's global financial services operating group, which focuses on clients in banking, insurance, and capital markets.

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In October 2010, the company announced that Pierre Nanterme would serve as the next chief executive officer of Accenture, at which time he became a member of the board of directors.

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Pierre Nanterme officially took office as CEO on 1 January 2011, and in February 2013 took on the additional role of chairman.

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On 11 January 2019, Pierre Nanterme resigned as chairman and CEO, citing health concerns.

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Pierre Nanterme worked in Accenture for a total of 36 years.

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Pierre Nanterme was involved with the Mouvement des Entreprises de France, the largest French employers' association, and served as president of the association's Commission for Economic Affairs and Public Finance from 2005 to 2013.

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Between 2007 and 2011, Pierre Nanterme was chairman of the French consulting association SYNTEC, which has member companies from the engineering, information technology, research, and consulting sectors.

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In 2010, Pierre Nanterme was awarded the insignia Chevalier of the Legion of Honour for his work as a French business leader.

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Pierre Nanterme served on a number of task forces for the B20 Summit, and was a member of the executive board of the B20 Green Growth Action Alliance, which was launched by the World Economic Forum to work on the growing need for private funding in sustainability.

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Pierre Nanterme co-chaired the Alliance's Energy Efficiency working group and served as a member of the Economic Policy working group.

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Pierre Nanterme acted as a board member of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, a group of CEOs who form policies to encourage trade between Europe and America.

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Twenty days after stepping down as CEO, on 31 January 2019, Pierre Nanterme died in Paris at the age of 59.