Biography

Ellyn Shook served as Accenture’s chief leadership and human resources officer, where she was responsible for helping the company's 738,000 employees succeed professionally and personally. Her global HR expertise reimagined leadership and talent practices to create truly human work environments, which fueled Accenture’s differentiation in the market. Previously, she held several senior leadership roles across the global human resources organization at Accenture.

Shook is an executive committee member of the Professional Roundtable of CHROs and serves on the board for the National Academy of HR. She is also a member of the board of the Baldwin Group (BWIN) and chairs the compensation committee.