CEO for the U.S. and Senior Managing Director for North America Jorge Benitez, on the role an inclusive culture plays in enabling Accenture to attract and retain diverse talent worldwide.
Jorge Benitez
At Accenture, embracing inclusion and diversity in the widest possible sense—beyond gender, ethnicity, or religion—is part of our recipe for success. Our ability to harness the rich diversity of our people—their unique mix of capabilities, expertise, and their commitment—allows us to truly understand and be relevant to our clients. It makes us stronger, smarter, more innovative, and a better-performing company across all dimensions.
We recognize that each person has unique strengths and that by embracing those strengths, we achieve success, foster innovation, and deliver high performance. We invest in the professional development of our employees—directing more than US$ millionannually to employee training, including customized inclusion and diversity programs.
Both our global and local inclusion and diversity initiatives underpin our focus on building a dynamic workforce equipped with the skills, passion, and energy to deliver high performance to our clients.
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New Board Appointment at World Fuel Services
Prior to joining the Board at WFS, Jorge L. Benitez spent 33 years at Accenture.
World Fuel Services Corp. [NYSE:INT] (WFS) Monday announced the appointment of Jorge L. Benitez, the former Chief Executive of North America at Accenture, to its Board of Directors.
Benitez, who retired from Accenture in August after more than 33 years of service, also served as Chief Operating Officer, Products Operating Group among various other senior leadership roles and other positions since joining the firm in
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Jorge to our board," said Michael J. Kasbar, chairman and chief executive officer.
"His strategic and operational experience will prove invaluable on our path forward to creating value for our customers, suppliers and shareholders in the years ahead."
Benitez will serve as a member of the Technology and Operations and Governance committees, WFS noted.
In November WFS was one of the major bunker players tipped for growth by analysts following the collapse of OW Bunker.
Members
Matthew Aho
Aldo Alvarez
Mercedes Barba
Jorge L. Benitez
M. Cristina Benitez
Rosamaria Caballero
Tere Alvarez Canida
Brian Cofer
Jose M. de Lasa
Evan Deahl
Andres Diaz
Karina DuQuesne
Sara Egozi
Chris Ergen
Andres Fanjul
Cynthia Fernandez
Miguel "Mike" B. Fernandez
Alejandra Franganillo
Elaine Gantz Berman
Carlos Garcia
Jorge Benitez
Former Chief Executive Officer, North America, Accenture
Mr. Benitez is the former Chief Executive for North America of Accenture plc, a leading global professional services company. He served in that role from August until his retirement in August , having primary responsibility for Accenture’s business and operations in North America.
From September to August , Mr. Benitez served as Chief Operating Officer, Products Operating Group, the largest of Accenture’s five operating groups, where he was responsible for executing the business strategy and ensuring operational excellence across a wide set of consumer industry groups, including: automotive; air, freight and travel services; industrial equipment; life sciences and infrastructure and transportation services. Prior to that, Mr. Benitez held various senior leadership roles and other positions since joining Accenture in
Mr. Benitez received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a minor in Economics from The University of Florida in
In addition to his contributions across the business landscape, Benitez&#;s positive impact on the Latino community has been widely recognized. Notably, Hispanic Business
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