Rekha Menon, 

This August, Accenture announced that Menon was being elevated to chairman of the India business, having managed the company’s mammoth recruitment drive for over a decade. Her new focus: amping up the company’s digital push, which has seen it win clients such as State Bank of India and the government of Arunachal Pradesh. Menon has set up processes to train over 100,000 employees in India on newer digital technologies, not just to serve global clients but also the India market. Despite volatility in markets such as China and Brazil, Accenture logged double-digit revenue growth in its growth markets business for its financial year ended August, a big chunk of it coming from India. Accenture now plans to hire over 100,000 people, and Menon will be key to the India piece.