Omar Abbosh

Chief Strategy Officer, Accenture

Omar Abbosh is Accenture’s chief strategy officer. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s strategy, innovation programmes and investments. In this role, Mr. Abbosh also has management responsibility for Accenture Security, Accenture’s Dublin Centre for Innovation, Accenture’s Ventures & Acquisitions, Industry programs, Research and Corporate Citizenship. He is a member of Accenture’s Global Executive and Global Management Committees.

Before being appointed to his current position in March 2015, Mr. Abbosh held several management roles including senior managing director — Growth & Strategy for the Resources operating group, managing director of the Resources business in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Global Utilities managing director, managing director of Accenture Smart Grid Services & Accenture Energy Consumer Services. He has served as the global client lead for leading multinational companies where he advised client executives on major strategic issues for their businesses; for example, bringing and scaling digital innovation into the enterprise, operating model transformation, leadership development, mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation & investment management. He served for ten years on the Global Energy Board chaired by Lord Browne of Madingley.

Mr. Abbosh joined Accenture in 1989 and became a partner in 1998. He holds a degree in electronic engineering from Cambridge University and a master’s degree in business administration from INSEAD.

Omar Abbosh will be sharing insights at this year’s SingularityU Germany Summit on June 4 & 5, 2018 in Berlin.