Richard Andrew Lumb

Professional Background

Mr. Richard Andrew Lumb has been Group Chief Executive of Financial Services Operating Group of Accenture Plc since December 1, 2010. Mr. Lumb has been Group Chief Executive of Financial Services at Accenture Holdings plc since April 2015. In this role, Mr. Lumb is responsible for setting the overall vision and strategy, for sales and revenue growth and for client relationship management for the operating group. He has been with Accenture for 30 years. He has more than 28 years of experience at Accenture, developing strategies and business models and implementing business change programs and systems for some of the world's leading financial institutions. He served as Senior Managing Director of Accenture's Financial Services operating unit in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America from June 2006 to December 2010. Previously, he served as Managing Director of Business and Market Development for the Financial Services operating group from September 2005 to June 2006. Throughout his career, he has helped banks, insurance brokers and insurers improve business performance through distinctive capabilities and solutions'including enterprise-wide business and technology programs to increase revenues and reduce costs, post-merger integration, shared services and new organizational structures, business processes and systems. Mr. Lumb has focused solely on the financial services industry since 1994 and has worked extensively in the insurance industry, where he has led major multi-year, technology-based restructuring programs at several global insurance companies. Other leadership roles he has held at Accenture include Managing Director of the Insurance Industry Group for the United Kingdom and Ireland and Managing Director of Change Management and Human Performance service line in Financial Services for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Mr. Lumb earned a Degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Bradford University in the United Kingdom.