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February 4, 2021
World Economic Forum appoints New Member to Board of Trustees
• Julie Sweet joins the World Economic Forum Board of Trustees.
• The Board of Trustees is the guardian of the World Economic Forum’s mission and values.
Photo: Impressions from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 20 January 2020. Image provided by & copyright © World Economic Forum / Valeriano Di Domenico.
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 February 2021 - The Chief Executive Officer of Accenture, Julie Sweet, will join the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum. Sweet’s track record of success and commitment to enhancing gender diversity in business will significantly contribute to strengthening the Forum in its mission of improving the world’s state.
The Board of Trustees, the highest governing body of the World Economic Forum, is responsible for its strategy and advancing its values. As a reflection of its multistakeholder status, membership is divided equally between representatives of the business community and leaders from government, international organizations, and civil society.
“The World Economic Forum is delighted to welcome Julie Sweet to its Board of Trustees. We look forward to working with her to deliver on the Forum’s commitment to advancing stakeholder capitalism and contributing to more resilient and equitable societies,” said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.
“Collaboration between the world’s governments, businesses, and cultural leaders has never been more critical,” said Julie Sweet, Chief Executive Officer, Accenture. “I am honored to join the board of the World Economic Forum and help advance its work to find shared and actionable solutions to our most pressing issues while shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future for all.”
Julie Sweet is CEO of Accenture and serves on the company’s board of directors. Before becoming CEO in 2019, she served as CEO of Accenture’s business in North America and as Accenture’s general counsel, secretary, and chief compliance officer for five years. Before joining Accenture in 2010, Sweet was a partner for ten years in Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Outside Accenture, Sweet is a leader in innovation, technology’s impact on business, and inclusion and diversity. She serves on the board of directors for the Business Roundtable, where she is Chair of its Technology Committee. She also serves on the board of directors for Catalyst.
As of 3 February 2021, the Members of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum are:
- Klaus SCHWAB - Chairman of the Board of Trustees, World Economic Forum
- Peter BRABECK-LETMATHE - Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, World Economic Forum, Chairman Emeritus, Nestlé SA, Switzerland
- H.M. Queen Rania AL ABDULLAH of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Mukesh AMBANI - Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries, India
- Marc R. BENIOFF - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce, USA
- Thomas BUBERL - Chief Executive Officer, AXA, France
- Mark CARNEY - Finance Adviser on the 26th Conference of the Parties to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Laurence FINK - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock, USA
- Chrystia FREELAND - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada
- Orit GADIESH - Chairman, Bain & Company, USA
- Kristalina GEORGIEVA - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
- Fabiola GIANOTTI - Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Al GORE - Vice-President of the United States (1993-2001); Chairman and Co-Founder, Generation Investment Management LLP, USA
- Herman GREF - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Sberbank, Russia
- Angel GURRÃA - Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- André S. HOFFMANN - Non-Executive Vice-Chairman, Roche Holding Ltd., Switzerland
- Paula INGABIRE - Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda
- Christine LAGARDE - President, European Central Bank
- Jack MA - Alibaba Board of Directors, Alibaba Group, People’s Republic of China
- Yo-Yo MA - Cellist
- Peter MAURER - President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Switzerland
- Luis Alberto MORENO - President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC (2005-2020)
- Patrice MOTSEPE - Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals, South Africa
- L. Rafael REIF - President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
- David M. RUBENSTEIN - Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman, Carlyle Group, USA
- Mark SCHNEIDER - Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé, Switzerland
- Tharman SHANMUGARATNAM - Senior Minister, Singapore
- Jim Hagemann SNABE - Chairman, Supervisory Board, Siemens AG, Germany; Chairman, A.P. Møller-Maersk, Denmark
- Julie SWEET - Chief Executive Officer, Accenture, Ireland
- Feike SYBESMA - Honorary Chairman, Royal DSM, Netherlands
- Heizo TAKENAKA - Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan (2002-2006)
- Min ZHU - President, National Institute of Financial Research, People’s Republic of China
Source: World Economic Forum
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