Accenture Sets Up CEO Office, Reshuffles Executives

Accenture, formerly called Andersen Consulting, split from troubled accounting firm Andersen several years ago.

Andersen, which now has its own consulting unit, is under fire for audits of energy trader Enron Corp which went bankrupt after allegedly using shadowy off-balance sheet transactions to mask losses and inflate profits. The scandal has put scrutiny on U.S. auditing and consulting firms.

New York-based Accenture, which employs 75,000 people worldwide, said Chairman and CEO Joe Forehand and Chief Operating Officer Steve James will make up the CEO office and share responsibilities for all group operations.

Accenture named Gregg Hartemayer group CEO of its technology and outsourcing group and Tim Breene CEO of the business consulting group. Hartemayer previously managed the products operating group while Breene was in charge of service lines and the alliances organization. Mark Foster was put in charge of the products operating group, replacing Hartemayer.

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