紐約2019年1月12日電 /美通社/ -- 埃森哲宣布，埃森哲董事長兼首席執(zhí)行官南佩德（Pierre Nanterme）因2016年7月已披露的個人健康原因離任，即日生效。埃森哲董事會任命埃森哲首席財務(wù)官大衛(wèi)·羅蘭（David Rowland）擔(dān)任臨時首席執(zhí)行官，并出任埃森哲董事會董事。同時，埃森哲首席獨立董事瑪吉·馬格納（Marge Magner）被任命為公司非執(zhí)行董事長。埃森哲還任命埃森哲財務(wù)運(yùn)營負(fù)責(zé)人麥克盧爾（KC McClure）擔(dān)任首席財務(wù)官。南佩德將繼續(xù)擔(dān)任埃森哲首席執(zhí)行官的顧問。
南佩德表示：“能為埃森哲的員工和客戶服務(wù)并奉獻(xiàn)我整個36年的職業(yè)生涯，是我的榮幸。我對埃森哲的業(yè)務(wù)戰(zhàn)略、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)團(tuán)隊和員工充滿信心。我知道大衛(wèi)·羅蘭深入?yún)⑴c了埃森哲增長戰(zhàn)略的制定和實施，推動我們的業(yè)務(wù)轉(zhuǎn)入數(shù)字化、云和安全等全新的高增長領(lǐng)域，他也是備受尊敬的資深領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者和人才導(dǎo)師，這將確保公司平穩(wěn)過渡。這對我和我的家人來說是正確的決定，我將能專注于我的健康。”
馬格納說：“南佩德為埃森哲貢獻(xiàn)了其非凡的職業(yè)生涯。我們代表董事會感謝南佩德以其卓越的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力和遠(yuǎn)見，推動埃森哲轉(zhuǎn)型成為數(shù)字時代領(lǐng)軍者。作為埃森哲董事長兼首席執(zhí)行官，南佩德展現(xiàn)了對客戶的非凡承諾，并培養(yǎng)了一批杰出的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。他還是打造埃森哲平等文化的杰出倡導(dǎo)者。他一直以來并將繼續(xù)得到董事會的全力支持。”
“面向未來，大衛(wèi)·羅蘭是擔(dān)任臨時首席執(zhí)行官的正確選擇。大衛(wèi)·羅蘭對埃森哲的業(yè)務(wù)、全球市場和競爭環(huán)境有著深入的了解，并堅定地致力于為客戶、員工和股東創(chuàng)造價值。我個人和大衛(wèi)一起工作了十余年。他得到了董事會的全力支持。”
大衛(wèi)·羅蘭自2013年7月起擔(dān)任埃森哲首席財務(wù)官。在埃森哲35年的職業(yè)生涯中，他一直擔(dān)任著重要的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)角色，并在埃森哲的增長戰(zhàn)略制定中發(fā)揮了至關(guān)重要的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)作用。大衛(wèi)·羅蘭是埃森哲全球管理委員會的長期成員，并擔(dān)任埃森哲和微軟合資企業(yè)埃維諾的董事會成員和審計委員會主席。在被任命為首席財務(wù)官之前，大衛(wèi)·羅蘭曾擔(dān)任埃森哲財務(wù)高級副總裁六年多，并曾擔(dān)任埃森哲運(yùn)營委員會主席。
麥克盧爾在埃森哲擁有30年的工作經(jīng)驗。在接任埃森哲首席財務(wù)官前，她負(fù)責(zé)埃森哲整體業(yè)務(wù)的財務(wù)運(yùn)營。麥克盧爾還負(fù)責(zé)埃森哲的投資者關(guān)系，并曾擔(dān)任埃森哲兩個事業(yè)部的財務(wù)總監(jiān)。履新后，麥克盧爾將加入埃森哲全球管理委員會。
大衛(wèi)·羅蘭表示：“我非常榮幸能擔(dān)任埃森哲臨時首席執(zhí)行官。我期待與我們才能出眾的一流領(lǐng)導(dǎo)團(tuán)隊，包括新任首席財務(wù)官麥克盧爾，緊密合作，鞏固并延續(xù)埃森哲業(yè)務(wù)的強(qiáng)勁勢頭，強(qiáng)化我們在新領(lǐng)域的市場領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位。我謹(jǐn)代表埃森哲全球46.9萬名員工，感謝南佩德對于公司的卓越管理和鼓舞人心的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力。顯而易見，他為埃森哲的未來打下了堅實的基礎(chǔ)。”
埃森哲確認(rèn)，在公司2018年12月20日發(fā)布的“2019財年第一季度財報”中所披露的埃森哲2019財年第二季度和全年的業(yè)務(wù)前景，沒有變化。
南佩德?lián)味麻L兼首席執(zhí)行官的主要貢獻(xiàn)（2011至2019年）：
南佩德2011年1月出任首席執(zhí)行官并于2013年2月開始兼任董事長。在他的任期內(nèi)，埃森哲實現(xiàn)了非常穩(wěn)定有力的財務(wù)績效，收入增長大大領(lǐng)先于市場，每股收益增長出色，股東價值回報十分顯著。特別是，埃森哲凈收入從2011財年的255億美元上升到2018財年（2018年8月31日結(jié)束）的396億美元，增幅達(dá)55%。在他擔(dān)任首席執(zhí)行官期間，埃森哲公司的市值增長了約700億美元至2018年8月31日的1,080億美元，創(chuàng)下309%的股東總回報。
南佩德在埃森哲推進(jìn)了轉(zhuǎn)型，并為將公司業(yè)務(wù)轉(zhuǎn)入高增長新領(lǐng)域發(fā)揮了重要作用。這些新領(lǐng)域包括數(shù)字化、云和安全相關(guān)的服務(wù)，現(xiàn)在已共同構(gòu)成埃森哲全部收入的六成以上。他令人矚目地增加了埃森哲強(qiáng)化端到端能力和差異化競爭力的業(yè)務(wù)投資。南佩德還是一位敢于直言的、代表埃森哲包容性與多樣性文化的倡導(dǎo)者，推動性別平等并更新設(shè)定了2025年實現(xiàn)公司全員性別平衡的宏偉目標(biāo)。
關(guān)于埃森哲
埃森哲公司注冊成立于愛爾蘭，是一家全球領(lǐng)先的專業(yè)服務(wù)公司，為客戶提供戰(zhàn)略、咨詢、數(shù)字、技術(shù)和運(yùn)營服務(wù)及解決方案。我們立足商業(yè)與技術(shù)的前沿，業(yè)務(wù)涵蓋40多個行業(yè)，以及企業(yè)日常運(yùn)營部門的各個職能。憑借獨特的業(yè)內(nèi)經(jīng)驗與專業(yè)技能，以及翹楚全球的交付網(wǎng)絡(luò)，我們幫助客戶提升績效，并為利益相關(guān)方持續(xù)創(chuàng)造價值。埃森哲是《財富》全球500強(qiáng)企業(yè)之一，目前擁有約46.9萬名員工，服務(wù)于120多個國家的客戶。我們致力驅(qū)動創(chuàng)新，從而改善人們工作和生活的方式。
埃森哲在大中華區(qū)開展業(yè)務(wù)30年，擁有一支1.5萬人的員工隊伍，分布于多個城市，包括北京、上海、大連、成都、廣州、深圳、香港和臺北。作為可信賴的數(shù)字化轉(zhuǎn)型卓越伙伴，我們正在更創(chuàng)新地參與商業(yè)和技術(shù)生態(tài)圈的建設(shè)，幫助中國企業(yè)和政府把握數(shù)字化力量，通過制定戰(zhàn)略、優(yōu)化流程、集成系統(tǒng)、部署云計算等實現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)型，提升全球競爭力，從而立足中國、贏在全球。
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