Accenture Appoints Dennis F. Hightower to its Board

Accenture ACN has appointed Dennis F. Hightower to the company's board of directors, effective immediately. Mr. Hightower, who first joined Accenture's board of directors in 2003, stepped down from the board last year to accept his appointment as U.S. deputy secretary of commerce. Mr. Hightower's appointment has been approved by Accenture's board of directors. Mr. Hightower joins the board as a Class I director and will serve on the board's Nominating & Governance and Compensation committees. He will be up for re-appointment at the Accenture plc annual general meeting of shareholders in February 2011.