Michael Sutcliff

Michael Sutcliff serves as Group Chief Executive - Accenture Digital at Accenture. He also is an Angel Investor. Mike helps clients create or react to digital disruption across industries around the world. He builds teams capable of applying digital platforms, technologies, and techniques to imagine and deliver better experiences and more profitable business models. Mike is a thought leader in digital transformation topics providing insights with business and technology media such as the Forbes, Financial Times, Huffington Post, CIO Magazine, AdWeek, CXO Talk, ZDNet, and Expansion. His areas of expertise include digital marketing, experience design, commerce & content solutions, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, mobile applications, the internet of things, block chain, artificial and augmented reality, smart products, and smart manufacturing. Mike played a key role in the launch of Accenture Digital in 2013 and continues to lead its evolution. Under his leadership, Accenture's revenue for digital-related services has grown to be $13.5B. Mike's responsibilities include Accenture Interactive, Accenture Applied Intelligence and Accenture Industry X.0 businesses and the digital technology delivery teams to support their work. With Mike at the helm, Accenture was positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape, "Worldwide Digital Transformation Consulting and Systems Integration Services 2017 Vendor Assessment." Also, Ad Age named Accenture Interactive the largest digital network in the US and worldwide in its 2017 agency report. Mike joined Accenture in 1987 and was named partner in 1999. He is a member of Accenture's Global Management Committee. Prior to assuming his role as Accenture Digital's Group Chief Executive, he was senior managing director of Accenture's Financial Services business in North America, with broad responsibility for the group's strategy, client relationships and financial performance. Between 2002 and 2005, he created the New Businesses team at Accenture. Prior to 2002, he led Accenture's Global Finance & Performance Management global service line. Mike holds a bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering and a master of science degree in business from the Georgia Institute of Technology.