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Jimmy Etheredge
CEO, North America
Accenture

Jimmy Etheredge is CEO of Accenture North America, the global company’s largest geographic market, which generated $29 billion in revenues in fiscal year 2022. A member of the company’s Global Management Committee, Etheredge leads nearly 80,000 people. Etheredge’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has helped the company earn numerous top rankings as a great place to work and a DEI leader. Prior to assuming his current role in September 2019, he was senior managing director, U.S. Southeast, responsible for 10 states. In that role, he extended Accenture’s innovation hub network, including creating a new hub at Georgia Tech.

Education: Georgia Tech
Notable achievements: Atlanta Business Chronicle Most Admired CEO (2018), led Accenture in championing the Safe Harbor Amendment in 2016
First job: Lifeguard
Best advice received: Be present, stay in the moment. Focus on the conversation, issue, or task at hand. Yoga helps too.
Favorite travel destination: Lake Glenville, North Carolina

Ed Heys
Managing Partner
Deloitte & Touche

With more than 30 years of experience in professional services, Ed Heys is the Atlanta and Birmingham managing partner of Deloitte & Touche, responsible for strategy, operations, talent, and business development for the multistate practice. He oversees more than 2,500 Deloitte professionals based in Georgia and Alabama. As lead client service partner and advisory partner,...

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