Laurence is the Chief of Staff to Accenture Europe Middle East CEO and a member of the Management Committee of the region. She focuses on the execution of the strategy in the region, internal communication, external partnerships and leverage of EU strategies. Laurence joined Accenture in 1994 in the Strategy consulting practice and then held a number of internal positions with a focus on strategy, talent transformation and change management. Prior to her current role, she was Accenture Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, focusing on enabling NGO such as Junior Achievement to skill underserved and young people for the digital age and embedding corporate responsibility around technology use in Accenture commercial activities. She was the Chief of Staff to Accenture CEOs Pierre Nanterme and David Rowland, and a member of Accenture Global Management Committee, where she focused on culture transformation, supporting the shift toward innovation and new consulting methods, change management and journey management.
Laurence represents Accenture at multilateral forum around topics related to future of work, entrepreneurship and business responsibility such as OECD/ Business for Inclusive Growth/ WBCSD, the G20 business forum (B20, G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance…), bringing thought leadership, business best practices and policy recommendations to foster skills and social innovation. She is a member of the Board of Digiworld, a French digital think tank, Accenture France Foundation, and she was a member of the Board of Citizen Entrepreneurs, an NGO that fosters entrepreneurship in France.
Prior to joining Accenture in 1994, Laurence worked in investment banking on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions.
Laurence holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a MS degree in management from ESSEC business school in Paris.