Julie Sweet vs Larry English

Julie Sweet

CEO of Accenture

BIO: Ms. Julie T. Spellman Sweet has been Group Chief Executive of North America/Chief Executive Officer of North America at Accenture Plc and Accenture Holdings plc (Alternate Name, Accenture SCA) since June 1, 2015. Ms. Sweet has been with Accenture for five years. She also has substantial experience representing underwriters in public and private financings and in executing spin-offs for corporate clients in public and private financings, advising on mergers and acquisitions and providing general corporate counsel, including spin-offs for Lucent Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She served as the Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Secretary at Accenture Plc from March 22, 2010 to June 1, 2015 and Accenture Holdings plc from April 2015 to June 2015. She served as a Partner in the Corporate department of the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP for 10 years, which she joined as an Associate in 1992. She serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of Claremont McKenna College and the Board of Directors for the Drew Foundation. She was recognized as one of the 'Dealmakers of the Year' for 2006 by The American Lawyer for her work on the $5 billion initial global offering of KKR Private Equity Investors, L.P. She was also recognized by Lawdragon magazine as one of the top 500 leading lawyers and as one of the top 500 dealmakers in America in 2007 and in 2009, she was recognized by The Legal 500 for her work in equity offerings in the capital markets. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and has spent substantial time working in Hong Kong and mainland China. Ms. Sweet received a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in 1989, where she was Phi Beta Kappa and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1992, where she was a Stone Scholar.

Larry English

CEO of Centric Consulting

BIO: Larry English is a workplace futurist, passionate about all things innovation, but particularly technology that drives disruptive change. He is CEO and cofounder of Centric Consulting, an international consulting firm with unmatched expertise in business transformation, AI strategy, cyber risk management, technology implementation and adoption. Larry is a regular contributor to Forbes, where he shares the latest thinking on all the ways the workplace is evolving, from leadership and organizational culture to technology and beyond. He has also contributed to Thrive Global, Medium and Authority Magazine and frequently appears on business podcasts. In 2020, Larry published “Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams,” a roadmap to virtual work success. The book distills Larry’s insights from more than two decades leading Centric, a remote-first company with an award-winning culture.