Accenture Technology announced that Kishore Durg will be appointed as Group Operating Officer, Technology, effective December 1, 2024. He will report to Karthik Narain, Group Chief Executive of Technology and Chief Technology officer. Durg succeeds Jeremy Oates, who served as group operating officer for Accenture Technology for more than a decade and will retire from Accenture in 2025.
Kishore Durg holds more than 25 years of global experience in the global technology industry. He presently holds the position of senior managing director at Accenture LearnVantage, a role he will retain in addition to his new responsibilities. Along with the new responsibilities, he will continue to be a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council.
Durg previously has led the Accenture Operations Supply Chain, Industry X and Networks businesses. Under his leadership, he brought the technology ecosystem to the forefront of how Accenture is differentiated in the market. Before that, he was at the forefront of conceptualizing, developing and adopting crucial Accenture Cloud First platforms such as myNAV Cloud Platform, Green Cloud Advisor and Sovereign Cloud Advisor.
Durga has also served as the Growth Strategy lead for technology where he led a very successful V&A strategy for cloud first that led to more than 40 acquisitions. He was also the Director of Operations for Technology Global Delivery, Communications, Media Technology (CMT) Lead for India and Global Technology Lead for Accenture Operations.
Durg holds an MS degree in Computer Science from University of Texas at Arlington, USA, and a BE degree in Computer Science from the University of Mysore. He is currently based in Bengaluru, India.
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