Manish Sharma

CEO

Chicago, Illinois, United States33 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led transformative initiatives in global operations.
  • Advocated for diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
  • Founded a program to empower rural youth through employment.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in global professional services with a focus on business transformation and operational excellence.

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BPOBusiness AnalysisBusiness InnovationBusiness ProcessBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness Process Re-engineeringBusiness StrategyBusiness TransformationChange ManagementGlobal DeliveryIT StrategyManagementManagement ConsultingOffshoringOperating Models

About

I am the Chief Strategy and Services Officer at Accenture, a global professional services company that helps leaders around the world reinvent their enterprises through technology and human ingenuity. In this capacity, I have the great privilege of working with some of the most talented leaders and teams, both within Accenture as well as at our clients and partners organizations, to drive change that helps businesses perform better and deliver value to all stakeholders. I’m a strong believer in data and AI and have seen first-hand how connecting data, processes, and people across the enterprise can enable leaders to run their businesses in ways that weren’t possible before. We’ve done this at Accenture as part of our Total Enterprise Reinvention and my teams and I are working with clients every day to help reinvent every part of their businesses using technology, data, and AI so they can stay ahead of market changes and create 360° value for their people, clients, and business. Throughout my career, I have placed strong emphasis on people and empowering a diverse and inclusive workforce with the right tools, data, and processes to enable them to deliver value while feeling valued. I truly believe these are essential ingredients for improving the way businesses operate and how the world works and lives. I also founded the Rural ‘impact sourcing’ program, where Accenture partners with small business process services firms based in rural areas to provide employment opportunities to qualified youths, improving their standard of living and financial independence, and paving the way for long-term success. When I have free time outside of my work at Accenture and my foundation, I enjoy reading history and practicing yoga.

Experience

Accenture

10 roles

Chief Strategy and Services Officer

Promoted

Sep 2025Present · 6 mos

CEO of The Americas

Sep 2023Aug 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

Chief Operating Officer

Promoted

Mar 2022Sep 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Responsible for leading the company’s global business operations, executing its business strategy, protecting its people and infrastructure, and ensuring operational excellence, including Accenture’s ongoing digital transformation.

Group Chief Executive – Operations, Accenture

Mar 2020Mar 2022 · 2 yrs

  • I am the group Chief Executive—Accenture Operations responsible for leading a team of over 140,000 people within Accenture. My global team of business process services (BPS) leaders and experts is re-imagining business functions to drive transformational value and productivity for clients, and rewarding and fulling careers for employees.
  • A member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee, I am a strong advocate for inclusion and diversity, and improving the way the world works and lives. I am the founder of the Rural ‘impact sourcing’ program, which allows Accenture to partner with small business process services firms based in rural areas and provide employment opportunities to qualified youths, improving their standard of living and financial independence, and paving the way for long-term success.

Group Chief Operating Officer | Operations

Promoted

Sep 2016Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • As the group operating officer for Accenture Operations, I am responsible for executing the business strategy and driving innovation, across Accenture Operations. I also coordinate with corporate functions to enable the successful achievement of Accenture Operations’ financial and other targets. I currently serve as a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council.

Sr. Managing Director | Global Operations Delivery Lead | Accenture Operations

Promoted

Jan 2009Sep 2016 · 7 yrs 8 mos

  • As the Accenture Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Delivery and Solution Development Lead, I led BPO Global Delivery operations, solutioning and mobilization. In this role, I managed over 52,000 professionals in more than 50 delivery centers across five continents. This team is charged with architecting solutions and delivering differentiated, innovative, insight-driven, operationally excellent services to clients who are looking to BPO to help them achieve high performance. I also served as a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council.

Managing Director | Asia Pacific Lead | Accenture Operations

Jan 2004Jan 2009 · 5 yrs

  • As the BPO Asia Pacific Lead, I was responsible for our BPO Delivery Centers in India, China, Philippines, and the rest of Asia. During this time, I recognised the need for industry specific BPO offerings so I set up and ran a number of new global services, including our Pharmaceutical BPO and HR BPO offerings. We opened new delivery centers in Asia Pacific as the demand for BPO services increased.

Senior Operations Manager

Promoted

Jan 2003Jan 2004 · 1 yr

  • In 2003, I was asked to work within our Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) business at Accenture for a few months. I never left. BPO projects allowed me the ability to not only recommend business change that could transform the future prospects of a client’s business but to implement these changes as well. This suited me down to the ground as it allowed me to combine my strongest skills – problem solving and making things happen.

Manager | Technology & Process

Promoted

Jan 1997Dec 2003 · 6 yrs 11 mos

  • After one year as a Consultant, I became a Manager in 1998. At this time, we started introducing our clients to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and SAP based applications as a tool for collecting, storing, managing and interpreting data so major improvements could be achieved in areas such as inventory management, shipping and payment, manufacturing, finance and product/service planning.

Analyst | Process Engineering

Apr 1995Dec 1997 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • I wanted to work for a global organisation that could offer me more scope for innovation and diversity of projects so I joined Accenture. I have not been disappointed.
  • I began my career at Accenture as a process engineering consultant working with manufacturing clients to support them along their transformation journeys, helping them restructure and reduce costs, redesign their processes for effectiveness and efficiency in order to become business outcome orientated.

A. f. ferguson & co. (a member firm of the deloitte network)

Accountant | Consultant

Feb 1993Apr 1995 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • I started my early career as an engineer in industry. In 1991, I went back to university to get my Masters of Management Studies specialising in Operations Research and then joined AF Ferguson working as a management consultant in India.

Education

University of Mumbai

Masters in Management (operations) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 1991Jan 1993

University of Mumbai

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Jan 1985Jan 1989

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