Julie Sweet vs Balazs Fejes

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.

Balazs Fejes

CEO of EPAM Systems

BIO: Before September 2025, Mr. Fejes served as EPAM’s president of global business and chief revenue officer, where he led global client engagement, oversaw market activities, and was responsible for EPAM’s global business operations. During his more than 20-year tenure with EPAM, Mr. Fejes has held a number of senior roles, including president of the Europe and APAC markets, where he led business activities in those regions, co-led global business operations, and oversaw EPAM’s banking and financial services business unit. He also served as chief technology officer (CTO), where he was responsible for ensuring EPAM’s global software development centers operated at the forefront of industry standards for efficiency and quality. Mr. Fejes joined EPAM in 2004 as part of the acquisition of Fathom Technology, a Hungarian software engineering firm he co-founded, where he also served as CTO. Prior to co-founding Fathom Technology, Mr. Fejes held senior technical leadership roles at Great Plains (Microsoft Business Solutions) and Scala Business Solutions. Throughout his career, Mr. Fejes has been a hands-on innovator, visionary architect, and software engineer, earning multiple awards and programming championship honors.