Accenture Appoints Ambe Tierro as Country Managing Director for the Philippines
MANILA, PHILIPPINES; Nov. 7, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed Ambe Tierro as nation managing director for the Philippines, efficient December 1. Lito Tayag, the present nation managing director, will retire from Accenture at the finish of December, after 20 years of service.
Tayag has led Accenture’s business in the Philippines for the previous 12 years. During his twenty years at Accenture, he has performed key roles in driving nation technique and initiatives, constructing and rising shopper accounts, creating business and know-how capabilities, and selling world visibility for the Philippines Delivery Center. As an business chief, has served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), as properly as served on the boards of Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), and the Makati Business Club (MBC). Lito has been a tireless advocate for Accenture’s company citizenship packages in the Philippines, together with enhancing schooling for and upskilling the subsequent era of Filipino expertise and driving collaborations to assist alleviate starvation and enhance folks’s livelihoods, as properly as overseen all of the firm’s neighborhood efforts throughout Southeast Asia.
“I would like to thank Lito for his dedicated leadership and two decades of commitment to caring for our clients and our people,” stated Leo Framil, Accenture’s CEO for Growth Markets. “We deeply value his contributions to driving the country strategy and initiatives, serving and growing clients, developing industry and technology capabilities, and stewarding the growth of the Philippines Delivery Center — and his passion for community causes inside and outside the Philippines has been inspiring. We are grateful for his continued support as we make this leadership transition, and I wish him all the best for the future.”
For greater than 30 years, Tierro has held a wide range of management roles at Accenture in the Philippines, constructing expertise and innovation capabilities and steering development technique. She at the moment leads the Accenture Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in the Philippines, overseeing its operations, development and expertise agenda, and can proceed on this place as she assumes her new nation managing director position. Tierro has led large-scale tasks for purchasers in the Communications, Media & Technology industries, and was instrumental in driving Accenture’s supply innovation and industrialization program. A powerful advocate of equality in the office, she was a worldwide Accenture Technology Inclusion & Diversity sponsor, and as a member of the Global Accenture Corporate Citizenship Council, she advises on the know-how technique for packages such as Skills to Succeed.
“Ambe’s extensive experience in enabling the technology-led transformation agenda for many of our clients across the globe, combined with her in-market experience and strategic industry relationships, makes her the right choice to lead our business in the Philippines,” stated Leo Framil, Accenture’s CEO for Growth Markets. “I am confident that her leadership track record, passion for people, and commitment to inclusion will further build growth momentum and strengthen the 360-degree value that we create for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.”
“In my time at Accenture, I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the best minds across the globe, both inside the company and among our clients,” stated Tierro. “I’ve also had the privilege of leading a team of experts who know how to come together to deliver innovation at scale. I look forward to working closely with the leadership team for the Philippines and with our clients as they navigate their compressed transformation journeys.”
Tierro holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the De La Salle University in the Philippines. A passionate advocate of selling STEM amongst girls, she is an energetic member of the Filipina CEO Circle, the Management Association of the Philippines, and the Makati Business Club.
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Contacts:
Mary Grace Cuenca
Accenture
mary.grace.v.cuenca@accenture.com
Annie de Roxas/Monica Magsuci
Strategic Edge, Inc. (PR Partner of Accenture in the Philippines)
aderoxas@seinc.com.ph
