Muqsit Ashraf serves as Accenture’s Group Chief Executive – Strategy and is also a member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee.
Muqsit advises C-suite executives and Board Members on business strategy and technology. He partners with clients to improve performance and resilience by seamlessly integrating strategy, industry and functional expertise, and technology, data and AI to navigate the increasingly disruptive business landscape. Muqsit has over 25 years of advisory experience spanning multiple industries including Life Sciences, Industrials, Consumer Goods, Energy, Chemicals and Utilities.
Previously, Muqsit led Accenture’s global Energy industry practice, advising and partnering with private and public sector leaders across the energy value chain on topics ranging from technology to regulation to enterprise reinvention. Muqsit also revamped Accenture’s Global Energy Board with Bob Dudley, a prominent industry leader, into the leading forum for the CEOs and CXOs of the top 40 global companies.
Muqsit sponsors Accenture's relationships with the World Economic Forum in Resources and Materials and with the New York Times for their flagship DealBook Summit. He speaks regularly at major industry and cross-industry events such as Future Investment Initiative (FII), World Economic Forum at Davos, Fortune Brainstorm AI, and CERAWeek. Muqsit writes about enterprise reinvention, AI, and energy in Forbes, and is regularly quoted in major publications including the Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, and Bloomberg.
Muqsit attended Yale University. He is based in Houston.
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