Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced a series of changes to its organization and executive leadership designed to support the company’s plans to drive future growth by enhancing its core business and entering new growth areas.

Among the changes are the appointment of a new chief operating officer and the realignment of two of the company’s growth platforms into two new growth platforms — Technology and Business Process Outsourcing. Accenture’s three growth platforms will now be Management Consulting, Technology and Business Process Outsourcing. The company also will be making investments in new growth areas including healthcare, analytics, digital services, mobility, emerging technologies and key geographic markets.

“The drive to achieve high performance — both for our clients and for Accenture — is more important today than ever,” said William D. Green, Accenture’s chairman & CEO. “To best position Accenture for future growth, we are taking a series of strategic actions to enhance our core business and focus on high-demand areas that offer the potential to extend our leadership in the market.

“The changes to our senior leadership will put some of our most-experienced executives in client-facing roles while also bringing additional perspectives to the management of our business. This is the right team to enable us to continue to deliver superior value to clients, build our business and achieve future growth. Quite simply, there are tremendous opportunities ahead of us, and we are aligning our organization to go after them.”

All of the following changes are effective Sept. 1, the start of Accenture’s new fiscal year:

• Stephen J. Rohleder, as previously announced, has been named group chief executive of Accenture’s newly created Health & Public Service operating group, which integrates all components of the company’s Public Service operating group with the healthcare payer and provider segments of its Health & Life Sciences industry group to form the basis for an expanded go-to-market strategy in public service and healthcare. Mr. Rohleder currently serves as chief operating officer.
• Jo Deblaere has been named chief operating officer, succeeding Mr. Rohleder. In his new role, Mr. Deblaere will focus on driving further operational efficiencies and enhancing the company’s agility. He currently serves as chief operating officer of Accenture’s Outsourcing growth platform, where he has been instrumental in driving operational excellence across Accenture’s $9 billion outsourcing business.
• Kevin Campbell has been named group chief executive of Accenture’s newly created Technology growth platform. This new growth platform brings together Accenture’s Systems Integration & Technology growth platform — comprising all areas of systems integration and technology consulting — with the application outsourcing and infrastructure outsourcing areas of its Outsourcing growth platform to provide clients with fully integrated technology solutions. Mr. Campbell currently serves as group chief executive–Outsourcing.
• Michael J. Salvino has been named group chief executive of Accenture’s newly created Business Process Outsourcing growth platform.