January 27, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has hired Julie Spellman Sweet as its general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer, effective March 22, 2010. She will report to William D. Green, Accenture chairman & CEO, and join the company’s Executive Leadership Team. Sweet, 43, comes to Accenture from the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where she has been a partner in the firm’s Corporate department for the past 10 years. She will succeed Douglas G. Scrivner, who will step down as general counsel after serving in that role for 14 years.

New York-based Accenture is a management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company that serves clients in more than 120 countries.

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