Elizabeth Tinkham

Professional Background

Ms. Elizabeth Tinkham, also known as Liz, serves as Global Managing Director of Management Consulting, Communications & High Tech Operating Groups at Accenture Ltd. In this role, Ms. Tinkham drives ~$800M in sales and revenue across Accenture's five core service lines - strategy, customer relationship management, supply chain, human performance and finance and performance management, as well three industry programs communications, high tech and media and entertainment. Prior to that, she worked as part of Accenture's New Businesses group where she was responsible for identifying and launching new businesses within Accenture, globally. Specifically, she launched a B2B global digital supply chain business as well as a data quality management business. Liz has served as a managing partner within the Accenture Communications and High Tech Industry Group. She was responsible for selling and developing core functional offerings to companies based in the eastern region of North America, then a $1 Billion organization. Throughout her twenty plus career with Accenture, she worked with leading companies on a broad range of strategic issues. In recent years, she specialized in the sale and delivery of new business and product strategies as well as large, complex computer systems for national telecommunication providers. She is very involved in Accenture's Women and Diversity efforts. She's held multiple leadership roles in this capacity. Most importantly, she is a constant advocate for the promotion and retention of women and minorities. She also leads and speaks at Accenture's women client events including The Women's Leadership Forum and International Women's Day. An active fundraiser for breast cancer research, she leads Accenture's annual campaign for the Susan B. Komen Foundation, and has taken leadership roles in the NYC 'Race for the Cure.' A long-time resident of Chicago, She is a member of both the Chicago Economic Club and the Executive's Club of Chicago. She is the co-sponsor of the Executive Club's Women's Networking Program. She graduated from Ohio State University with a BS in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. She also has an Executive MBA from IMD, the international business school in Lausanne, Switzerland.